Wildlife trade drives animal-to-human pathogen transmission over 40 years

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Gippet, Jerome M. W.; Carlson, Colin J.; Klaftenberger, Tristan; Schweizer, Matteo; Eskew, Evan A.; Gore, Meredith L.; Bertelsmeier, Cleo
• 署名单位: University of Fribourg; University of Lausanne; Yale University; University of Idaho; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
• 刊物名称: SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0036-8075; 1095-9203
• DOI: 10.1126/science.adw5518
• 发表日期: 2026-04-09
• 关键词: ZOONOTIC DISEASE; RISK; ILLEGAL; reservoirs; patterns; predict; traits; TRENDS

摘要

The wildlife trade affects a quarter of terrestrial vertebrates and creates opportunities for cross-species pathogen transmission, but its precise role in shaping animal-human pathogen exchange remains unclear. In our analysis of 40 years of global wildlife trade data, we show that traded mammals are 1.5-fold as likely to share pathogens with humans as nontraded mammals, and that illegal and live-animal trade further exacerbate pathogen sharing. Time spent in trade predicts the number of zoonotic pathogens that a wildlife species hosts. On average, a species shares an additional pathogen with humans for every 10 years it is traded.