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Ecological Disease

The document discusses the relationship between environmental degradation and the emergence of diseases that affect both humans and animals, highlighting pandemics as a significant threat. It emphasizes that human exploitation of nature leads to increased disease outbreaks, particularly in tropical regions. The Predict initiative aims to study the ecology of disease through collaboration among veterinarians, conservation biologists, and medical professionals to improve disease prevention strategies.

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Ecological Disease

The document discusses the relationship between environmental degradation and the emergence of diseases that affect both humans and animals, highlighting pandemics as a significant threat. It emphasizes that human exploitation of nature leads to increased disease outbreaks, particularly in tropical regions. The Predict initiative aims to study the ecology of disease through collaboration among veterinarians, conservation biologists, and medical professionals to improve disease prevention strategies.

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THE ECOLOGICAL DISEASE

Because savagery between species occurs and human losses continue even in the face of disease
outbreaks, it is essential to be cognizant of the well-being and continued existence of both animals and
humans. Unquestionably, one of the numerous horrors that mankind might encounter is pandemics.
And the onset of these illnesses is frequently unanticipated.

We are constantly preoccupied with our affairs and fail to notice potential environmental threats.
AIDS, malaria, and Hendra are just a few illnesses that have their roots in animals that have interacted
with people. Our mistreatment and exploitation of nature is the main supporter of these occurrences.
Animals are pushed out of their native habitats as ecosystems continue to lose their beauty and
resources.

The plague and malaria are two instances of diseases that have always entered human populations
after emerging from the woods and wildlife. But according to specialists, the number of developing
diseases has quadrupled in the previous 50 years, partly as a result of growing human intrusion into
natural habitats, particularly in disease around the world, which are primarily tropical regions.

The initiative called Predict, funded by the United States Agency for International Development, is
bringing together teams of veterinarians, conservation biologists, and medical professionals to study the
"ecology of disease.

The mitigation of disease by environmental monitoring and control, according to our argument, is
another sort of technique that must be included in the entire development of preventative medicine.
The pathogens that cause infectious diseases interact with their hosts as well as a web of other species
in ecological communities in order to spread disease. Recent studies on the ecology of illness have
shown that understanding these connections can be utilized to forecast, stop, and lessen the spread of
infectious diseases.

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