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Science Advances
Science Advances
Acronym
SA
Journal
Website

Location

Science/AAAS
1200 New York Avenue NW
20005
Washington, DC
District Of Columbia
United States

Science Advances is the offspring of Science, created by the opportunities and imperatives of digital, open access publishing.


As American Association for the Advancement of Science’s first open access online-only journal, Science Advances will:


Publish significant, innovative original research that advances the frontiers of science and extends the standards of excellence established by Science.


Publish in a broad array of fields including computer, engineering, environmental, life, mathematical, physical, and social sciences.


Publish quickly to allow new science with potential global impact to be rapidly distributed, discussed, and built upon.


Promote and exemplify concise, readable prose that will allow scientific findings to be understood by a broad range of readers.


Publish cross-disciplinary research and collaborations, to encourage innovative approaches to complex scientific and social problems, and support open discourse among readers in diverse areas of interest and expertise.


Promote and uphold the highest standards in the conduct and communication of scientific research.

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Deforestation-driven food-web collapse linked to emerging tropical infectious disease, Mycobacterium ulcerans

Peer-reviewed publication
november, 2016
Global

Generalist microorganisms are the agents of many emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), but their natural life cycles are difficult to predict due to the multiplicity of potential hosts and environmental reservoirs. Among 250 known human EIDs, many have been traced to tropical rain forests and specifically freshwater aquatic systems, which act as an interface between microbe-rich sediments or substrates and terrestrial habitats.