TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental stressors and zoonoses in the Arctic: Learning from the past to prepare for the future
AU - Andersen-Ranberg, Emilie
AU - Nymo, Ingebjørg H.
AU - Jokelainen, Pikka
AU - Emelyanova, Anastasia
AU - Jore, Solveig
AU - Laird, Brian
AU - Davidson, Rebecca K.
AU - Ostertag, Sonja
AU - Bouchard, Emilie
AU - Fagerholm, Freja
AU - Skinner, Kelly
AU - Acquarone, Mario
AU - Tryland, Morten
AU - Dietz, Rune
AU - Abass, Khaled
AU - Rautio, Arja
AU - Hammer, Sjúrður
AU - Evengård, Birgitta
AU - Thierfelder, Thomas
AU - Stimmelmayr, Raphaela
AU - Sonne, Christian
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The risk of zoonotic disease transmission from animals to humans is elevated for people in close contact with domestic and wild animals. About three-quarters of all known human infectious diseases are zoonotic, and potential health impacts of these diseases are higher where infectious disease surveillance and access to health care and public health services are limited. This is especially the case for remote circumarctic regions, where drivers for endemic, emerging, and re-emerging zoonotic diseases include anthropogenic influences, such as pollution by long-range transport of industrial chemicals, climate change, loss of biodiversity and ecosystem alterations. In addition to these, indirect effects including natural changes in food web dynamics, appearance of invasive species, thawing permafrost also affect the risk of zoonotic disease spill-over. In other words, the Arctic represents a changing world where pollution, loss of biodiversity and habitat, and maritime activity are likely driving forward occurren
AB - The risk of zoonotic disease transmission from animals to humans is elevated for people in close contact with domestic and wild animals. About three-quarters of all known human infectious diseases are zoonotic, and potential health impacts of these diseases are higher where infectious disease surveillance and access to health care and public health services are limited. This is especially the case for remote circumarctic regions, where drivers for endemic, emerging, and re-emerging zoonotic diseases include anthropogenic influences, such as pollution by long-range transport of industrial chemicals, climate change, loss of biodiversity and ecosystem alterations. In addition to these, indirect effects including natural changes in food web dynamics, appearance of invasive species, thawing permafrost also affect the risk of zoonotic disease spill-over. In other words, the Arctic represents a changing world where pollution, loss of biodiversity and habitat, and maritime activity are likely driving forward occurren
KW - climate change
KW - epidemics
KW - global warming
KW - one health
KW - pandemics
KW - wildlife
KW - zoonoses
U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176869
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176869
M3 - Article
SN - 0048-9697
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
M1 - 176869
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