Pathogenic landscape of transboundary zoonotic diseases in the Mexico-US border along the Rio Grande
Transboundary zoonotic diseases, several of which are vector borne, can maintain a dynamic focus, and have pathogens circulating in geographic regions encircling multiple geopolitical boundaries. Global change is intensifying transboundary problems including the spatial variation of the risk and inc...
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doaj-032262b5563c41ebb2aa540748f096792020-11-24T22:34:18ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652014-11-01210.3389/fpubh.2014.00177107881Pathogenic landscape of transboundary zoonotic diseases in the Mexico-US border along the Rio GrandeMaria Dolores Esteve-Gasent0Adalberto A. Perez De Leon1Dora eRomero-Salas2Teresa P. Feria-Arroyo3Ramiro ePatino4Ivan eCastro-Arellano5Guadalupe eGordillo-Pérez6Allan eAuclair7John eGoolsby8Roger Ivan Rodríguez-Vivas9José Guillermo Estrada-Franco10Texas A&M UniversityUSDA-ARS Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory,Universidad VeracruzanaThe University of Texas-Pan AmericanThe University of Texas-Pan AmericanTexas State UniversityCentro Médico Nacional SXXI, IMSSUnited States Department of Agriculture – Animal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceuUnited States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research ServiceUniversidad Autónoma de YucatánUniversidad Autonoma del Estado de MexicoTransboundary zoonotic diseases, several of which are vector borne, can maintain a dynamic focus, and have pathogens circulating in geographic regions encircling multiple geopolitical boundaries. Global change is intensifying transboundary problems including the spatial variation of the risk and incidence of zoonotic diseases. The complexity of these challenges can be greater in areas where rivers delineate international boundaries and encompass transitions between ecozones. The Rio Grande serves as a natural border between the US State of Texas and the Mexican States of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas. Not only millions of people live in this transboundary region but also a substantial movement of goods and people pass through it everyday. Moreover, it occurs over a region that functions as a corridor for animal migrations, and thus links the Neotropic and Nearctic biogeographic zones, with the latter being a known foci of zoonotic diseases. However, the pathogenic landscape of important zoonotic diseases in the south Texas-Mexico transboundary region remains to be fully understood. An international perspective on the interplay between disease systems, ecosystem processes, land use, and human behaviors is applied here to analyze landscape and spatial features of Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Hantavirus disease, Lyme Borreliosis, Leptospirosis, Bartonellosis, Chagas disease, human Babesiosis, and Leishmaniasis. Surveillance systems following the One Health approach with a regional perspective will help identifying opportunities to mitigate the health burden of those diseases on human and animal populations. It is proposed that the Mexico-US border, along the Rio Grande region be viewed as a continuum landscape where zoonotic pathogens circulate regardless of national borders.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2014.00177/fullBabesiaHantavirusLeishmaniaglobal changelyme borreliosisTransbounday zoonotic diseases |
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Maria Dolores Esteve-Gasent Adalberto A. Perez De Leon Dora eRomero-Salas Teresa P. Feria-Arroyo Ramiro ePatino Ivan eCastro-Arellano Guadalupe eGordillo-Pérez Allan eAuclair John eGoolsby Roger Ivan Rodríguez-Vivas José Guillermo Estrada-Franco |
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Maria Dolores Esteve-Gasent Adalberto A. Perez De Leon Dora eRomero-Salas Teresa P. Feria-Arroyo Ramiro ePatino Ivan eCastro-Arellano Guadalupe eGordillo-Pérez Allan eAuclair John eGoolsby Roger Ivan Rodríguez-Vivas José Guillermo Estrada-Franco Pathogenic landscape of transboundary zoonotic diseases in the Mexico-US border along the Rio Grande Frontiers in Public Health Babesia Hantavirus Leishmania global change lyme borreliosis Transbounday zoonotic diseases |
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Maria Dolores Esteve-Gasent Adalberto A. Perez De Leon Dora eRomero-Salas Teresa P. Feria-Arroyo Ramiro ePatino Ivan eCastro-Arellano Guadalupe eGordillo-Pérez Allan eAuclair John eGoolsby Roger Ivan Rodríguez-Vivas José Guillermo Estrada-Franco |
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Pathogenic landscape of transboundary zoonotic diseases in the Mexico-US border along the Rio Grande |
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Pathogenic landscape of transboundary zoonotic diseases in the Mexico-US border along the Rio Grande |
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Pathogenic landscape of transboundary zoonotic diseases in the Mexico-US border along the Rio Grande |
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Pathogenic landscape of transboundary zoonotic diseases in the Mexico-US border along the Rio Grande |
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Pathogenic landscape of transboundary zoonotic diseases in the Mexico-US border along the Rio Grande |
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pathogenic landscape of transboundary zoonotic diseases in the mexico-us border along the rio grande |
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Transboundary zoonotic diseases, several of which are vector borne, can maintain a dynamic focus, and have pathogens circulating in geographic regions encircling multiple geopolitical boundaries. Global change is intensifying transboundary problems including the spatial variation of the risk and incidence of zoonotic diseases. The complexity of these challenges can be greater in areas where rivers delineate international boundaries and encompass transitions between ecozones. The Rio Grande serves as a natural border between the US State of Texas and the Mexican States of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas. Not only millions of people live in this transboundary region but also a substantial movement of goods and people pass through it everyday. Moreover, it occurs over a region that functions as a corridor for animal migrations, and thus links the Neotropic and Nearctic biogeographic zones, with the latter being a known foci of zoonotic diseases. However, the pathogenic landscape of important zoonotic diseases in the south Texas-Mexico transboundary region remains to be fully understood. An international perspective on the interplay between disease systems, ecosystem processes, land use, and human behaviors is applied here to analyze landscape and spatial features of Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Hantavirus disease, Lyme Borreliosis, Leptospirosis, Bartonellosis, Chagas disease, human Babesiosis, and Leishmaniasis. Surveillance systems following the One Health approach with a regional perspective will help identifying opportunities to mitigate the health burden of those diseases on human and animal populations. It is proposed that the Mexico-US border, along the Rio Grande region be viewed as a continuum landscape where zoonotic pathogens circulate regardless of national borders. |
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Babesia Hantavirus Leishmania global change lyme borreliosis Transbounday zoonotic diseases |
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