Zoonoses are fundamental determinants of community health. Preventing, identifying and
managing these infections must be a central public health focus. Most current zoonoses …

Zoonoses—diseases and infections caused by pathogens that are transmitted between
animals and humans—are considered one of the most important threats to public health …

Infectious disease prevention and control has been among the top public health objectives
during the last century. However, controlling disease due to pathogens that move between …

Across the nation, government agencies, industries, and academic institutions are building
high-containment biological laboratories to research hazardous pathogens that might …

Global health security has become a major international concern. Our population faces
imminent threats to human and animal health from the emergence and reemergence of …

—A strategic and integrated approach that encompasses the policy and regulatory
frameworks (including instruments and activities) that analyze and manage risks in the …

In the past few years, there has been an increase in emergent disease episodes, in the
United States and globally. Given what we know about disease ecology, we can predict that …

The risk of emergence and spread of novel human pathogens originating from an animal
reservoir has increased in the past decades. However, the unpredictable nature of disease …

Major shifts in how animals are bred, raised and slaughtered are involved in the
intensification of livestock systems. Globally, these changes have produced major increases …

Pandemics, most of which have their origins in animal (non-human) species, are epidemic of
infectious disease that spread through human populations across large region such as a …