One health approach to globalizing, accelerating, and focusing amphibian and reptile disease research—reflections and opinions from the first global amphibian and reptile disease conference
- DOI
- Language of the publication
- English
- Date
- 2023-09-13
- Type
- Article
- Author(s)
- Gray, Matthew J.
- Ossiboff, Robert J.
- Berger, Lee
- Bletz, Molly C.
- Carter, E. Davis
- DeMarchi, Joseph A.
- Grayfer, Leon
- Lesbarrères, David
- Malagon, Daniel A.
- Martel, An
- Miller, Debra L.
- Pasmans, Frank
- Skerratt, Lee F.
- Towe, Anastasia E.
- Wilber, Mark Q.
- Publisher
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
The world’s reptiles and amphibians are experiencing dramatic and ongoing losses in biodiversity, changes that can have substantial effects on ecosystems and human health. In 2022, the first Global Amphibian and Reptile Disease Conference was held, using One Health as a guiding principle. The conference showcased knowledge on numerous reptile and amphibian pathogens from several standpoints, including epidemiology, host immune defenses, wild population effects, and mitigation. The conference also provided field experts the opportunity to discuss and identify the most urgent herpetofaunal disease research directions necessary to address current and future threats to reptile and amphibian biodiversity.
Subject
- Biological diversity,
- Nature and environment
Rights
Pagination
7 pages
Peer review
Yes
Open access level
Gold
Identifiers
- ISSN
- 1080-6059
Article
- Journal title
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Journal volume
- 29
- Journal issue
- 10