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      Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife--threats to biodiversity and human health.

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          Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) of free-living wild animals can be classified into three major groups on the basis of key epizootiological criteria: (i) EIDs associated with "spill-over" from domestic animals to wildlife populations living in proximity; (ii) EIDs related directly to human intervention, via host or parasite translocations; and (iii) EIDs with no overt human or domestic animal involvement. These phenomena have two major biological implications: first, many wildlife species are reservoirs of pathogens that threaten domestic animal and human health; second, wildlife EIDs pose a substantial threat to the conservation of global biodiversity.

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          Journal
          Science
          Science (New York, N.Y.)
          American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
          0036-8075
          0036-8075
          Jan 21 2000
          : 287
          : 5452
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. daszak@uga.edu
          Article
          8209
          10.1126/science.287.5452.443
          10642539
          33ca8aec-3113-4d36-87c6-e1fcecda2eae
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