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  1. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … the scientists wrote, “but rather was driven by the ecological change in North America beginning in the colonial … rodents like chipmunks, are what scientists call reservoir hosts. They are the long-term hosts of the Lyme pathogen, … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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  2. The more we lose biodiversity, the worse will be the spread of infectious diseases

    … diversity in a biodiversity-rich region provides a range of hosts, many incompetent, for the pathogen. The presence of a … and human health are interconnected because man is part of ecological systems comprising diverse flora and fauna. Any … and even crocodiles are available for the mosquitoes, the vector gets less infected, leading to fewer transmissions …

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  3. Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend

    … other communities, among them the Hubbard Brook Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) community, the Catskill … have a gift for bringing people together to tackle complex ecological issues in a way that maximized the usefulness of … his study plots were dying off due to pests like Beech Bark Disease, Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, and spongy moths. This …

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  4. New study identifies bird species that could spread ticks and Lyme disease

    … study identifies bird species that could spread ticks and Lyme disease Global synthesis reveals bird … however, until now, no one has systematically studied the ecological and evolutionary drivers that influence which … to know which traits make certain animals good pathogen hosts. Here, we used machine learning to assess bird species …

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  5. Cary Institute partners on $3M study on COVID-19 variants that could emerge from wildlife

    … five-year research project will bring together virology, disease ecology, and artificial intelligence to better … from people to wildlife, and how new strains could impact ecological communities.  Whereas most current disease … in Step 1, and therefore could serve as potential hosts. Scientists know that SARS-CoV-2 enters mammalian …

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  6. Pandemics: Humans are the culprits

    … over much of Indonesia, Malaysia, and beyond. The ecological and human damage was immense. Some of the most … like Ebola, have been linked to deforestation; others, like Lyme disease, occur where suburban areas sprawl into … to us directly.”   “Pathogens circulate in wildlife hosts, and some have the potential to jump to humans, but …

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  7. Bats not the enemy in the fight against COVID-19

    … on bats makes a lot of practical sense because bats are hosts of numerous medically significant viruses (Ebola … and other coronaviruses, suggest that they all have their ecological origin in bat populations.” “The big … would be so much easier and safer. Virologists get quick publications easily from bats and bats have few defenders …

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  8. Destroyed habitat creates the perfect conditions for coronavirus to emerge

    … ecosystems, and we shake viruses loose from their natural hosts. When that happens, they need a new host. Often, we … fragmenting forests raise the risk of humans contracting Lyme disease. “Altering the ecosystem affects the complex … from the Global North leads to the degraded landscapes and ecological disruption that drives disease, she says. “We …

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  9. Diluting disease

    Diluting disease Hosts Marty Martin and Art Woods from the Big Biology … biodiversity affecting the occurrence and spread of Lyme disease? Is there a way to reduce the transmission of tick-borne diseases using ecological approaches? On this episode of Big Biology we …

  10. The lone star tick could soon be colonizing a backyard near you

    … the report notes, and in 2017, more than 90% of the 60,000 vector-borne diseases in the United States were linked to … temperatures brought by the climate crisis, in addition to ecological changes and reforestation, have extended the … "There is so much we don't know. We don't know which hosts are more responsible for supporting their numbers. We …

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