Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics
Abstract Substantial global attention is focused on how to reduce the risk of future pandemics. Reducing this risk requires investment in prevention, preparedness, and response. Although preparedness and response have received significant focus, prevention, especially the prevention of zoonotic spil...
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| author | Raina K. Plowright Aliyu N. Ahmed Tim Coulson Thomas W. Crowther Imran Ejotre Christina L. Faust Winifred F. Frick Peter J. Hudson Tigga Kingston P. O. Nameer M. Teague O’Mara Alison J. Peel Hugh Possingham Orly Razgour DeeAnn M. Reeder Manuel Ruiz-Aravena Nancy B. Simmons Prashanth N. Srinivas Gary M. Tabor Iroro Tanshi Ian G. Thompson Abi T. Vanak Neil M. Vora Charley E. Willison Annika T. H. Keeley |
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| description | Abstract Substantial global attention is focused on how to reduce the risk of future pandemics. Reducing this risk requires investment in prevention, preparedness, and response. Although preparedness and response have received significant focus, prevention, especially the prevention of zoonotic spillover, remains largely absent from global conversations. This oversight is due in part to the lack of a clear definition of prevention and lack of guidance on how to achieve it. To address this gap, we elucidate the mechanisms linking environmental change and zoonotic spillover using spillover of viruses from bats as a case study. We identify ecological interventions that can disrupt these spillover mechanisms and propose policy frameworks for their implementation. Recognizing that pandemics originate in ecological systems, we advocate for integrating ecological approaches alongside biomedical approaches in a comprehensive and balanced pandemic prevention strategy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f06ee95094e742de933746f0b5db38cd2024-03-31T11:25:51ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232024-03-0115111310.1038/s41467-024-46151-9Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemicsRaina K. Plowright0Aliyu N. Ahmed1Tim Coulson2Thomas W. Crowther3Imran Ejotre4Christina L. Faust5Winifred F. Frick6Peter J. Hudson7Tigga Kingston8P. O. Nameer9M. Teague O’Mara10Alison J. Peel11Hugh Possingham12Orly Razgour13DeeAnn M. Reeder14Manuel Ruiz-Aravena15Nancy B. Simmons16Prashanth N. Srinivas17Gary M. Tabor18Iroro Tanshi19Ian G. Thompson20Abi T. Vanak21Neil M. Vora22Charley E. Willison23Annika T. H. Keeley24Department of Public and Ecosystem Health, Cornell UniversityMedical Research Council Unit The Gambia, London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineDepartment of Biology, University of OxfordDepartment of Environmental Systems Science, ETH ZürichDepartment of Biology, Muni UniversitySchool of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of GlasgowBat Conservation InternationalCentre for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State UniversityDepartment of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech UniversityCollege of Climate Change and Environmental Science, Kerala Agricultural UniversityBat Conservation InternationalCentre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith UniversitySchool of Biological Sciences, University of QueenslandBiosciences, University of ExeterDepartment of Biology, Bucknell UniversityDepartment of Public and Ecosystem Health, Cornell UniversityDepartment of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural HistoryInstitute of Public HealthCenter for Large Landscape ConservationDepartment of Biology, University of WashingtonAustralian Capital TerritoryCentre for Policy Design, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the EnvironmentConservation InternationalDepartment of Public and Ecosystem Health, Cornell UniversityCenter for Large Landscape ConservationAbstract Substantial global attention is focused on how to reduce the risk of future pandemics. Reducing this risk requires investment in prevention, preparedness, and response. Although preparedness and response have received significant focus, prevention, especially the prevention of zoonotic spillover, remains largely absent from global conversations. This oversight is due in part to the lack of a clear definition of prevention and lack of guidance on how to achieve it. To address this gap, we elucidate the mechanisms linking environmental change and zoonotic spillover using spillover of viruses from bats as a case study. We identify ecological interventions that can disrupt these spillover mechanisms and propose policy frameworks for their implementation. Recognizing that pandemics originate in ecological systems, we advocate for integrating ecological approaches alongside biomedical approaches in a comprehensive and balanced pandemic prevention strategy.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46151-9 |
| spellingShingle | Raina K. Plowright Aliyu N. Ahmed Tim Coulson Thomas W. Crowther Imran Ejotre Christina L. Faust Winifred F. Frick Peter J. Hudson Tigga Kingston P. O. Nameer M. Teague O’Mara Alison J. Peel Hugh Possingham Orly Razgour DeeAnn M. Reeder Manuel Ruiz-Aravena Nancy B. Simmons Prashanth N. Srinivas Gary M. Tabor Iroro Tanshi Ian G. Thompson Abi T. Vanak Neil M. Vora Charley E. Willison Annika T. H. Keeley Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics Nature Communications |
| title | Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics |
| title_full | Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics |
| title_fullStr | Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics |
| title_short | Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics |
| title_sort | ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46151-9 |
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