Confronting zoonoses, linking human and veterinary medicine
Confronting zoonoses, linking human and veterinary medicine
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DOI：
10.3201/eid1204.050956
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发表时间：
2006-04-01
影响因子：
11.8
通讯作者：
Kahn, LH
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作者：
Kahn, LH
许多新出现的传染病，包括由生物恐怖制剂引起的传染病，都是人畜共患病。由于人畜共患病可感染动物和人类，医学和兽医界应在临床、公共卫生和研究环境中密切合作。在临床环境中，来自这两个专业的意见将改善对养宠物的风险收益比的评估，特别是对免疫功能低下的宠物主人。在公共卫生方面，人类和动物疾病监测系统对于跟踪和控制人畜共患病，如禽流感病毒、西尼罗河病毒和食源性病原体具有重要意义。比较医学是跨物种疾病过程的研究，包括人类。应促进和鼓励医师和兽医比较医学研究团队研究人畜共患媒介-宿主相互作用。这些努力将增加我们对人畜共患病如何扩大其宿主范围的理解，并最终改善预防和控制策略。
Many of the emerging infectious diseases, including those caused by bioterrorist agents, are zoonoses. Since zoonoses can infect both animals and humans, the medical and veterinary communities should work closely together in clinical, public health, and research settings. In the clinical setting, input from both professions would improve assessments of the risk-benefit ratios of pet ownership, particularly for pet owners who are immunocompromised. In public health, human and animal disease surveillance systems are important in tracking and controlling zoonoses such as avian influenza virus, West Nile virus, and foodborne pathogens. Comparative medicine is the study of disease processes across species, including humans. Physician and veterinarian comparative medicine research teams should be promoted and encouraged to study zoonotic agent-host interactions. These efforts would increase our understanding of how zoonoses expand their host range and would, ultimately, improve prevention and control strategies.