Emerging infectious diseases' hotspots have been identified as multi-host and multi-pathogen systems often characterized in tropical ecosystems by an extensive wildlife/domestic/human interface. The pathogen communities shared by the wild and domestic populations at this interface reflect the historical epidemiological interactions between them. In a research framework using recent community ecology, evolutionary biology and molecular biology advances, this information can be used to identify potential pathways for future pathogen spill-over initiating the emergence process. In other words, an understanding of the mechanisms of pathogen transmission in a specific ecosystem can provide an interaction network between host populations defined by nodes and edges and characterized by the frequency, intensity and direction of the interactions with a direct input for targeted disease surveillance.
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Caron, A., Morand, S., & De Garine-Wichatitsky, M. (2012). Epidemiological interaction at the wildlife/livestock/human interface: Can we anticipate emerging infectious diseases in their hotspots? A framework for understanding emerging diseases processes in their hot spots. In New Frontiers of Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (Vol. 9789400721142, pp. 311–332). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2114-2_14
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