Global consumption and international trade in deforestation-associated commodities could influence malaria risk

Autor: Leonardo Suveges Moreira Chaves, Jacob Fry, Arunima Malik, Arne Geschke, Maria Anice Mureb Sallum, Manfred Lenzen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14954-1
Popis: Because many primary commodities cause deforestation and deforestation can increase malaria transmission, international trade can thus indirectly influence malaria risk. Here the authors use trade databases for commodites associated with deforestation to demonstrate that consumption of such commodities in developed nations could increase malaria risk in developing nations.
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