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Emerging infectious diseases: opportunities at the human‐animal‐environment interface
Author(s) -
Dixon Matthew A.,
Dar Osman A.,
Heymann David L.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.g3263
Subject(s) - outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , one health , animal health , human animal , zoonotic disease , disease , human health , emerging infectious disease , medicine , environmental health , public health , veterinary medicine , virology , livestock , biology , pathology , ecology
Infectious diseases pose a serious threat to the wellbeing of both human and animal populations. Here, in the fifth in Veterinary Record 's series of articles promoting One Health, Mathew Dixon, Osman Dar and David Heymann examine lessons learned from previous disease outbreaks; they also consider current threats and how a better understanding of underlying risk factors could stimulate a paradigm shift from treatment to prevention of zoonotic infectious diseases