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San-José A, Mayor P, Carvalho B, El Bizri HR, Antunes AP, Antunez Correa M, Aquino R, Bodmer RE, Boubli JP, Carvalho EAR, Campos-Silva JV, Constantino PAL, de Paula MJ, Desbiez ALJ, Fang T, Gómez-Puerta LA, Knoop SB, Longin G, Morcatty TQ, Maranhão L, Massocato GF, Munari DP, Nunes AV, Puertas P, Oliveira MA, Pezzuti JCB, Richard-Hansen C, Santos G, Valsecchi J, von Mühlen EM, Bosmediano J, Rodó X. Climate determines transmission hotspots of Polycystic Echinococcosis, a life-threatening zoonotic disease, across Pan-Amazonia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2302661120. [PMID: 37549288 PMCID: PMC10438396 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2302661120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Polycystic Echinococcosis (PE), a neglected life-threatening zoonotic disease caused by the cestode Echinococcus vogeli, is endemic in the Amazon. Despite being treatable, PE reaches a case fatality rate of around 29% due to late or missed diagnosis. PE is sustained in Pan-Amazonia by a complex sylvatic cycle. The hunting of its infected intermediate hosts (especially the lowland paca Cuniculus paca) enables the disease to further transmit to humans, when their viscera are improperly handled. In this study, we compiled a unique dataset of host occurrences (~86000 records) and disease infections (~400 cases) covering the entire Pan-Amazonia and employed different modeling and statistical tools to unveil the spatial distribution of PE's key animal hosts. Subsequently, we derived a set of ecological, environmental, climatic, and hunting covariates that potentially act as transmission risk factors and used them as predictors of two independent Maximum Entropy models, one for animal infections and one for human infections. Our findings indicate that temperature stability promotes the sylvatic circulation of the disease. Additionally, we show how El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) extreme events disrupt hunting patterns throughout Pan-Amazonia, ultimately affecting the probability of spillover. In a scenario where climate extremes are projected to intensify, climate change at regional level appears to be indirectly driving the spillover of E. vogeli. These results hold substantial implications for a wide range of zoonoses acquired at the wildlife-human interface for which transmission is related to the manipulation and consumption of wild meat, underscoring the pressing need for enhanced awareness and intervention strategies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Adrià San-José
- Climate and Health Program, ISGlobal, Barcelona08003, Spain
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- Departament de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra08193, España
- Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, Iquitos16002, Peru
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- Climate and Health Program, ISGlobal, Barcelona08003, Spain
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- Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, Iquitos16002, Peru
- Rede de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade, Conservação e Uso da Fauna da Amazônia, Manaus69067-375, Brasil
- School of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Salford, SalfordM5 4WT, United Kingdom
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- Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, Iquitos16002, Peru
- Rede de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade, Conservação e Uso da Fauna da Amazônia, Manaus69067-375, Brasil
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Amazonas69067-375, Brazil
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- Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, Iquitos16002, Peru
- Programa Putumayo Amazonas, Instituto del Bien Común, Loreto15072, Perú
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- Instituto de Investigaciones de Trópico y de Altura, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Iquitos575, Peru
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- Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, Iquitos16002, Peru
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- School of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Salford, SalfordM5 4WT, United Kingdom
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- Rede de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade, Conservação e Uso da Fauna da Amazônia, Manaus69067-375, Brasil
- Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Mamíferos Carnívoros, Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, Atibaia, SP12952-011, Brazil
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- Rede de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade, Conservação e Uso da Fauna da Amazônia, Manaus69067-375, Brasil
- US Forest Service - International Programs1 Thomas Circle NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC20005
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- Rede de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade, Conservação e Uso da Fauna da Amazônia, Manaus69067-375, Brasil
- Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará, Altamira, Pará68377-630, Brazil
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- Instituto de Conservação de Animais Silvestres, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul79040-290, Brazil
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- Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, Iquitos16002, Peru
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima01, Peru
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- Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, Iquitos16002, Peru
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- Parc Amazonien de Guyane, Maripasoula, French Guiana97370, France
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- Oxford Wildlife Trade Research Group, Oxford Brookes University, OxfordOX3 0BP, United Kingdom
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- Research Group on Terrestrial Vertebrate Ecology, Mamirauá Sustainable Development Institute, Tefé, Amazonas69553-225, Brasil
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- Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará, Altamira, Pará68377-630, Brazil
- Instituto de Conservação de Animais Silvestres, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul79040-290, Brazil
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- Rede de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade, Conservação e Uso da Fauna da Amazônia, Manaus69067-375, Brasil
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- Rede de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade, Conservação e Uso da Fauna da Amazônia, Manaus69067-375, Brasil
- Laboratory of Biodiversity Monitoring and Food Security, Knowledge Center on Biodiversity, Belo Horizonte31270-901, Brazil
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- Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, Iquitos16002, Peru
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- Comunidad de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía y en Latinoamérica, Iquitos16002, Peru
- Rede de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade, Conservação e Uso da Fauna da Amazônia, Manaus69067-375, Brasil
- Centro Universitário Aparício Carvalho, Porto Velho76811-678, Brasil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Conservação e Uso de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho76800-000, Brasil
