Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases

by Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies

H1N1 ("swine flu"), SARS, mad cow disease, and HIV/AIDS are a few examples of zoonotic diseases-diseases transmitted between humans and animals. Zoonotic diseases are a growing concern given multiple factors: their often novel and unpredictable nature, their ability to emerge anywhere and spread rapidly around the globe, and their major economic toll on several disparate industries.

Infectious disease surveillance systems are used to detect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309137349
• ISBN13: 9780309137348
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"