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The global burden of bacterial and viral zoonotic infections

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Christou, L.·2011·Clinical Microbiology and Infection
DOI 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03441.xPMC PMC7129620
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Bacterial and viral zoonotic infections comprise a practically endless, ever-expanding list of pathogens that have the potential to induce human disease of varying severity, with varying means of transmission to humans (including vector-borne and foodborne agents) and of varying epidemiology. Not all theoretically zoonotic pathogens are truly zoonotic in practice, the prime example being influenza viruses; aviann H5N1 influenza remains strictly zoonotic, whereas novel H1N1 influenza displays an anthropocentric cycle that led to a pandemic, despite being of zoonotic origin. The burden of disease induced by zoonotic and viral pathogens is enormous: there are more than ten bacterial zoonoses, each of which affects hundreds of thousands patients annually, often leading to chronic infections and causing significant economic losses of a medical and livestock-related nature. Viral zoonotic agents are constantly emerging or re-emerging, and are associated with outbreaks of limited or expanded geographical spread: the typical trends of viral zoonotic infections, however, is to extend their ecological horizon, sometimes in an unexpected but successful manner, as in the case of West Nile virus, and in other instances less effectively, as was the case, fortunately, in the case of avian influenza. The majority of bacterial and viral zoonotic infections attract disproportionately low scientific and public health interest. Understanding their burden may allow for improved surveillance and prevention measures.

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    “Many One Health initiatives focus mainly on the relationship between humans and livestock or wildlife health, because several zoonotic disease pandemics and (re)emerging infectious diseases originated from these animal species.”

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Authors
Christou, L.
Affiliations
University of Ioannina (GR)
Corresponding author
Christou, L.
Venue
Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-03
Volume
17
Issue
3
Pages
326-330
ISSN
1198-743X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03441.x
PMC
PMC7129620
OpenAlex
W2132943986
Cited by
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0.74
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Language
en
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  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
Keywords
zoonoses, bacterial zoonoses, viral zoonoses, global burden of disease, emerging infectious diseases, re-emerging infectious diseases, vector-borne transmission, foodborne pathogens, H5N1 avian influenza, H1N1 influenza pandemic, West Nile virus, disease surveillance, economic losses
MeSH terms
Animals, Bacterial Infections, Humans, Virus Diseases, Global Health, Zoonoses

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