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One Health—A new approach to control emerging infectious diseases |
NIE Enqiong1, XIA Yao1, WANG Tao2,3, LU Jiahai1,2 |
1. One Health Research Center, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control Research of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Severe Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Technology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; 2. Zhongshan Research Institute, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhongshan 528400, China; 3. Zhongshan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhongshan 528400, China |
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Abstract Nearly 75% of the emerging and recurrent infectious diseases detected in the last decade are caused by zoonosis, and most of these infective agents have the ability to cross boundaries between humans and animals. Foodborne zoonosis can cause many serious food safety problems. As global communication becomes more and more frequent, infection spread becomes faster in speed and wider in scope. It is difficult to prevent and control zoonosis effectively by using traditional and single strategy. The One Health concept is based on joint efforts of multiple subjects, departments and regions to achieve a best situation for humans, animals, and the environment. This strategy will bring new ideas to the control of infectious diseases, and has been successfully applied in some countries and regions. Taking an international perspective, the authors will explain the One Health concept and enumerate some application examples briefly in this review.
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Received: 06 November 2015
Published: 25 February 2016
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Corresponding Authors:
LU Jiahai
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YANG Qingluan, WENG Taoping, LI Yang. The epidemiology of plague[J]. JOURNAL OF MICROBES AND INFECTIONS, 2019, 14(6): 333-337. |
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