<div><p>Pathogens that spill over between species cause a significant human and animal health burden. Here, we describe characteristics of animal reservoirs that are required for pathogen spillover. We assembled and analyzed a database of 330 disease systems in which a pathogen spills over from a reservoir of one or more species. Three-quarters of reservoirs included wildlife, and 84% included mammals. Further, 65% of pathogens depended on a community of reservoir hosts, rather than a single species, for persistence. Among mammals, the most frequently identified reservoir hosts were rodents, artiodactyls, and carnivores. The distribution among orders of mammalian species identified as reservoirs did not differ from that expected by chance. ...
Rodents (order Rodentia), followed by bats (order Chiroptera), comprise the largest percentage of li...
Hosts species for multi-host pathogens show considerable variation in the species' reservoir compete...
Abstract Emerging infectious diseases arising from pathogen spillover from mammals to humans compris...
Pathogens that spill over between species cause a significant human and animal health burden. Here, ...
Animal and plant species differ dramatically in their quality as hosts for multi-host pathogens, but...
Multi-host pathogens of domestic and wild mammals have significant socio-economic, animal health and...
<div><p>Animal and plant species differ dramatically in their quality as hosts for multi-host pathog...
The definition of a reservoir has changed significantly in the last century, making it necessary to ...
The notion that certain animal groups disproportionately maintain and transmit viruses to humans due...
The management of future pandemic risk requires a better understanding of the mechanisms that determ...
Pathogens that can be transmitted between different host species are of fundamental interest and imp...
Diseases emerging from wildlife have been the source of many major human outbreaks. Predicting key s...
Bats are the natural reservoirs of a number of high-impact viral zoonoses. We present a quantitative...
Emerging infectious diseases in humans are frequently caused by pathogens originating from animal ho...
<div><p>Hosts species for multi-host pathogens show considerable variation in the species' reservoir...
Rodents (order Rodentia), followed by bats (order Chiroptera), comprise the largest percentage of li...
Hosts species for multi-host pathogens show considerable variation in the species' reservoir compete...
Abstract Emerging infectious diseases arising from pathogen spillover from mammals to humans compris...
Pathogens that spill over between species cause a significant human and animal health burden. Here, ...
Animal and plant species differ dramatically in their quality as hosts for multi-host pathogens, but...
Multi-host pathogens of domestic and wild mammals have significant socio-economic, animal health and...
<div><p>Animal and plant species differ dramatically in their quality as hosts for multi-host pathog...
The definition of a reservoir has changed significantly in the last century, making it necessary to ...
The notion that certain animal groups disproportionately maintain and transmit viruses to humans due...
The management of future pandemic risk requires a better understanding of the mechanisms that determ...
Pathogens that can be transmitted between different host species are of fundamental interest and imp...
Diseases emerging from wildlife have been the source of many major human outbreaks. Predicting key s...
Bats are the natural reservoirs of a number of high-impact viral zoonoses. We present a quantitative...
Emerging infectious diseases in humans are frequently caused by pathogens originating from animal ho...
<div><p>Hosts species for multi-host pathogens show considerable variation in the species' reservoir...
Rodents (order Rodentia), followed by bats (order Chiroptera), comprise the largest percentage of li...
Hosts species for multi-host pathogens show considerable variation in the species' reservoir compete...
Abstract Emerging infectious diseases arising from pathogen spillover from mammals to humans compris...