One Health: People, Animals, And The Environment
by Ronald M. Atlas /
2014 / English / PDF
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Emerging infectious diseases are often due to environmental
disruption, which exposes microbes to a different niche that
selects for new virulence traits and facilitates transmission
between animals and humans. Thus, health of humans also depends
upon health of animals and the environment a concept called
Emerging infectious diseases are often due to environmental
disruption, which exposes microbes to a different niche that
selects for new virulence traits and facilitates transmission
between animals and humans. Thus, health of humans also depends
upon health of animals and the environment a concept calledOne Health
One Health. This book presents core concepts, compelling
evidence, successful applications, and remaining challenges of
. This book presents core concepts, compelling
evidence, successful applications, and remaining challenges ofOne Health
One Health approaches to thwarting the threat of emerging
infectious disease.
approaches to thwarting the threat of emerging
infectious disease.
Written by scientists working in the field, this book will
provide a series of "stories" about how disruption of the
environment and transmission from animal hosts is responsible for
emerging human and animal diseases.
Written by scientists working in the field, this book will
provide a series of "stories" about how disruption of the
environment and transmission from animal hosts is responsible for
emerging human and animal diseases.Explains the concept of
Explains the concept ofOne Health
One Health and the history of
the
and the history of
theOne Health
One Health paradigm shift .
paradigm shift .Traces the emergence of devastating new diseases in both
animals and humans.
Traces the emergence of devastating new diseases in both
animals and humans.Presents case histories of notable, new zoonoses, including
West Nile virus, hantavirus, Lyme disease, SARS, and salmonella.
Presents case histories of notable, new zoonoses, including
West Nile virus, hantavirus, Lyme disease, SARS, and salmonella.Links several epidemic zoonoses with the environmental
factors that promote them.
Links several epidemic zoonoses with the environmental
factors that promote them.Offers insight into the mechanisms of microbial evolution
toward pathogenicity.
Offers insight into the mechanisms of microbial evolution
toward pathogenicity.Discusses the many causes behind the emergence of antibiotic
resistance.
Discusses the many causes behind the emergence of antibiotic
resistance.Presents new technologies and approaches for public health
disease surveillance.
Presents new technologies and approaches for public health
disease surveillance.Offers political and bureaucratic strategies for promoting
the global acceptance of
Offers political and bureaucratic strategies for promoting
the global acceptance ofOne Health
One Health.
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