Reprint

Zoonoses and Wildlife: One Health Approach

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April 2022
178 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-3736-8 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-3735-1 (PDF)

This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Zoonoses and Wildlife: One Health Approach that was published in

Biology & Life Sciences
Summary

Throughout history, wildlife has been an important source of infectious diseases transmissible to humans. Today, zoonoses with a wildlife reservoir constitute a major public health problem, affecting all continents. The importance of such zoonoses is increasingly recognized, and the need for more attention in this area is being addressed. The total number of zoonoses is unknown, some 1,415 known human pathogens have been catalogued, and 62% are of zoonotic origin [1]. With time, more and more human pathogens are found to be of animal origin. Moreover, most emerging infectious diseases in humans are zoonoses. Wild animals seem to be involved in the epidemiology of most zoonoses and serve as major reservoirs for transmission of zoonotic agents to domestic animals and humans [2]. The concept of the ‘One Health’ approach involving collaboration between veterinary and medical scientists, policy makers, and public health officials, is necessary to foster joint cooperation and control of emerging zoonotic diseases [3]. Zoonotic diseases caused by a wide range of arthropods, bacteria, helminths, protozoans, and viruses can cause serious and even life-threatening clinical conditions in animals, with a number of them also affecting the human population due to their zoonotic potential. The aim of the current Special Issue is to cover recent and novel research trends in zoonotic diseases in wildlife, including the relevant topics related to wildlife, zoonosis, public health, emerging diseases, infectious diseases and parasitic diseases.

Format
  • Hardback
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Keywords
west nile virus; arbovirus; zoonotic; macaque; bats; c-ELISA; RT-PCR; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; zoonosis; tick; wild ungulates; phylogenesis; molecular epidemiology; Coxiella burnetii; Q fever; serology; epidemiology; wildlife; European bison; micromammals; Coxiella burnetii; Q fever; zoonosis; Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Blastocystis; Enterocytozoon bieneusi; Balantioides coli; Troglodytella; non-human primates; rats; zoological garden; one health; wildlife; zoonosis; Helicobacter spp.; PCR; Sus scrofa; Meles meles; badger; tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; P22 ELISA; isolation; serology; cattle; Atlantic Spain; filter card; faeces; transportation; storage; preservation; Giardia duodenalis; Cryptosporidium hominis; PCR; Q fever; Coxiella burnetii; seroprevalence; ruminants; wildlife; humans; dust; aerosols; Salmonella; turtles; wildlife; zoonosis; wildlife rescue centres; camera-traps; interactions; wildlife-livestock interface; tuberculosis; non-tuberculous mycobacteria; wildlife; Leptospira interrogans; microscopic agglutination test; serology; Slovenia; n/a

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