Open AccessGlobal trends in antimicrobial resistance in animals in low- and middle-income countries
Author(s) -
Thomas P. Van Boeckel,
João Pires,
Reshma Silvester,
Cheng Zhao,
Julia Song,
Nicola G. Criscuolo,
Marius Gilbert,
Sebastian Bonhoeffer,
Ramanan Laxminarayan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556
H-Index - 1186
eISSN - 1095-9203
pISSN - 0036-8075
DOI - 10.1126/science.aaw1944
Subject(s) - livestock , antibiotic resistance , antimicrobial , antibiotics , global health , antimicrobial drug , drug resistance , resistance (ecology) , one health , baseline (sea) , perspective (graphical) , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , environmental health , veterinary medicine , medicine , economic growth , economics , public health , health care , ecology , pathology , artificial intelligence , fishery , computer science
Livestock antibiotic resistance Most antibiotic use is for livestock, and it is growing with the increase in global demand for meat. It is unclear what the increase in demand for antibiotics means for the occurrence of drug resistance in animals and risk to humans. Van Boeckelet al. describe the global burden of antimicrobial resistance in animals on the basis of systematic reviews over the past 20 years (see the Perspective by Moore). There is a clear increase in the number of resistant bacterial strains occurring in chickens and pigs. The current study provides a much-needed baseline model for low- and middle-income countries and provides a “one health” perspective to which future data can be added.Science , this issue p.eaaw1944 ; see also p.1251
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