The global one health paradigm: challenges and opportunities for tackling infectious diseases at the human, animal, and environment interface in low-resource settings.

• Main Authors: Wondwossen A Gebreyes (Author), Jean Dupouy-Camet (Author), Melanie J Newport (Author), Celso J B Oliveira (Author), Larry S Schlesinger (Author), Yehia M Saif (Author), Samuel Kariuki (Author), Linda J Saif (Author), William Saville (Author), Thomas Wittum (Author), Armando Hoet (Author), Sylvain Quessy (Author), Rudovick Kazwala (Author), Berhe Tekola (Author), Thomas Shryock (Author), Michael Bisesi (Author), Prapas Patchanee (Author), Sumalee Boonmar (Author), Lonnie J King (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Zoonotic infectious diseases have been an important concern to humankind for more than 10,000 years. Today, approximately 75% of newly emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are zoonoses that result from various anthropogenic, genetic, ecologic, socioeconomic, and climatic factors. These interrelated d...