Environmental stressors and zoonoses in the Arctic: Learning from the past to prepare for the future

Emilie Andersen-Ranberg; Ingebjørg H. Nymo; Pikka Jokelainen; Anastasia Emelyanova; Solveig Jore; Brian Laird; Rebecca K. Davidson; Sonja Ostertag; Emilie Bouchard; Freja Fagerholm; Kelly Skinner; Mario Acquarone; Morten Tryland; Rune Dietz; Khaled Abass; Arja Rautio; Sjúrður Hammer; Birgitta Evengård; Tomas Thierfelder; Raphaela Stimmelmayr; Emily Jenkins; Christian Sonne

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176869

Environmental stressors and zoonoses in the Arctic: Learning from the past to prepare for the future

Emilie Andersen-Ranberg^*, Ingebjørg H. Nymo, Pikka Jokelainen, Anastasia Emelyanova, Solveig Jore, Brian Laird, Rebecca K. Davidson, Sonja Ostertag, Emilie Bouchard, Freja Fagerholm, Kelly Skinner, Mario Acquarone, Morten Tryland, Rune Dietz, Khaled Abass, Arja Rautio, Sjúrður Hammer, Birgitta Evengård, Tomas Thierfelder, Raphaela StimmelmayrEmily Jenkins, Christian Sonne^*

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Abstract

The risk of zoonotic disease transmission from animals to humans is elevated for people in close contact with domestic and wild animals. About three-quarters of all known human infectious diseases are zoonotic, and potential health impacts of these diseases are higher where infectious disease surveillance and access to health care and public health services are limited. This is especially the case for remote circumarctic regions, where drivers for endemic, emerging, and re-emerging zoonotic diseases include anthropogenic influences, such as pollution by long-range transport of industrial chemicals, climate change, loss of biodiversity and ecosystem alterations. In addition to these, indirect effects including natural changes in food web dynamics, appearance of invasive species and thawing permafrost also affect the risk of zoonotic disease spill-over. In other words, the Arctic represents a changing world where pollution, loss of biodiversity and habitat, and maritime activity are likely driving forward occurrence of infectious diseases. As a broad international consortium with a wide range of expertise, we here describe a selection of case studies highlighting the importance of a One Health approach to zoonoses in the circumarctic, encompassing human health, animal health, and environmental health aspects. The cases highlight critical gaps in monitoring and current knowledge, focusing on environmental stressors and lifestyle factors, and they are examples of current occurrences in the Arctic that inform on critically needed actions to prepare us for the future. Through these presentations, we recommend measures to enhance awareness and management of existing and emerging zoonoses with epidemic and pandemic potential while also focusing on the impacts of various environmental stressors and lifestyle factors on zoonoses in the Arctic.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Artikelnummer	176869
Tidsskrift	Science of the Total Environment
Vol/bind	957
Antal sider	35
ISSN	0048-9697
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176869
Status	Udgivet - 2024

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Funding Information:
We are grateful to Susan Kutz University of Calgary who provided information about musk oxen and caribou from the Canadian Arctic. Work by E. Jenkins, E. Bouchard, and others in the Canadian Arctic One Health Network was funded by ArcticNet Centres for Excellence, Polar Knowledge, and Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada . Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program for the Sandbjerg Workshop. Milj\u00F8st\u00F8tte til Arktis (Danish Cooperation for Environment in the Arctic, DANCEA) grant J.nr. 2022 - 86245 . Co-funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 - Research and Innovation Framework Programme under grant agreement 773830 \u2013 One Health EJP and from European Union 's EU4Health program under grant agreements 101102733 \u2013 DURABLE and 101132473 \u2013 OH4Surveillance. In addition, the work was funded by the European Union Horizon Europe grant agreement 101135051 (ArcSolution) providing resources for the authors to conduct the present work. Views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Health and Digital Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Finally, we acknowledge the New Frontiers in Research Fund \u2013 International under Grant no. NFRFI-2023-00350 (WhaleAdapt) for financial support for C. Sonne and R. Dietz.

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Andersen-Ranberg, E., Nymo, I. H., Jokelainen, P., Emelyanova, A., Jore, S., Laird, B., Davidson, R. K., Ostertag, S., Bouchard, E., Fagerholm, F., Skinner, K., Acquarone, M., Tryland, M., Dietz, R., Abass, K., Rautio, A., Hammer, S., Evengård, B., Thierfelder, T., ... Sonne, C. (2024). Environmental stressors and zoonoses in the Arctic: Learning from the past to prepare for the future. Science of the Total Environment, 957, Artikel 176869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176869

Andersen-Ranberg, E, Nymo, IH, Jokelainen, P, Emelyanova, A, Jore, S, Laird, B, Davidson, RK, Ostertag, S, Bouchard, E, Fagerholm, F, Skinner, K, Acquarone, M, Tryland, M, Dietz, R, Abass, K, Rautio, A, Hammer, S, Evengård, B, Thierfelder, T, Stimmelmayr, R, Jenkins, E & Sonne, C 2024, 'Environmental stressors and zoonoses in the Arctic: Learning from the past to prepare for the future', Science of the Total Environment, bind 957, 176869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176869

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