Tackling zoonoses in a crowded world: Lessons to be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic
Por:
Cordoba-Aguilar, Alex, Ibarra-Cerdena, Carlos N., Castro-Arellano I., Suzan, Gerardo
Publicada:
1 feb 2021
Resumen:
The COVID-19 zoonosis is bringing about a number of lessons to humanity.
One is that of transforming our links with nature and, particularly,
wildlife given the likely COVID-19 origin from illegal wildlife trading.
Similar to vector borne diseases (VBD, diseases transmitted by vectors),
the COVID-19 pandemic follows related patterns (e.g. no effective or
available vaccines, difficult to diagnose, highly localized infection
geographical foci, non-human reservoirs) for which we urgently need
preventive measures. Towards this aim, governments worldwide must strive
to prevent further devastation of natural environments that serve as
buffer areas to humans against zoonotic agents (among other health
risks), protecting biodiversity and its concomitant causes (e.g. global
change), and banning use of wildlife of illegal origin. We herein state
that some VBD prevention strategies could also be applied to zoonotic
disease prevention, including COVID-19 or any type likely to be related
to environmental conditions. The occurrence of future pandemic
occurrence will depend on whether governments embrace these aims now.
Filiaciones:
Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Coyoacán, Distrito Federal, Apdo. P. 70-275, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad de, Mexico
Departamento de Ecología Humana, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Cinvestav), Unidad Mérida, Mérida, Yucatán 97310, Mexico
Biology Department, Texas State University78666-4684
Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades y Una Salud, Departamento de Etología y Fauna Silvestre, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de, Mexico
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Dept Ecol Evolut, Inst Ecol, Apdo P 70-275,Ciudad Univ, Ciudad De Mexico 04510, Mexico
Ctr Invest & Estudios Avanzados IPN Cinvestav, Dept Ecol Humana, Unidad Merida, Merida 97310, Yucatan, Mexico
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