IF 2.2 3区环境科学与生态学

Ecohealth Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-025-01720-2

Bhupendra Pratap Singh

{"title":"Analyzing the Interplay of Air Pollution and COVID-19: A Review on Health Implications.","authors":"Bhupendra Pratap Singh","doi":"10.1007/s10393-025-01720-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-025-01720-2","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on global public health, highlighting the complex relationship between air pollution and disease transmission. Approximately 2.3 billion people live in regions with high levels of air pollution, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, with countries like India facing severe challenges. This review examines the association between various pollutants, including PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, and CO, and the spread, severity, and mortality of COVID-19. Particulate matter, particularly fine particles, serves as a carrier for viral particles, facilitating faster transmission and increasing respiratory vulnerability. Studies have shown that long-term exposure to air pollutants exacerbates the severity of COVID-19 symptoms, especially in densely populated urban areas. During the lockdown phases, significant reductions in air pollution were observed, including decreases in PM2.5 by up to 93%, PM10 by 83%, and NO2 levels, which contributed to improved air quality and potentially mitigated COVID-19 mortality rates. The review also underscores regional disparities, with marginalized populations bearing a disproportionate burden of pollution exposure and health impacts. Gaseous pollutants such as NO2 were found to contribute to respiratory inflammation, increasing the susceptibility to severe COVID-19 outcomes. Additionally, the review explores the influence of meteorological and climatic factors on COVID-19 outcomes, noting the varying impact of temperature, humidity, and other factors depending on the season, geographical location, and latitude. These findings offer critical insights for policymakers and public health authorities in developing strategies for mitigating both air pollution and COVID-19 transmission.","PeriodicalId":51027,"journal":{"name":"Ecohealth","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144182326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Environmental Distress Among Dutch Young Adults: Worried Minds or Indifferent Hearts? 荷兰年轻人的环境困扰：忧心忡忡还是漠不关心？

IF 2.2 3区环境科学与生态学

Ecohealth Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-025-01717-x

Valesca S M Venhof, Bertus F Jeronimus, Pim Martens

{"title":"Environmental Distress Among Dutch Young Adults: Worried Minds or Indifferent Hearts?","authors":"Valesca S M Venhof, Bertus F Jeronimus, Pim Martens","doi":"10.1007/s10393-025-01717-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-025-01717-x","url":null,"abstract":"Young adults increasingly report stress and concern over the erosion of their natural surroundings. We studied environmental distress and solastalgia in a representative sample of 1006 Dutch young adults aged 16-35 using an adapted version of the Environmental Distress Scale (EDS, Higginbotham ea., 2006). The role of 'place attachment', their sense of control, trust, and personality (BFI-10) was used to explore the psychological impact of environmental challenges close to home. Participants most often reported stress due to 'noise' (~ 22%), 'disappearance of nature' (~ 20%), and 'heat' (~ 18%). The latter two were described as most threatening. Environmental distress limited enjoyment of life in ~ 20% of youth and triggered worries about the future (~ 23%). A third of young adults reported worries that valued aspects in their home environment are being lost, with feelings of powerlessness (~ 27%) and limited trust in the Dutch government (~ 44%). A notable portion of surveyed young adults experienced environmental distress and solastalgia, but a substantial number appeared somewhat indifferent towards the state of their natural surroundings. To safeguard mental well-being and empowerment of the former group, as well as implement strategies to elevate environmental awareness and foster active engagement in the latter, more information on fundamental motivations and coping mechanisms is needed.","PeriodicalId":51027,"journal":{"name":"Ecohealth","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144152847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Cost-Effectiveness of Treatment for Canine Parasites in Remote Indigenous Communities. 偏远土著社区犬寄生虫治疗的成本效益。

