El papel de la fauna silvestre en las enfermedades emergentes
- Víctor Rodríguez Prieto 1
- Ana Rubio García 1
- José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno Rodríguez 1
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
info
ISSN: 1988-2688
Datum der Publikation: 2009
Ausgabe: 3
Nummer: 2
Seiten: 244-252
Art: Artikel
Andere Publikationen in: Revista complutense de ciencias veterinarias
Zusammenfassung
Zoonotic emergent infectious diseases have become one of the most serious threats for public health. Approximately 75 % of the diseases that have occurred during the last two decades originated in the wild fauna. SARS, West Nile virus or influenza recent epidemics, that will be treated in this article, show the importance of emerging diseases in the whole world and the relevant role of the veterinary services. Monitoring these diseases requires a multidisciplinary work team, with professionals formed in medicine, epidemiology, virology, zoology and veterinary sciences, because of the great interrelationship of factors. Likewise, it is always important to bear all the routes of transmission in mind in these very contagious diseases, not only animals, but the commercial, both legal and illegal, movements.