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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Kahn, Laura H.
Description:
Many of the emerging infectious diseases, including those caused by bioterrorist agents, are zoonoses. Since zoonoses can infect both animals and humans, the medical and veterinary communities should work closely together in clinical, public health, and research settings. In the clinical setting, input from both professions would improve assessments of the risk-benefit ratios of pet ownership, particularly for pet owners who are immunocompromised. In public health, human and animal disease surveillance systems are important in tracking and controlling zoonoses such as avian influenza virus, West Nile virus, and foodborne pathogens. Comparative medicine is the study of disease processes across species, including humans. Physician and veterinarian comparative medicine research teams should be promoted and encouraged to study zoonotic agent-host interactions. These efforts would increase our understanding of how zoonoses expand their host range and would, ultimately, improve prevention and control strategies.
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Animals
Biomedical Research
Bioterrorism
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Disease Notification
Disease Outbreaks
Humans
Perspective
Physicians
Population Surveillance
Public Health
Veterinarians
Zoonoses
Zoonosis

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 12(4):556-561.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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