IF 2.2 3区环境科学与生态学

Ecohealth Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-025-01718-w

Cameron Raw, Anke Wiethoelter, Rebecca J Traub, Virginia Wiseman, Caroline Watts

{"title":"Cost-Effectiveness of Treatment for Canine Parasites in Remote Indigenous Communities.","authors":"Cameron Raw, Anke Wiethoelter, Rebecca J Traub, Virginia Wiseman, Caroline Watts","doi":"10.1007/s10393-025-01718-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-025-01718-w","url":null,"abstract":"Zoonotic canine parasites and the vector-borne diseases they may carry can cause high morbidity and mortality in dogs and people. Many remote Indigenous communities in northern Australia have numerous free-roaming dogs, tropical climates favouring parasite development, and limited access to veterinary care, which can promote high prevalence of zoonotic parasites. To successfully combat parasites, treatment programs are needed, which are effective in reducing parasite burden and prevalence as well as being cost-effective and feasible. We compared canine parasite treatments in a Torres Strait Islander community setting, including oxibendazole/praziquantel tablets (OXI), moxidectin/imidacloprid spot-on (MOX), off-label oral ivermectin (IVM), afoxolaner chews (AFO), and flumethrin/imidacloprid collars (FLU). Cost surveys estimated the total annual and per-dog cost of each program. Markov modelling determined the cost per dog free of infection for each program using a government payer perspective over six-month and four-year time horizons. The annual cost per dog treated was $54.53 for OXI, $95.44 for MOX, $22.85 for IVM, $219.79 for AFO and $133.95 for FLU. IVM was less costly and more effective than other treatments against hookworm. FLU dominated in ectoparasite treatment. Sensitivity analyses supported these results. This study contributes cost-effectiveness data to inform parasite treatment program policy with aims of significant reductions in zoonotic canine parasite prevalence and subsequent reductions in environmental contamination with infectious parasite stages.","PeriodicalId":51027,"journal":{"name":"Ecohealth","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144121320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Mental Health, Solastalgia and Food Insecurity in Colombian Indigenous Communities. 哥伦比亚土著社区的心理健康、太阳痛和粮食不安全。

IF 2.2 3区环境科学与生态学

Ecohealth Pub Date : 2025-05-19 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-025-01715-z

Felipe Agudelo-Hernández, Marcela Guapacha-Montoya

{"title":"Mental Health, Solastalgia and Food Insecurity in Colombian Indigenous Communities.","authors":"Felipe Agudelo-Hernández, Marcela Guapacha-Montoya","doi":"10.1007/s10393-025-01715-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-025-01715-z","url":null,"abstract":"An association between extractivism, food insecurity, and mental health problems has been described in Indigenous peoples. The Brief Solastalgia Scale [BSS] has been proposed as a test to determine the negative emotional experience caused by environmental modification. The aim of the present study was to carry out the translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the brief solastalgia scale in two Colombian Indigenous communities with a history of extractivism. Also, to determine the association between spiritual disharmonies and solastalgia in these communities, and to describe the explanation of environmental suffering from the voice of some leaders of these communities. The model used in the validation of BSS was used, after a process of written and oral translation, and cultural adaptation to two Colombian Indigenous communities subjected to extractivism by coal mines [Pueblo Wayuú] and by mercury mines [Embera Dobidá], during 2023 and 2024. Bivariate correlations were also made between suicide risk, emotional problems and food insecurity. The results found an excellent model fit, as well as adequate internal consistency. Positive and statistically significant correlations were found between the variables. The current study helps to understand the relationship between well-being and extractivism, and also seeks to provide input to researchers, decision-makers and practitioners in communities affected by changes in their environments.","PeriodicalId":51027,"journal":{"name":"Ecohealth","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144095575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Community-Wide Genotyping of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Ecuadorian Forests. 厄瓜多尔森林树突壶菌群落基因分型研究。

IF 2.2 3区环境科学与生态学

Ecohealth Pub Date : 2025-05-05 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-025-01716-y

Wesley J Neely, M D M Moretta-Urdiales, Utpal Smart, Ryan L Lynch, Juan Manuel Guayasamin, Shawn F McCracken, David Rodriguez

