Rodent Virus Diversity and Differentiation across Post-Katrina New Orleans

• Published in: Sustainability
• Main Authors: Anna C. Peterson, Himanshu Sharma, Arvind Kumar, Bruno M. Ghersi, Scott J. Emrich, Kurt J. Vandegrift, Amit Kapoor, Michael J. Blum
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: abandonment; disaster; emerging infectious disease; pathogens; surveillance; urban; Environmental effects of industries and plants; TD194-195; Renewable energy sources; TJ807-830; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Orleans; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13148034; https://doaj.org/article/b3d1c80f76964d39bd8ad0dad3c0520e

Concern about elevated disease risk following disasters has been growing with the progression of global trends in urbanization and climate, in part because shifts in socioecological conditions can promote greater human contact with pathogen reservoirs in cities. Remarkably little is known, however,...