Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases

von Board On Global Health, Division On Earth And Life Studies, Committee on Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin, Institute Of Medicine, National Research Council, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources

338 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

H1N1 ("swine flu"), SARS, mad cow disease, and HIV/AIDS are a few examples of zoonotic diseases-diseases transmitted between humans and animals. Zoonotic diseases are a growing concern given multiple factors: their often novel and unpredictable nature, their ability to emerge anywhere and spread rapidly around the globe, and their major economic toll on several disparate industries. Infectious disease surveillance systems are used to detect this threat to human and animal health. By systematically collecting data on the occurrence of infectious diseases in humans and animals, investigators can track the spread of disease and provide an early warning to human and animal health officials, nationally and internationally, for follow-up and response. Unfortunately, and for many reasons, current disease surveillance has been ineffective or untimely in alerting officials to emerging zoonotic diseases.Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases assesses some of the disease surveillance systems around the world, and recommends ways to improve early detection and response. The book presents solutions for improved coordination between human and animal health sectors, and among governments and international organizations. Parties seeking to improve the detection and response to zoonotic diseases--including U.S. government and international health policy makers, researchers, epidemiologists, human health clinicians, and veterinarians--can use this book to help curtail the threat zoonotic diseases pose to economies, societies, and health.

• ISBN: 9780309137348
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 24.01.2010
• Größe: 226 x 150 mm
• Verlag: National Academies Press
• Herausgegeben von: Gerald T Keusch, Marguerite Pappaioanou, Kimberly A Scott, Mila C González, Peggy Tsai