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Tackling animal diseases to protect human health
Author(s) -
Rinaldi Andrea
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2012.201
Subject(s) - animal health , biology , human health , one health , public health , environmental health , medicine , zoology , nursing
Veterinary research is gaining in importance not only because of the economic impact of animal diseases, but also because animals are a fertile reservoir of zoonoses; pathogens that could jump the species barrier and infect humans.