Predictive hotspots for zoonotic infectious diseases (2020 update)

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Predictive hotspots for zoonotic infectious diseases (2020 update)

This map shows hotspots at risk of zoonotic emerging infectious diseases, which jump from animals to humans. Source: T. Allen et al., Global hotspots and correlates of emerging zoonotic diseases, Nature Communications, 2017; UNEP Frontiers 2016 Report: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern; Global animal disease intelligence report, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2017.

Year: 2020

From collection: Global linkages – a graphic look at the changing Arctic (rev.1)

Cartographer: Philippe Rekacewicz and Georgios Fylakis

Tags: disease hotspot map zoonotic

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