Considerations for minimising the spread of infectious disease in Antarctic seabirds and seals
Before 1998, concern was raised over the potential for human activities in Antarctica to introduce infectious disease organisms to native wildlife. A workshop was held that year to address this issue. In the last decade, there has been a dramatic increase in human trafc to the Antarctic and the numb...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:64718 2023-05-15T13:35:38+02:00 Considerations for minimising the spread of infectious disease in Antarctic seabirds and seals Grimaldi, W Jabour, J Woehler, EJ 2011 application/pdf http://journals.cambridge.org/ https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247410000100 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/64718 en eng Cambridge University Press http://ecite.utas.edu.au/64718/2/Considerations for minimising the spread of infectious disease in Antarctic seabirds and seals 64718.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0032247410000100 Grimaldi, W and Jabour, J and Woehler, EJ, Considerations for minimising the spread of infectious disease in Antarctic seabirds and seals , Polar Record, 47, (240) pp. 56-66. ISSN 0032-2474 (2011) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/64718 Biological Sciences Microbiology Infectious Agents Refereed Article PeerReviewed 2011 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247410000100 2019-12-13T21:34:19Z Before 1998, concern was raised over the potential for human activities in Antarctica to introduce infectious disease organisms to native wildlife. A workshop was held that year to address this issue. In the last decade, there has been a dramatic increase in human trafc to the Antarctic and the number of commercial tourists visiting the Antarctic has steadily risen. Personnel of national science programmes, though relatively few in numbers, have the most intimate contact with wildlife and thus the greater potential to introduce organisms through their research activities. Many visitors are now able to arrive in the Antarctic from temperate regions within hours by aircraft, and from northern polar regions within 24 to 36 hours. Tourists, by their high numbers, also have the potential to transfer infectious disease agents among commonly visited sites. As of 2009, no outbreaks of infectious diseases in the Antarctic reported in the literature have been directly attributed to human activity, but the ameliorating climate may break down the barriers that have kept Antarctic wildlife relatively free of infectious diseases. Several agents of infectious diseases reported in Antarctic seabirds and seals are assessed for their likelihood to occur more frequently in terms of the characteristics of the agent, the behaviour of Antarctic wildlife, and the effects of an ameliorating climate (regional warming) in conjunction with continued increasing human activities. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Polar Record eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Antarctic The Antarctic Polar Record 47 1 56 66 |
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Before 1998, concern was raised over the potential for human activities in Antarctica to introduce infectious disease organisms to native wildlife. A workshop was held that year to address this issue. In the last decade, there has been a dramatic increase in human trafc to the Antarctic and the number of commercial tourists visiting the Antarctic has steadily risen. Personnel of national science programmes, though relatively few in numbers, have the most intimate contact with wildlife and thus the greater potential to introduce organisms through their research activities. Many visitors are now able to arrive in the Antarctic from temperate regions within hours by aircraft, and from northern polar regions within 24 to 36 hours. Tourists, by their high numbers, also have the potential to transfer infectious disease agents among commonly visited sites. As of 2009, no outbreaks of infectious diseases in the Antarctic reported in the literature have been directly attributed to human activity, but the ameliorating climate may break down the barriers that have kept Antarctic wildlife relatively free of infectious diseases. Several agents of infectious diseases reported in Antarctic seabirds and seals are assessed for their likelihood to occur more frequently in terms of the characteristics of the agent, the behaviour of Antarctic wildlife, and the effects of an ameliorating climate (regional warming) in conjunction with continued increasing human activities. |
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Considerations for minimising the spread of infectious disease in Antarctic seabirds and seals |
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