EcohealthPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-03-27DOI: 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":"10.1007/s10393-025-01706-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>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.</p>","PeriodicalId":51027,"journal":{"name":"Ecohealth","volume":" ","pages":"203-221"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12259752/pdf/","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":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcohealthPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-03-26DOI: 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
{"title":"Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Guanay Cormorants on Is. Pescadores, Peru.","authors":"Luciano A Palomino-Kobayashi, Carlos Zavalaga, Cinthia Irigoin-Lovera, Diego Gonzales-DelCarpio, Rocío Egoávil-Espejo, Fernanda Borges-Barbosa, Maria J Pons, Joaquim Ruiz","doi":"10.1007/s10393-025-01712-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10393-025-01712-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Five carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa isolates were obtained from 33 adult Guanay Cormorants from Isla Pescadores, Lima, Peru. Four isolates had a similar antibiotic susceptibility profile and their carbapenem resistance was attributed to mutations in OprD porin; whilst the last isolate carried both bla<sub>VIM</sub> (encoded within a Class 1 integron) and bla<sub>IMP</sub>. Moreover, the VIM/IMP co-producer belongs to ST111, considered as a high-risk clone. The other isolates could not be identified by MLST since amplification of mutL, aroE, and acsA could not be achieved. The exoA and exoT genes were present in all isolates, while the VIM/IMP isolate also carried exoS and exoY but neither exoU nor algD. BOX-PCR showed that the VIM/IMP isolate was not clonally related to the other four. These findings highlight the importance of surveillance and characterisation of carbapenem-resistant bacteria from environmental sources in Peru.</p>","PeriodicalId":51027,"journal":{"name":"Ecohealth","volume":" ","pages":"268-278"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143732804","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}
EcohealthPub Date : 2025-06-01DOI: 10.1007/s10393-025-01713-1
Melisa E Morales, Rubén Cimino, Juan P Mackern-Oberti, Catalina Muñoz-San Martín, Pedro E Cattan, Mariella Superina
{"title":"Correction: Eco-epidemiological Survey of Trypanosoma cruzi in Dogs from Mendoza, Argentina.","authors":"Melisa E Morales, Rubén Cimino, Juan P Mackern-Oberti, Catalina Muñoz-San Martín, Pedro E Cattan, Mariella Superina","doi":"10.1007/s10393-025-01713-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10393-025-01713-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51027,"journal":{"name":"Ecohealth","volume":" ","pages":"311-312"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144048810","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}
EcohealthPub Date : 2025-06-01DOI: 10.1007/s10393-025-01709-x
Louise Gibson, Tammy Shadbolt, Pranab Paul, Georgina Gerard, Ethan Wrigglesworth, Anthony W Sainsbury, Helen Donald, Jenny E Jaffe, Inez Januszczak, Liam D Fitzpatrick, Caela Burrell, Hannah Davies, Akbar Dastjerdi, Simon Spiro
{"title":"Correction: Prevalence and Molecular Analysis of Encephalomyocarditis Virus-2 in the Hazel Dormouse.","authors":"Louise Gibson, Tammy Shadbolt, Pranab Paul, Georgina Gerard, Ethan Wrigglesworth, Anthony W Sainsbury, Helen Donald, Jenny E Jaffe, Inez Januszczak, Liam D Fitzpatrick, Caela Burrell, Hannah Davies, Akbar Dastjerdi, Simon Spiro","doi":"10.1007/s10393-025-01709-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10393-025-01709-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51027,"journal":{"name":"Ecohealth","volume":" ","pages":"309-310"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12259769/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcohealthPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-05-21DOI: 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":"10.1007/s10393-025-01718-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>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.</p>","PeriodicalId":51027,"journal":{"name":"Ecohealth","volume":" ","pages":"296-308"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12259740/pdf/","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":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcohealthPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-05-27DOI: 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":"10.1007/s10393-025-01717-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>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.</p>","PeriodicalId":51027,"journal":{"name":"Ecohealth","volume":" ","pages":"279-295"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12259751/pdf/","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":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcohealthPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-03-19DOI: 10.1007/s10393-025-01711-3
Lucas Hollett, Tegan Padgett, Marta Canuti, Courtney White, Claire Brenton, Jordan Wight, Tom Chapman, Andrew Lang, Hugh Whitney, Kate Carson, Joel Finnis, Atanu Sarkar
