Shaping zoonosis risk: landscape ecology vs. landscape attractiveness for people, the case of tick-borne encephalitis in Sweden

Shaping zoonosis risk: landscape ecology vs. landscape attractiveness for people, the case of tick-borne encephalitis in Sweden

Abstract Background In this paper, the hazard and exposure concepts from risk assessment are applied in an innovative approach to understand zoonotic disease risk. Hazard is here related to the landscape ecology determining where the hosts, vectors and pathogens are and, exposure is defined as the a...

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Main Authors: Caroline B Zeimes, Gert E Olsson, Marika Hjertqvist, Sophie O Vanwambeke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-08-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Tick-borne disease
Zoonoses
Vector-borne disease
Risk
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-370

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