One Health: The Human-Animal-Environment Interfaces in Emerging Infectious Diseases The Concept and Examples of a One Health Approach /

This volume brings together the concepts that underpin a One Health approach and a range of examples of this approach in action around a variety of emerging infectious diseases. The first section starts with a human clinical perception, brings in the veterinary and human �animal interface perspecti...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Mackenzie, John S. (Editor), Jeggo, Martyn. (Editor), Daszak, Peter. (Editor), Richt, Juergen A. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 365
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • One Health: its origins and its future
  • The concept of One Health.- One Health and emerging infectious diseases: clinical perspectives
  • The historical, present, and future role of veterinarians in One Health
  • The importance of understanding the human-animal interface
  • the human environment interface: Applying ecosystem concepts to health
  • Wildlife: the need to better understand the linkages.- The economic value of One Health in relation to the mitigation of zoonotic disease risks. - Examples of a One Health approach to specific diseases from the field
  • The application of One Health approaches to henipavirus research. - H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Indonesia: Retrospective considerations.- Rabies in Asia: the classical zoonosis.- Japanese encephalitis: On the One Health agenda
  • Cost estimate of bovine tuberculosis to Ethiopia
  • The pandemic H1N1 influenza experience
  • One Health: The Hong Kong experience with avian influenza
  • Clostridium difficile infection in humans and piglets: a 'One Health' opportunity
  • Cysticercosis and Echinococcosis
  • Men, primates and germs: an ongoing affair
  • Subject index.