Stephen S Morse, Jonna A K Mazet, Mark Woolhouse, Colin R Parrish, Dennis Carroll, William B Karesh, Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio, W Ian Lipkin, Peter Daszak
Most pandemics—eg, HIV/AIDS, severe acute respiratory syndrome, pandemic infl uenza—originate in animals, are caused by viruses, and are driven to emerge by ecological, behavioural, or socioeconomic changes. Despite their substantial eff ects on global public health and growing understanding of the process by which they emerge, no pandemic has been predicted before infecting human beings. We review what is known about the pathogens that emerge, the hosts that they originate in, and the factors that drive their emergence. We discuss challenges to their control and new eff orts to predict pandemics, target surveillance to the most crucial interfaces, and identify prevention strategies. New mathematical modelling, diagnostic, communications, and informatics technologies can identify and report hitherto unknown microbes in other species, and thus new risk assessment approaches are needed to identify microbes most likely to cause human disease. We lay out a series of research and surveillance opportunities and goals that could help to overcome these challenges and move the global pandemic strategy from response to pre-emption.
Brazilian Journal of Infectious DiseasesPrint version ISSN 1413-8670On-line version ISSN 1678-4391
Braz J Infect Dis vol.22 no.1 Salvador Jan./feb. 2018
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2017.11.003
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Zoonotic spillover and emerging viral diseases – time to intensify zoonoses surveillance in Brazil
Joel Henrique Ellwanger1
José Artur Bogo Chies* 1
1Laboratório de Imunobiologia e Imunogenética, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Dear Editor:
Are we prepared to face newly emerging viral diseases? This question is as recurrent as the emergence of new viruses and the reemergence of neglected infectious diseases. Of note, Central and South America are considered world hotspots for the emergence of new mammalian viral zoonoses.1 Due to the size of its territory, Brazil lies at the center of these hotspots.
new and emerging zoonotic diseases, like Ebola, Zika Virus Disease and ... Besides serving as a reference book, the ... situation-report-12-02-2016.pdf).
UP TO DATE REFERENCE MANUAL FROM INDIA 2016A brief guide to emerging infectious diseases and zoonoses
A brief guide to emerging infectious diseases and zoonoses.
1. Communicable Diseases, Emerging
2. Zoonoses – epidemiology – prevention and control.
3. Virus Diseases.
4. Bacterial Infections.
5. Parasitic Diseases.
6. Pest Control
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