{"title":"Citizen Science Detection and Characterization of Mosquito-Borne Viruses.","authors":"Lucas Hollett, Tegan Padgett, Marta Canuti, Courtney White, Claire Brenton, Jordan Wight, Tom Chapman, Andrew Lang, Hugh Whitney, Kate Carson, Joel Finnis, Atanu Sarkar","doi":"10.1007/s10393-025-01711-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10393-025-01711-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Citizen science has long been applied to collect data on mosquito abundance and distribution and thereby provide critical information on the movements of invasive species and potentially associated human pathogens. This study, conducted in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador and in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, showed that citizen scientists can provide mosquito samples from remote locations in a very cost-effective manner, and, thereby, contribute to the development of a comprehensive spatial database on native and invasive species. However, there have been some concerns about the quality of such data, and the reliability and sustainability of such means of conducting surveillance. Virological screening allowed us to identify 6.2% (17/274) of the tested mosquito pools as positive for either snowshoe hare virus (SHV, 14 pools) or Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV)-like viruses (3 pools). Additionally, we found evidence of clear geographic patterns in SHV circulation and identified a novel and likely reassortant JCV-like virus. The detection of viruses in native species from remote rural locations clearly validated the importance of public participation in mosquito surveillance. Despite several potential issues, citizen science can become an indispensable means of enabling ecological research in the context of public and animal health.</p>","PeriodicalId":51027,"journal":{"name":"Ecohealth","volume":" ","pages":"256-267"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143665331","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}
EcohealthPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-03-15DOI: 10.1007/s10393-025-01705-1
Vincenzo Pisante
{"title":"Health Ecology.","authors":"Vincenzo Pisante","doi":"10.1007/s10393-025-01705-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10393-025-01705-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The World Health Organization (WHO) aims to ensure the highest level of health for all populations. Despite progress, increased life expectancy has not translated into a proportional rise in healthy life years, as chronic diseases are on the rise. In this context, health ecology emerges as a new scientific discipline focused on preserving health rather than curing diseases. It seeks to calculate healthy life expectancy by analyzing individual, social, and systemic choices, offering a proactive and rigorous approach to making informed decisions and improving long-term well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":51027,"journal":{"name":"Ecohealth","volume":" ","pages":"200-202"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143634945","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}
EcohealthPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-03-27DOI: 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":"10.1007/s10393-025-01708-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>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.</p>","PeriodicalId":51027,"journal":{"name":"Ecohealth","volume":" ","pages":"233-243"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","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}
EcohealthPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-02-23DOI: 10.1007/s10393-025-01703-3
Lada S Lisachova, Artem P Lisachov, Oleg A Ermakov, Anton O Svinin, Polina I Chernigova, Sergey M Lyapkov, Renat I Zamaletdinov, Alexey V Pavlov, Svetlana S Zaks, Alexandr I Fayzulin, Vyacheslav A Korzikov, Evgeniy Simonov
{"title":"Continent-Wide Distribution of CMTV-Like Ranavirus, from the Urals to the Atlantic Ocean.","authors":"Lada S Lisachova, Artem P Lisachov, Oleg A Ermakov, Anton O Svinin, Polina I Chernigova, Sergey M Lyapkov, Renat I Zamaletdinov, Alexey V Pavlov, Svetlana S Zaks, Alexandr I Fayzulin, Vyacheslav A Korzikov, Evgeniy Simonov","doi":"10.1007/s10393-025-01703-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10393-025-01703-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ranavirosis is an emerging infectious disease of amphibians, fish, and reptiles caused by large dsDNA viruses of the genus Ranavirus associated with morbidity and mass mortalities worldwide. They are considered to be one of the major drivers of the ongoing amphibian biodiversity crisis. In this study, we investigated the prevalence and genetic diversity of ranaviruses in native and invasive populations of water frogs (Pelophylax spp.) across Russia using the DNA sample collection established in 2006-2016. The collection included samples collected in the wild and samples from wild-caught water frogs that had been kept in laboratories for a period of time. Overall, 52 out of 590 (8.8%) of wild frogs from 18 out of 94 (19.1%) sampling sites tested positive, including samples from invasive populations. Among the captive frogs, 71 out of 263 (27.0%) were positive and they had a significantly higher relative viral load. We found six major capsid protein gene haplotypes from 22 positive samples, all belonging to the common midwife toad virus (CMTV-like) ranaviruses, at multiple sites within the basins of three of Europe's largest rivers (Volga, Dnieper, and Don). Combined with previously published data, this study provides evidence for a continent-wide distribution of CMTV-like ranaviruses in Europe and strengthens the hypothesis of their endemism on the continent. Our study also highlights that the water frogs are important hosts for ranaviruses and could potentially act as vectors for infection transmission.</p>","PeriodicalId":51027,"journal":{"name":"Ecohealth","volume":" ","pages":"173-184"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143484619","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}