Biodiversity and public health interface

Autor(es)

Pinter, Adriano ; Prist, Paula Ribeiro ; Marrelli, Mauro Toledo

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Biota Neotropica; v. 22, p. 10-pg., 2022-01-01.

Resumo

Alongside modernity, the human activity has been a key factor in global environmental risks, with worldwide anthropic modification being the cause of the emergence of diseases for wild and livestock animals, and even humans. In special, the increase in the spatial distribution and in the incidence of some emerging infectious diseases (EID) are directly associated to deforestation and global climate changes. Moreover, the arise of new EID agents, such as the SARS-COV-2 have been reported for the last 30 years. On the other hand, biodiversity has been shown to be a key indicator for ecosystem health, and to pose a role to increase the promotion of human public health. In neotropical regions, and in special, in Brazil, several infectious diseases have been demonstrated to be directly affected for the biodiversity loss, such as malaria, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, yellow fever, urban arboviruses, spotted fever, amongst other. To better understand the ecosystem capacity of regulation of infectious diseases, FAPESP BIOTA program have supported researchers and research projects to increase knowledge about Brazilian biodiversity and the ecosystems, such as diversity of bird bioagents, venomous animals biodiversity, diversity of mosquitos species in forest patches inside urban areas, propagation of the yellow fever virus over fragmented forest territories, loss of ecological corridors and occurrence of spotted fever and malaria, amongst others. It is noteworthy that FAPESP BIOTA is a successful program and must be expanded as an important tool for present and future public health promotion. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 20/06694-8 - BIOTA SÍNTESE - Núcleo de Análise e Síntese de Soluções Baseadas na Natureza
• Beneficiário: Jean Paul Walter Metzger
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Núcleos de Pesquisa Orientada a Problemas em São Paulo
• Processo FAPESP: 18/14389-0 - Centro Conjunto Brasil-Reino Unido para Descoberta, Diagnóstico, Genômica e Epidemiologia de Arbovírus (CADDE)
• Beneficiário: Ester Cerdeira Sabino
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático
• Processo FAPESP: 18/25437-6 - Estudo dos potenciais vetores e fatores ecológicos associados à emergência e circulação da febre amarela no Brasil
• Beneficiário: Mauro Toledo Marrelli
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 19/20590-3 - Avaliação do impacto do vírus da febre amarela em primatas não humanos de duas unidades de conservação e potencial estabelecimento do ciclo enzoótico no estado de São Paulo
• Beneficiário: Adriano Pinter dos Santos
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Regular