The Animal Origin of Major Human Infectious Diseases: What Can Past Epidemics Teach Us About Preventing the Next Pandemic?

Emerging infectious diseases are one of the greatest public health challenges. Approximately three-quarters of these diseases are of animal origin. These diseases include classical zoonoses maintained in humans only via transmission from other vertebrates (e.g., rabies) and those initiated by a succ...

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Main Authors: Guha Dharmarajan, Ruiyun Li, Emmanuel Chanda, Katharine R. Dean, Rodolfo Dirzo, Kjetill S. Jakobsen, Imroze Khan, Herwig Leirs, Zheng-Li Shi, Nathan D. Wolfe, Ruifu Yang, Nils Chr. Stenseth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Compuscript Ltd 2022-03-01
Series:Zoonoses
Online Access:https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.15212/ZOONOSES-2021-0028