Journal
ECOHEALTH
Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 80-88Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-012-0750-1
Keywords
influenza A virus; malaria; salmonella; West Nile virus; zoonoses
Funding
- US National Science Foundation Research Coordination Network Migration Interest Group: Research Applied Toward Education
- NSF [0933731]
- Searle Scholars Program
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology [CGL2007-62937/BOS]
- Swedish Research Council FORMAS [221-2008-326]
- Swedish Research Council [621-2007-5193]
- NSF-National Institutes of Health [EF-0430146]
- US Environmental Protection Agency [R 833778]
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [EID-1R01AI074059-01]
- Direct For Biological Sciences [0933731] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Div Of Biological Infrastructure [0933731] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Pathogens that are maintained by wild birds occasionally jump to human hosts, causing considerable loss of life and disruption to global commerce. Preliminary evidence suggests that climate change and human movements and commerce may have played a role in recent range expansions of avian pathogens. Since the magnitude of climate change in the coming decades is predicted to exceed climatic changes in the recent past, there is an urgent need to determine the extent to which climate change may drive the spread of disease by avian migrants. In this review, we recommend actions intended to mitigate the impact of emergent pathogens of migratory birds on biodiversity and public health. Increased surveillance that builds upon existing bird banding networks is required to conclusively establish a link between climate and avian pathogens and to prevent pathogens with migratory bird reservoirs from spilling over to humans.
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