A web-based geographic information system monitoring wildlife diseases in Abruzzo and Molise regions, Southern Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nowadays there is a worldwide consensus on the importance of conducting wildlife disease surveillance. Indeed, 60% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic in nature, and the majority of these (71.8%) originate in wildlife. Surveillance of wildlife diseases is crucial to prevent negative effects on human and animal health. Data digitization and sharing are among the main goals for the present and coming years. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are increasingly used to analyze the geographical distribution of diseases and the relationships between pathogenic factors and their geographic environments.

Methods

Wild animal's samples collected in the Abruzzo and Molise regions and delivered to our laboratory are entered in our Laboratory Information System and p

SUBMITTER: Di Lorenzo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10544395 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature