Terrific disease ecology study showing links between environmental change (e.g. #deforestation) and #hendravirus #spillover from #bats. #zoonoses #onehealth

Article by @EmilyAnthes
NYTimes: Deforestation Brings Bat-Borne Virus Home to Roost Deforestation Brings Bat-Borne Virus Home to Roost https://nyti.ms/3tSGf1X

The IUCN and EcoHealth Alliance are hosting a webinar on zoonosis and wildlife health in the African context, focusing on zoonotic disease risk prevention actions using the #OneHealth approach in protected areas. The workshop will present i) One Health Guidance ii) Zoonosis and Protected Areas from a regional and global perspective, and iii) showcase solutions from the African region.

17 Nov, 12 SAST/CAT.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89232689832?pwd=OHZJSGdlMEorbjdta0EzNWdyeHlCdz09 #conservation #wildlife #health #epiverse

Tremendous work by this North-South team, including my colleague Anne Laudisoit and #EcoHealthNet-supported students, finding that river blindness in the Ituri Highlands of DR Congo is locally maintained by a previously unknown vector (S. dentulosum). Implies that cryptic vectors could carry the disease in other regions!

https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0010684

@epsteinjon #InfectiousDisease #OneHealth #DisEcol #Epidemiology

#introduction
Hi all. I'm just starting to explore mastadon. I'm a #diseaseecologist who studies #zoonotic #viruses in wildlife and how they #spillover into livestock and people. I work for a science-based nonprofit called EcoHealth Alliance. My research focuses on #bats and their associated #henipaviruses, #coronaviruses and #filoviruses in Asia and Africa.

@kakape @ct_bergstrom @markmccaughrean @Angie_rasmussen

I'm exploring this site, too, but the downside to losing scientists on Twitter will be the lost bridge to the lay public. If specialized social media keeps developing, it further silos information. More echo chambers.