Medium- and Large-sized Mammals on the Plateau: An Evolutionary Crucible for Zoonotic Pathogens — Ecological Drivers, Adaptive Evolution, and One Health Control
Sha Tan, Jishan Wang, Afito Luciano, Jiani Li, Yuxin Huo, Yuting Ma, Jie Yang, Jiahao Guo, Bing Zhang, Xia He, Mingxu Zhao, Fanming Meng · 2026
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Sha Tan and co-authors present a 2026 review on the high plateaus of China as hotspots for diseases that jump from animals to people. Four great plateaus, from Tibet to Inner Mongolia, hold rich wildlife that carries parasites, viruses, and bacteria. Climate change and growing contact among wildlife, livestock, and herders are tightening the web of transmission.
The review catalogs which pathogens medium and large mammals carry on each plateau and how ecology and animal adaptation drive spillover risk. It flags fragile ecosystems, tangled transmission networks, and slow control responses as core problems. The authors argue for a One Health framework joining pathogen surveillance, ecological management, and new technology into one coordinated defense for plateau communities.
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| CREATOR | Sha Tan, Jishan Wang, Afito Luciano, Jiani Li, Yuxin Huo, Yuting Ma, Jie Yang, Jiahao Guo, Bing Zhang, Xia He, Mingxu Zhao, Fanming Meng |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |