Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin: Workshop Summary

by Committee on Achieving Sustainable Globa, National Research Council, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, et al.

One of the biggest threats today is the uncertainty surrounding the emergence of a novel pathogen or the re-emergence of a known infectious disease that might result in disease outbreaks with great losses of human life and immense global economic consequences. Over the past six decades, most of the emerging infectious disease events in humans have been caused by zoonotic pathogens--those infectious agents that are transmitted from animals to humans.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309128188
• ISBN13: 9780309128186
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"