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The neglected geography of human pathogens and diseases

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Figure 1: Comparison of the available global data on the distribution of free-living bird and potential human pathogen species richness.

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Acknowledgements

We acknowledge use of the EID2 database funded primarily by the EU via the ERA ENV-HEALTH programme (ENHanCE project) and FP7 QWeCI and ICONZ projects. We used the version of this database as published on 15 September 201510.

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  1. Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen Ø, 2100, Denmark

    Anna-Sofie Stensgaard, Robert R. Dunn & Carsten Rahbek

  2. Department of Applied Ecology and Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 27695, North Carolina, USA

    Robert R. Dunn

  3. Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Dyrlægevej 100, Frederiksberg C, 1870, Denmark

    Birgitte J. Vennervald

  4. Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, SL5 7PY, Berkshire, UK

    Carsten Rahbek

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Stensgaard, AS., Dunn, R., Vennervald, B. et al. The neglected geography of human pathogens and diseases. Nat Ecol Evol 1, 0190 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0190

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