Biodiversity data supports research on human infectious diseases: Global trends, challenges, and opportunities.

ABSTRACT: The unprecedented generation of large volumes of biodiversity data is consistently contributing to a wide range of disciplines, including disease ecology. Emerging infectious diseases are usually zoonoses caused by multi-host pathogens. Therefore, their understanding may require the access to biodiversity data related to the ecology and the occurrence of the species involved. Nevertheless, despite several data-mobilization initiatives, the usage of biodiversity data for research into disease dynamics has not yet been fully leveraged. To explore current contribution, trends, and to identify limitations, we characterized biodiversity data usage in scientific publications related to human health, contrasting patterns of studies citing the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) with t

SUBMITTER: Astorga F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9880238 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature