Joint interactions with humans may pose a higher risk of zoonotic outbreaks than interactions with conspecifics among wildlife populations at human-wildlife interfaces
K. N. Balasubramaniam, N. Aiempichitkijkarn, S. S. K. Kaburu, P. R. Marty, B. A. Beisner, E. Bliss-Moreau, M. E. Arlet, E. R. Atwill, B. McCowan
The paper uses social network analysis and SIR models to show that human-wildlife interactions increase zoonotic outbreak risk more than wildlife-wildlife interactions in macaques.
bioRxiv · Jul 19, 2021 · PreprintEcology