Solid Wastes Provide Breeding Sites, Burrows, and Food for Biological Disease Vectors, and Urban Zoonotic Reservoirs: A Call to Action for Solutions-Based Research

• Main Authors: Amy Krystosik (Author), Gathenji Njoroge (Author), Lorriane Odhiambo (Author), Jenna E. Forsyth (Author), Francis Mutuku (Author), A. Desiree LaBeaud (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Infectious disease epidemiology and planetary health literature often cite solid waste and plastic pollution as risk factors for vector-borne diseases and urban zoonoses; however, no rigorous reviews of the risks to human health have been published since 1994. This paper aims to identify...