Emerging Zoonoses: the "One Health Approach".
- Author:
Giulia RABOZZI
1
;
Luigi BONIZZI
;
Eleonora CRESPI
;
Chiara SOMARUGA
;
Maryam SOKOOTI
;
Ramin TABIBI
;
Francesca VELLERE
;
Gabri BRAMBILLA
;
Claudio COLOSIO
Author Information
1. Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Milan, S. Paolo Hospital Unit, International Centre for Rural Health, Milan, Italy. claudio.colosio@unimi.it
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- Keywords:
Biological risk;
Agriculture;
Zoonoses;
Emerging and reemerging zoonoses
- MeSH:
Agriculture;
Animals;
Breeding;
Brucella;
Communicable Diseases;
Cooperative Behavior;
Delivery of Health Care;
Disease Outbreaks;
Humans;
Influenza in Birds;
Occupational Health Physicians;
Public Health;
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome;
Veterinarians;
Zoonoses
- From:Safety and Health at Work
2012;3(1):77-83
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Zoonoses represent a public health risk recently pointed out by the spreading of previously unknown human infectious diseases emerging from animal reservoirs such as severe acute respiratory syndrome and avian influenza caused by H5N1-virus. These outbreaks have shown that animal breeding activities can pose a significant public health risk. Until now, the risk of zoonoses has probably been underestimated, particularly in occupational settings. The emergence or re-emergence of bacterial (Mycobacterium bovis and Brucella spp) or viral (hepatitis E virus) infections shows that zoonoses should be considered as emerging risks in agricultural and animal breeding and should be addressed by specific preventive interventions. Close cooperation and interaction between veterinarians, occupational health physicians and public health operators is necessary, for a worldwide strategy to expand interdisciplinary collaborations and communications in all aspects of health care for humans, animals and the environment. This is what the One Health Approach was intended to be.
