Emerging Viral Diseases: The One Health Connection
Publisher: National Academies Press 2015
ISBN/ASIN: 030931397X
ISBN-13: 9780309313971
Number of pages: 336
Description:
The authors examine factors driving the appearance, establishment, and spread of emerging, re-emerging and novel viral diseases; the global health and economic impacts of recently emerging and novel viral diseases in humans; and the scientific and policy approaches to improving domestic and international capacity to detect and respond to global outbreaks of infectious disease.
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