AUTHOR=Hirst Kristen M. , Halsey Samniqueka J. TITLE=Bacterial zoonoses impacts to conservation of wildlife populations: a global synthesis JOURNAL=Frontiers in Conservation Science VOLUME=4 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/conservation-science/articles/10.3389/fcosc.2023.1218153 DOI=10.3389/fcosc.2023.1218153 ISSN=2673-611X ABSTRACT=
Emerging infectious diseases have significantly increased in recent years; approximately 60% of these emerging diseases are of zoonotic origin, and of those, around 70% were identified to start with wild animals. To better understand the impacts of zoonotic diseases on wildlife, there is a need to identify the distribution and impact of zoonotic pathogens in wildlife, particular those species with threatened populations. To investigate this question, we constructed a zoonotic disease database identifying wildlife hosts for each bacterial zoonotic disease and recorded clinical signs of disease for each host-pathogen relationship if found. Species of least concern were found to have a significantly higher prevalence and richness of zoonotic bacterial diseases (n= 0.0608, x2 = 5.898, p=0.01516). The taxonomic level Order was found to be the best predictor for pathogen richness, and the