{"title":"Community-Wide Genotyping of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Ecuadorian Forests.","authors":"Wesley J Neely, M D M Moretta-Urdiales, Utpal Smart, Ryan L Lynch, Juan Manuel Guayasamin, Shawn F McCracken, David Rodriguez","doi":"10.1007/s10393-025-01716-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-025-01716-y","url":null,"abstract":"The amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a cosmopolitan pathogen with numerous distinct lineages. The global panzootic lineage (Bd-GPL) is the most widespread and virulent lineage and is responsible for many recorded amphibian declines. Mapping the extent of Bd-GPL and other more established lineages is important for predicting disease dynamics in amphibian communities. Ecuador is the most biodiverse country per unit area for amphibian taxa and, thus, a priority for studies on genotypic diversity of Bd. In this study, we tested skin swab samples collected from 464 individual amphibians across coastal, Andean montane, and Amazonian forests, for the presence of two Bd lineages known to be present in South America: the globally-distributed Bd-GPL and the Brazilian-endemic Bd-Asia2/Brazil lineage. By using a discriminatory qPCR SNP assay, we found widespread prevalence of Bd-GPL in Ecuador in diverse host taxa. Genotyping efficiency was 36% in this study, meaning that one in every three swabs that tested positive for Bd in infection assays were successfully genotyped. Through this study, we provide further support for the presence of a single Bd lineage in this neotropical biodiversity hotspot.","PeriodicalId":51027,"journal":{"name":"Ecohealth","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144051377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Protection of Pine Barrens Habitat on Federal Lands: A Case Study Using the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory. 联邦土地上松林栖息地的保护：使用能源部布鲁克海文国家实验室的案例研究。

IF 2.2 3区环境科学与生态学

Ecohealth Pub Date : 2025-04-24 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-025-01714-0

Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld

{"title":"Protection of Pine Barrens Habitat on Federal Lands: A Case Study Using the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory.","authors":"Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld","doi":"10.1007/s10393-025-01714-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-025-01714-0","url":null,"abstract":"Industrial, radiological, and chemical wastes remain from nuclear production and research from the Cold War and subsequent industrial activities. Cleanup of these lands is essential to allow future land uses. Some of the US Department of Energy's (DOE) lands will remain in federal ownership, where research and development continue. An opportunity exists to preserve important habitats and ecological resources while still completing a cleanup mission. This paper uses DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) as a case study to examine whether it has sensitive and rare ecological habitat compared to the surrounding region. Our approach was to use the National Land Cover Database to compare the percentage of land use types on BNL to areas from its border to 10 and 30 km of BNL. BNL has a higher percentage of forest on its lands (63%), than occurs in the surrounding region within 10 km (39%) and within 30 km (26%). Pine barrens habitat is threatened globally and is unique in the northeast. Other than the NJ Pinelands, this habitat does not occur for several hundred kms to the south. Our approach can be used at other sites to understand the importance of specific ecological vegetation types compared to the surrounding regions, and to encourage protection when sites contain unique regional habitats. Critical and climax vegetation provides the habitat for endangered and threatened species, as well as local and regional species of concern.","PeriodicalId":51027,"journal":{"name":"Ecohealth","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144027428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Correction: Eco-epidemiological Survey of Trypanosoma cruzi in Dogs from Mendoza, Argentina. 更正：阿根廷门多萨犬克氏锥虫生态流行病学调查。

IF 2.2 3区环境科学与生态学

Ecohealth Pub Date : 2025-04-24 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-025-01713-1

Melisa E Morales, Rubén Cimino, Juan P Mackern-Oberti, Catalina Muñoz-San Martín, Pedro E Cattan, Mariella Superina

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The Ecological, Biological, and Social Determinants of Dengue Epidemiology in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review of the Literature. 拉丁美洲和加勒比地区登革热流行病学的生态、生物学和社会决定因素：文献综述。

