A protocol for a longitudinal, observational cohort study of infection and exposure to zoonotic and vector-borne diseases across a land-use gradient in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo: a socio-ecological systems approach

• Main Authors: Kimberly Fornace, Benny Obrain Manin, Jason Matthiopoulos, Heather M Ferguson, Chris Drakeley, Kamruddin Ahmed, Koay, Teng Khoon, Robert M Ewers, Sylvia Daim, Tock, Hing Chua
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Wellcome 2022
• Subjects: RC109-216 Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC31-1245 Internal medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32810/1/A%20protocol%20for%20a%20longitudinal%2C%20observational%20cohort%20study%20of%20infection%20and%20exposure%20to%20zoonotic%20and%20vector-borne%20diseases%20across%20a%20land-use%20gradient%20in%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysian%20Borneo.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32810/3/Wellcome%20Open%20Research.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32810/; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8886174/pdf/wellcomeopenres-7-19556.pdf; https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17678.1

Introduction. Landscape changes disrupt environmental, social and biological systems, altering pathogen spillover and transmission risks. This study aims to quantify the impact of specific land management practices on spillover and transmission rates of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases within Mala...