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A Proposal for the SUNY ESF Discovery Challenge

2. Disability adjusted life years

3. 60% of all emerging diseases have a non-human animal source
One Health
Any emerging disease in the last years is a result of encroachment into wild lands and changes in human demography
Ecosystem
Animal Health
Human Health
Greater than 50% of the global human population is at risk of contracting a vector-borne and zoonotic disease
60% of all emerging diseases have a non-human animal source

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8. Donald P. McManus et al. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 2010; doi:10. 1128/CMR

12. US Population
1620:2,302*
1990:248,709,873

17. Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme)
0.91
0.57
0.45
0.33
0.12
0.08
0.03
0.02
0.01
Vuong, Holly B., et al.  Infection, Genetics and Evolution 27 (2014):

18. Ecology, Volume: 99, Issue: 7, Pages: , First published: 08 May 2018, DOI: ( /ecy.2386)