Whence the next pandemic? The intersecting global geography of the animal-human interface, poor health systems and air transit centrality reveals conduits for high-impact spillover
Core message
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- This work quantifies the global geography of wildlife-human interfaces.
- A hierarchy of spillover risk is developed based on the nature of these interfaces.
- 40% of the world's most connected cities are close to areas of impactful spillover.
- This work identifies important conduits for potential future pandemics.
Full citation
Walsh, M.G. et al. 2020. Whence the next pandemic? The intersecting global geography of the animal-human interface, poor health systems and air transit centrality reveals conduits for high-impact spillover. One Health 11: 100177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100177