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- Rede de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade, Conservação e Uso da Fauna da Amazônia, Manaus69067-375, Brasil
- Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazônicos, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém66075110, Brasil
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- Service Espèces à Enjeux, Direction de la Recherche et Appui Scientifique, Office Français de la Biodiversité/Unité Mixte de Recherche Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane, Kourou, French Guiana97310, France
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- Centro Universitário São Lucas, Porto Velho, Rondônia76805-846, Brazil
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- Rede de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade, Conservação e Uso da Fauna da Amazônia, Manaus69067-375, Brasil
- Research Group on Terrestrial Vertebrate Ecology, Mamirauá Sustainable Development Institute, Tefé, Amazonas69553-225, Brasil
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- Departamento de Ciencias e Ingeniería, Universidad Científica de Perú, Iquitos16007, Peru
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- Climate and Health Program, ISGlobal, Barcelona08003, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona08010, Spain
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Pezzuti JCB, Oliveira T, Pantoja-Lima J, Rebêlo GH, Félix-Silva D. Temporal and Spatial Stability on the Population Structure of Consumed and Illegally Traded Big-Headed Amazon River Turtle in the Negro River Basin, Central Amazon, Brazil. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.640961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Freshwater turtles are a valuable food resource for riverine human communities and have been historically overharvested throughout all major tropical large river basins, with consequent gradual population decreases. Even species considered to be abundant are declining, and in many cases were brought to a condition of near extinction. The collection of adult females during breeding season on nesting beaches is considered a major factor in population decline and subsequent loss of food sources for humans. There is growing consensus that adult females constitute the category which turtle populations can least afford to lose. In the Negro River Basin, the podocnemidid big-headed Amazon River turtle, Peltocephalus dumerilianus, is heavily exploited for consumption and poached for illegal trade among riverine communities and cities. Between 1997 and 2002 and in 2019, we measured live turtles and carapaces of big-headed turtles in the city of Barcelos and its surroundings, and among the riverine families living in the Jaú National Park. We compared body sizes and sex ratios between areas, periods, and between consumed and traded individuals. We found no differences between areas, even those close to Barcelos and the ones belonging to remote areas where pressure levels are lower. The individuals consumed in Jaú National Park are larger than those poached for illegal trade in both areas. There was an increase in average size between 1997 and 2002. Sex ratio was slightly skewed toward males, which were larger, and did not differ between areas and periods. Results indicate stability on size of harvested populations, which may be supporting current extraction levels. Data suggest this could be related to the absence of adult female capture during nesting for this species. We recommend protection strategies for other Amazon Podocnemidid species that focus on the protection of nesting beaches and surrounding areas where adults occupy, specifically in areas under communal protection.
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Miorando PS, Giarrizzo T, Pezzuti JCB. Population structure and allometry of Podocnemis unifilis (Testudines, Podocnemididae) in a protected area upstream Belo Monte dam in Xingu River, Brazil. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2015; 87:2067-79. [PMID: 26628030 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201520140321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2014] [Accepted: 01/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Amazon river turtles are increasingly threatened by habitat loss and alteration due to the Brazilian energy policy based on construction of hydroelectric dams, meanwhile, populational studies remain scarce. We described the population structure, and established body allometric relationships of Podocnemis unifilis in the Terra do Meio Ecological Station in the Iriri River, tributary of the Xingu River upstream the Belo Monte dam under construction Turtles were captured by hand net and diving in 2012 and 2013 dry seasons, and 2013 rainy season. A total of 728 males, 296 females and four juveniles were captured. Adult sex ratio was male-biased by 9.15 ♂:1 ♀. Females were significantly larger than males. Mean straight carapace length was 268.9 ± 46.7 mm (165 - 403) for females; and 232.7 ± 24.8 mm (167 - 303) for males. The sexes were morphologically distinct in function of a proportionally larger plastron, and higher carapace, on females. Allometric relationships between straight carapace length and other morphometric traits were strong for males (R2 range = 0.87 - 0.96 and females (R2 range =0.79 - 0.98. Exploitation of P. unifilis in biomass extirpated from the Middle Xingu River may be estimated from body parts found post-consumption by the presented regressions.
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- Priscila S Miorando
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aquática e Pesca, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Pesqueira e Manejo dos Recursos Aquáticos, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazônicos, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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Pignati MT, Pezzuti JCB. Alometria reprodutiva de Podocnemis unifilis (Testudines: Podocnemididae) na várzea do baixo rio Amazonas, Santarém, Pará, Brasil. Iheringia, Sér Zool 2012. [DOI: 10.1590/s0073-47212012000100007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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O tamanho do corpo dos organismos representa um parâmetro importante, podendo gerar consequências na sua ecologia, atividades reprodutivas, evolução e desenvolvimento. Relação alométrica é o estudo do tamanho (ou do crescimento) de uma parte do corpo relacionado com o tamanho (ou crescimento) total do corpo do organismo. Este estudo analisou a relação alométrica entre as fêmeas de Podocnemis unifilis (Troschel, 1848) e seus ovos e filhotes e entre as características dos ninhos e a ninhada em uma área de várzea do baixo rio Amazonas, estado do Pará, Brasil. As ninhadas de P. unifilis foram monitoradas no Tabuleiro da Água Preta durante o período reprodutivo de 2009. As fêmeas encontradas desovando foram medidas e seus respectivos ninhos marcados com estacas numeradas e as características físicas mensuradas. Os ovos e filhotes destes ninhos foram retirados e contados, e tiveram seus dados biométricos tomados. Os parâmetros das fêmeas analisados (comprimento retilíneo da carapaça e massa) correlacionaram-se fortemente às variáveis dos ovos (variável x) e filhotes (variável y), exceto com o comprimento do ovo e com a massa do filhote. Estudos futuros direcionados para melhor compreensão de como as características ambientais influenciam nas ninhadas podem ser aplicados, sendo úteis no manejo da espécie.
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