IF 2.2 3区环境科学与生态学

Ecohealth Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-025-01706-0

Aisha Barkhad, Natacha Lecours, Maya Stevens-Uninsky, Lawrence Mbuagbaw

{"title":"The Ecological, Biological, and Social Determinants of Dengue Epidemiology in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review of the Literature.","authors":"Aisha Barkhad, Natacha Lecours, Maya Stevens-Uninsky, Lawrence Mbuagbaw","doi":"10.1007/s10393-025-01706-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-025-01706-0","url":null,"abstract":"Dengue has re-emerged in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) over the last five decades. The factors influencing dengue transmission by the Aedes aegypti mosquito vector within the region can be classified as ecological, biological, and social determinants. In this review, we summarized the published literature on the evidence for the determinants of dengue vector dynamics, transmission, and epidemiological outcomes in LAC. We searched PubMed, SCOPUS, and LILACS databases in September 2022 to collect published works irrespective of study design published in either English, French, Portuguese, or Spanish. Full-text articles were obtained for the studies that passed the title and abstract screening process. During full-text screening, articles were assessed to determine if they met the eligibility criteria. Data were extracted using NVivo™ 12. Data were organized as NVivo codes. Themes were compiled and communicated narratively. We included 90 peer-reviewed research articles from LAC between 2007 and 2022. The included studies were from 15 different countries, dependencies, and territories in the region. Several dengue-related indicators and outcomes were classified as ecological, biological, or social. Eight main factors were found, including: micro- and macro-climatic factors; entomological and pathogenic factors; and global-, community-, household-, and individual- level social factors. We identified several existing knowledge gaps in the literature. Making salient these gaps may serve as a starting point for future vector-borne infectious disease research to equip policymakers and public health practitioners to develop effective strategies to mitigate the impact of dengue and protect vulnerable populations in LAC.","PeriodicalId":51027,"journal":{"name":"Ecohealth","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143732806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Health Stress in Birds Increase with Urbanization in a Large Tropical City. 热带大城市城市化进程中鸟类健康压力的增加

IF 2.2 3区环境科学与生态学

Ecohealth Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-025-01708-y

Eduardo Guimarães Santos, Júlia Vieira Herter, Helga Correa Wiederhecker, Thais de Oliveira Fernandes, Stephanie Carolliny Nunes Ferreira, Sandy Menezes Honorato, Giane Regina Paludo, Miguel Ângelo Marini

{"title":"Health Stress in Birds Increase with Urbanization in a Large Tropical City.","authors":"Eduardo Guimarães Santos, Júlia Vieira Herter, Helga Correa Wiederhecker, Thais de Oliveira Fernandes, Stephanie Carolliny Nunes Ferreira, Sandy Menezes Honorato, Giane Regina Paludo, Miguel Ângelo Marini","doi":"10.1007/s10393-025-01708-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-025-01708-y","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding how the urbanization process affects the lives of animals that live in these environments is relevant to conservation and management. In fact, the urbanization process has a direct impact on animals and can influence their health state. Thus, our objective was to investigate the immunological response of birds to the urbanization process. We recorded the H/L ratio of 723 birds of 10 species captured in Brasília (a large city in central Brazil), as a measure of chronic stress in birds. The H/L ratio was positively associated with the intensity of urbanization and negatively associated with body condition. However, body condition was not associated with intensity of urbanization. We confirmed our hypothesis that birds living in areas with greater urban intensity are more stressed. In addition, we demonstrated that the H/L ratio is negatively associated with body condition, and that this variable should be considered in studies that aim to assess the health of animals. These findings are relevant because they confirm that the urbanization process, along with all its environmental changes (increased artificial light, increased noise, suppression of vegetation, increased built-up areas, etc.), has a negative direct impact on wild populations, which have to deal with major urban changes.","PeriodicalId":51027,"journal":{"name":"Ecohealth","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143722591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Guanay Cormorants on Is. Pescadores, Peru. 来自瓜内鸬鹚的耐碳青霉烯铜绿假单胞菌。澎湖列岛、秘鲁。

IF 2.2 3区环境科学与生态学

Ecohealth Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-025-01712-2

Luciano A Palomino-Kobayashi, Carlos Zavalaga, Cinthia Irigoin-Lovera, Diego Gonzales-DelCarpio, Rocío Egoávil-Espejo, Fernanda Borges-Barbosa, Maria J Pons, Joaquim Ruiz

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