RT Journal Article
T1 Recent loss of closed forests is associated with Ebola virus disease outbreaks
A1 Olivero-Anarte, Jesús
A1 Fa, Julia E.
A1 Real-Giménez, Raimundo
A1 Márquez-Moya, Ana Luz
A1 Farfán-Aguilar, Miguel Ángel
A1 Vargas, Juan Mario
A1 Gaveau, David
A1 Salim, Mohammad
A1 Park, Douglas
A1 Suter, Jamison
A1 King, Shona
A1 Leendertz, Siv Aina
A1 Sheil, Douglas
A1 Nasi, Robert
K1 Deforestación - Africa
K1 Enfermedad por el virus de Ebola
AB Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a contagious, severe and often lethal form of hemorrhagic fever in humans. The association of EVD outbreaks with forest clearance has been suggested previously but many aspects remained uncharacterized. We used remote sensing techniques to investigate the association between deforestation in time and space, with EVD outbreaks in Central and West Africa. Favorability modeling, centered on 27 EVD outbreak sites and 280 comparable control sites, revealed that outbreaks located along the limits of the rainforest biome were signifcantly associated with forest losses within the previous 2 years. This association was strongest for closed forests (>83%), both intact and disturbed, of a range of tree heights (5–>19m). Our results suggest that the increased probability of an EVD outbreak occurring in a site is linked to recent deforestation events, and that preventing the loss of forests could reduce the likelihood of future outbreaks.
PB Springer Nature
YR 2017
FD 2017-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29740
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29740
LA eng
NO Olivero, J., Fa, J.E., Real, R. et al. Recent loss of closed forests is associated with Ebola virus disease outbreaks. Sci Rep 7, 14291 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14727-9
NO Tis study was funded by UKAID and USAID. Jesús Olivero was partially supported by the project CGL2016-76747-R of the Spanish Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad and FEDER Funds.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026