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I’ve only just started to read them, but The Lancet has a three-part series today that looks at the ongoing, and increasing, threat from Zoonoses to global health.
Given the pedigree of some of these papers, I’m confident they will be worth your time to review them. The articles are free, but do require registration to view.
Zoonoses series
Zoonoses have been responsible for some of the most devastating disease outbreaks in recent years, including HIV, Ebola, and SARS, and cause more than 60% of human infectious diseases worldwide. Despite their prominence, there are still major gaps in our understanding of how zoonoses spread and develop. This three part series highlights the threat from zoonotic infections; it discusses the ecology and evolution of zoonoses, and society’s response to these diseases, with a focus on the prediction and prevention of the next pandemic zoonosis.
Zoonoses
Published Nov 30, 2012
Executive summary
Zoonoses – pathogenic organisms such as bacteria or viruses which we share with animals – cause more than 60% of human infectious diseases, and have been responsible for some of the most devastating disease outbreaks in recent years, including HIV, Ebola, and SARS. However, despite their huge, and rising, impact on human health, there are still huge gaps in our understanding of how zoonoses spread and develop, which need to be urgently addressed if we are to be able to reduce the impact of the next zoonotic pandemic. In a new Lancet Series, leading experts discuss the ecology, drivers and dynamics of zoonoses, while also addressing how we might predict the next zoonotic pandemic, and reduce the potentially catastrophic human and economic cost of such an outbreak.
Comment
Emerging infectious diseases: the role of social sciences
Craig R Janes, Kitty K Corbett, James H Jones, James Trostle
Series Papers
Ecology of zoonoses: natural and unnatural histories
William B Karesh, Andy Dobson, James O Lloyd-Smith, Juan Lubroth, Matthew A Dixon, Malcolm Bennett, Stephen Aldrich, Todd Harrington, Pierre Formenty, Elizabeth H Loh, Catherine C Machalaba, Mathew Jason Thomas, David L Heymann
Drivers, dynamics, and control of emerging vector-borne zoonotic diseases
A Marm Kilpatrick, Sarah E Randolph
Prediction and prevention of the next pandemic zoonosis
Stephen S Morse, Jonna AK Mazet, Mark Woolhouse, Colin R Parrish, Dennis Carroll, William B Karesh, Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio, W Ian Lipkin, Peter Daszak
