The Emergence of Zoonotic Diseases: Understanding the Impact on Animal and Human Health: Workshop Summary

by Institute of Medicine, Forum on Emerging Infections, Board on Global Health

Zoonotic diseases represent one of the leading causes of illness and death from infectious disease. Defined by the World Health Organization, zoonoses are "those diseases and infections that are naturally transmitted between vertebrate animals and man with or without an arthropod intermediate." Worldwide, zoonotic diseases have a negative impact on commerce, travel, and economies. In most developing countries, zoonotic diseases are among those diseases...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309083273
• ISBN13: 9780309083270
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.2"