Emerging infectious diseases threaten biodiversity and human health, suggesting urgent attention is needed.
Key Points
The study aims to classify emerging infectious diseases of wildlife based on their epizootiological criteria and implications for biodiversity and human health.
Classified emerging infectious diseases into three major groups based on spill-over and human intervention.
Examined the relationship between wildlife pathogens and their impact on domestic animal and human health.
Analyzed the threats posed by wildlife EIDs to global biodiversity.
Wildlife species serve as reservoirs for pathogens that can threaten domestic animals and humans.
Wildlife emerging infectious diseases significantly threaten global biodiversity conservation.