Emerging Zoonoses: Eco-Epidemiology, Involved Mechanisms and Public Health Implications

• Main Author: A. Paulo Gouveia Almeida (auth)
• Other Authors: Juan Carlos Navarro (auth), Ruben Bueno-Mari (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; trypanosomatids; epidemiology; Borrelia; one health; emerging infectious diseases; vector borne diseases; Brucella; zoonoses; rickettsiae; arbovirus
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Zoonoses are currently considered as one of the most important threats for public health worldwide. Zoonoses can be defined as any disease or infection that is naturally transmissible from vertebrate or invertebrate animals to humans and vice-versa. Approximately 75% of recently emerging infectious...