Emerging Viral Diseases: The One Health Connection: Workshop Summary

by Institute of Medicine, Board on Global Health, Forum on Microbial Threats

In the past half century, deadly disease outbreaks caused by novel viruses of animal origin - Nipah virus in Malaysia, Hendra virus in Australia, Hantavirus in the United States, Ebola virus in Africa, along with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), several influenza subtypes, and the SARS (sudden acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) coronaviruses - have underscored the urgency of understanding factors influencing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030931397X
• ISBN13: 9780309313971
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"