One health : people, animals, and the environment /
Emerging infectious diseases are often due to environmental disruption, which exposes microbes to a different niche that selects for new virulence traits and facilitates transmission between animals and humans. Thus, health of humans also depends upon health of animals and the environment - a concep...
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
ASM Press,
[2014]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book. |
| Summary: | Emerging infectious diseases are often due to environmental disruption, which exposes microbes to a different niche that selects for new virulence traits and facilitates transmission between animals and humans. Thus, health of humans also depends upon health of animals and the environment - a concept called One Health. This book presents core concepts, compelling evidence, successful applications, and remaining challenges of One Health approaches to thwarting the threat of emerging infectious disease. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. Description based on opening page (viewed Jun 10, 2016). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781555818432 (ebook) 1555818439 (ebook) |
| DOI: | 10.1128/9781555818432 |