EMERGING ZOONOTIC DISEASES: ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE, PREVENTION AND CONTROL
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Zoonosis, Disease, Emerging, PathogensAbstract
Zoonoses are diseases and infections that are naturally transmitted between vertebrate animals and man. It is believed that mounting anthropogenic activity during these recent decades, such as land-use change and human population growth, has led to increased interactions between humans and wild vertebrates, resulting in an increased risk of disease spillover to human populations. The one health concept plays a significant role to address emerging and re-emerging zoonoses; to control the effect of zoonotic diseases among humans, animals, and environmental components; and to make the world free from threats of zoonotic diseases. Because of the strong interrelatedness among animals, humans, and environment; research focusing on the one health approach need to be prioritized to identify critical intervention steps in the transmission of pathogens. Robust active surveillance targeting all components of the one health approach needs to be implemented to enable early and accurate detection of zoonoses, so that effective control measures could be taken. This review provides information about zoonoses, emerging and re-emerging zoonoses, prevention and control of zoonoses with emphasis on One Heath approach.
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