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COVID-19: Why Declining Biodiversity Puts Us at Greater Risk for Emerging Infectious Diseases, and What We Can Do

verfasst von: Aditya K. Khetan, MD

Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Ausgabe 9/2020

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Emerging infectious diseases (EID), which include zoonotic diseases, drug-resistant pathogens, and vector-borne pathogens, have been increasing steadily since 1940.1 Most of this increase has been due to zoonotic pathogens from wildlife; common examples of which are HIV, Ebola, SARS, MERS, and, now, COVID-19. For every decade since 1940, there has been a consistent increase in the number of EID events from wildlife-related zoonosis. Human activity is the primary driver of this increase, with loss of biodiversity a leading mechanism.2
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Metadaten
Titel
COVID-19: Why Declining Biodiversity Puts Us at Greater Risk for Emerging Infectious Diseases, and What We Can Do
verfasst von
Aditya K. Khetan, MD
Publikationsdatum
25.06.2020
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Schlagwort
COVID-19
Erschienen in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Ausgabe 9/2020
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Elektronische ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-05977-x

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