Saturday, 23 February 2008

Map pinpoints disease ‘hotspots’

A detailed map highlighting the world's hotspots for emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) has been released, writes Mark Kinver, BBC News science and nature reporter.

It uses data spanning 65 years and shows the majority of these new diseases come from wildlife.

Scientists say conservation efforts that reduce conflicts between humans and animals could play a key role in limiting future outbreaks.

Writing in Nature, they said their map revealed that global anti-EID resources had been poorly allocated in the past.


From the source:

ZSL press release

University of Georgia

Earth Institute (Columbia Uni) press release


Other media:

Science Daily coverage

Telegraph coverage

Reuters coverage




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