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Pathogen spillover occurs when epidemics are driven by reservoir transmission

Published in Blood Weekly, February 3rd, 2005

Pathogen spillover occurs when epidemics are driven by reservoir transmission.

According to recent research published in the journal American Naturalist, "In field experiments manipulating generalist pathogens and host community composition, the presence of a highly susceptible reservoir species drove disease dynamics in multiple nonreservoir species, sometimes decreasing their abundance through apparent competition.

"The dynamics of generalist pathogens in multispecies host communities remain a major frontier for disease ecology. Of particular interest are how host community structure controls pathogen transmission and how disease spread...

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