Human animal contact, land use change and zoonotic disease risk: a protocol for systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Zoonotic diseases pose a significant risk to human health globally. The interrelationship between humans, animals, and the environment plays a key role in the transmission of zoonotic infections. Human-animal contact (HAC) is particularly important in this relationship, where it serves as the pivotal interaction for pathogen spillover to occur from an animal reservoir to a human. In the context of disease emergence linked to land-use change, increased HAC as a result of land changes (e.g., deforestation, agricultural expansion, habitat degradation) is frequently cited as a key mechanism. We propose to conduct a systematic literature review to map and assess the quality of current evidence linking changes in HAC to zoonotic disease emergence as a result of land-use change

SUBMITTER: Ahmed AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11921583 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature