Preventing Zoonotic Diseases in Immunocompromised Persons: The Role of Physicians and Veterinarians
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We surveyed physicians and veterinarians in Wisconsin about the risk for and prevention of zoonotic diseases in immunocompromised persons. We found that physicians and veterinarians hold significantly different views about the risks posed by certain infectious agents and species of animals and communicate very little about zoonotic issues; moreover, physicians believe that veterinarians should be involved in many aspects of zoonotic disease prevention, including patient education.
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Surveys suggest that most veterinarians and physicians do not regularly discuss zoonotic disease risks with clients, patients or each other.
“Surveys suggest that most veterinarians and physicians do not regularly discuss zoonotic disease risks with clients, patients or each other. 4,37”
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The survey reports that physicians encountered or discussed zoonotic diseases only occasionally on average (Table 2, p. 162), and concludes that communication between physicians and veterinarians was largely absent (p. 163). It does not establish that most veterinarians rarely discuss risks with clients: the combined 'encounter or discuss' question averaged about weekly for veterinarians (Table 1, p. 161) and does not measure client discussions separately. (LLM, conf=0.85)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredVeterinarians may not be aware of the immune status of a pet owner who should receive counselling on safe pet ownership.
“Furthermore, veterinarians may not be aware of the immune status of a pet owner who should receive counselling on safe pet ownership. 37”
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- Authors
- Grant, S., & Olsen, C. W.
- Affiliations
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Venue
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 1999-02
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 159-163
- ISSN
- 1080-6040 (ISSN-L)
- 1080-6059
- PMC
- PMC2627689
- OpenAlex
- W2037928103
- Cited by
- 152
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 3.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Emerging infectious diseases (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
- Bernice Barbour Foundation
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Infection Control in Healthcare
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Keywords
- zoonoses, immunocompromised patients, disease prevention, risk perception, patient education
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Animals, Domestic, Bacterial Infections, Data Collection, Humans, Mycoses, Parasitic Diseases, Physicians, Risk Factors, Virus Diseases, Zoonoses, Immunocompromised Host, Veterinarians
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