An ounce of prevention is better : Monitoring wildlife health as a tool for pandemic prevention

Jan Frederik Gogarten; Ariane Düx; Tobias Gräßle; Christelle Patricia Lumbu; Stephanie Markert; Livia Victoria Patrono; Kamilla Anna Pléh; Frederic Niatou Singa; Coch Tanguy Floyde Tanga; Thais Berenger Tombolomako; Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann; Leonce Kouadio; Steve Ahuka-Mundeke; Patrice Makouloutou-Nzassi; Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer; Fabian Hubertus Leendertz

doi:10.1038/s44319-024-00156-z

An ounce of prevention is better : Monitoring wildlife health as a tool for pandemic prevention

EMBO Rep. 2024 Jul;25(7):2819-2831. doi: 10.1038/s44319-024-00156-z. Epub 2024 Jun 7.

Authors

Jan Frederik Gogarten^#^{1

2}, Ariane Düx^#^{1

3}, Tobias Gräßle^#¹, Christelle Patricia Lumbu^#^{1

4

5}, Stephanie Markert^#¹, Livia Victoria Patrono^#¹, Kamilla Anna Pléh^#^{1

3}, Frederic Niatou Singa^#⁶, Coch Tanguy Floyde Tanga^#^{1

7

8

9}, Thais Berenger Tombolomako^#^{1

6}, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann¹⁰, Leonce Kouadio^{1

11

12}, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke^{13

14}, Patrice Makouloutou-Nzassi^{15

16}, Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer^#^{1

17}, Fabian Hubertus Leendertz^#^{18

19

20}

Affiliations

¹ Helmholtz Institute for One Health, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Greifswald, Germany.
² Department of Applied Zoology and Nature Conservation, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
³ Taï Chimpanzee Project, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
⁴ Institut National de Recherche Biomedical, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
⁵ Kokolopori Bonobo Research Project, Tshuapa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
⁶ WWF Central African Republic Programme Office, Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Bangui, Central African Republic.
⁷ Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale, Libreville, Gabon.
⁸ Ozouga Chimpanzee Project, Loango National Park, Gabon.
⁹ Loango Gorilla Project, Loango National Park, Gabon.
¹⁰ Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA), Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
¹¹ Université Peleforo Gon Coulibaly, Korhogo, Côte d'Ivoire.
¹² Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
¹³ Service de Microbiologie, Departement de Biologie Médicale, Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa (CUK), Université de Kinshasa (UNIKIN), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
¹⁴ Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
¹⁵ Département de Biologie et Écologie Animale, Institut de Recherche en Écologie Tropicale (IRET/CENAREST), Libreville, Gabon.
¹⁶ Unité de Recherche en Écologie de la Santé, CIRMF, Franceville, Gabon.
¹⁷ Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
¹⁸ Helmholtz Institute for One Health, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Greifswald, Germany. fabian.leendertz@helmholtz-hioh.de.
¹⁹ Taï Chimpanzee Project, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. fabian.leendertz@helmholtz-hioh.de.
²⁰ Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany. fabian.leendertz@helmholtz-hioh.de.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Long-term observations of wildlife are key to understanding the ecological foundations of disease emergence. They provide unique opportunities to detect pathogens with zoonotic potential that could threaten human health but also pose a threat for the animals.

MeSH terms

Animals
Animals, Wild*
COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / prevention & control
Humans
Pandemics* / prevention & control
SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification
Zoonoses / epidemiology
Zoonoses / prevention & control

Abstract

MeSH terms

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