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Table 1 Potential impacts of tropical rainforest animals on public health

From: Addressing biodiversity conservation, disease surveillance, and public health interventions through One Health approach in Hainan’s tropical rainforest

Species

Potential Causative Agent

Zoonoses

References

Hainan Gibbon

Mpox virus

Mpox

[87, 88]

Malaria parasite

Malaria

[89, 90]

Bats

Hendra virus

Respiratory symptoms

Nervous system disease

[91]

Dengue virus

Dengue fever

[92]

Japanese encephalitis virus

Japanese encephalitis

[93]

Nipah virus

Fever, headache and cerebral injury

[94, 95]

Australian bat lyssavirus

Rabies

[96, 97]

Ebola virus

Ebola hemorrhagic fever

[98, 99]

SARS-CoV-2

COVID-19

[100,101,102]

Pangolins

Hendra virus

Respiratory symptoms

Nervous system disease

[103]

SARS-CoV-2

COVID-19

[85, 104,105,106]