Bats have populated earth for approximately 52 million years, serving as natural reservoirs for a variety of viruses through the course of evolution. Transmission of highly pathogenic viruses from bats has been suspected or linked to a spectrum of potential emerging infectious diseases in humans...
Author(s)
Bonilla-Aldana, D. K.; Jimenez-Diaz, S. D.; Arango-Duque, J. S.; Aguirre-Florez, M.; Balbin-Ramon, G. J.; Paniz-Mondolfi, A.; Suárez, J. A.; Pachar, M. R.; Perez-Garcia, L. A.; Delgado-Noguera, L. A.; Sierra, M. A.; Muñoz-Lara, F.; Zambrano, L. I.; Rodriguez-Morales, A. J.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021, 102, pp 87-96
The second edition of this book contains 32 chapters divided into 4 main sections that discuss the theoretical foundations of One Health; methods, skills and perspectives for the practice of One Health; the application of One Health in infectious and non-infectious diseases and governance and...
Author(s)
Zinsstag, J.; Schelling, E.; Crump, L.; Whittaker, M.; Tanner, M.; Stephen, C.
ISBN
2021 CABI (H ISBN 9781789242577)
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has now affected over 72.5 million people worldwide, with nearly 1.6 million deaths reported globally as of December 17, 2020. SARS-CoV-2 has been implicated to have originated from bats and pangolins, and its intermediate animal hosts are being...
Author(s)
Sharun Khan; Tiwari Ruchi; Natesanc Senthilkumar; Dhama Kuldeep
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Veterinary Quarterly, 2021, 41, 50-60, pp 50-60
Respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, present a serious threat to endangered wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) populations. In some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, chimpanzee tracking is a popular tourism activity, offering visitors a chance to view apes in their natural habitats. Chimpanzee...
Author(s)
Glasser, D. B.; Goldberg, T. L.; Guma, N.; Balyesiima, G.; Agaba, H.; Gessa, S. J.; Rothman, J. M.
Publisher
Wiley, Hoboken, USA
Citation
American Journal of Primatology, 2021, 83, 2,
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global health challenge with substantial adverse effects on the world economy. It is beyond any doubt that it is, again, a call-to-action to minimize the risk of future zoonoses caused by emerging human pathogens. The primary response to contain ...
Author(s)
Rzymski, P.; Kulus, M.; Jankowski, M.; Dompe, C.; Bryl, R.; Petitte, J. N.; Kempisty, B.; Mozdziak, P.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Nutrients, 2021, 13, 1,
We are in unprecedented times with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has impacted public health, the economy and our society on a global scale. In addition, the impacts of COVID-19 permeate into our environment and wildlife as well. Here, we discuss the essential role of wastewater...
Author(s)
Sabateeshan Mathavarajah; Stoddart, A. K.; Gagnon, G. A.; Dellaire, G.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 760,
The disease COVID-19 that becomes pandemic worldwide is caused by a new coronavirus called SARS- CoV-2. The coronaviruses create a large group of enveloped single-stranded RNA viruses. Some cause respiratory infections in humans, while others cause disease in certain species of animals, such as i;...
Author(s)
Cerna, P.; Palmova, A.; Klubal, R.; Hromadníkova, I.
Publisher
Profi Press, s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic
Citation
Veterinářství, 2020, 70, 5, pp 287-290
Millions of people are suffering from the repeated emergence of zoonotic diseases across the globe. The latest pandemic of Covid-19 suspected to be originated from wild animals and was transmitted via an intermediate animal host to humans. Possibilities of the intentional use of zoonoses as...
Author(s)
Aby, J.; Malini, M. B.
Publisher
Advanced Research Publications (ADR), Ghaziabad, India
Citation
Journal of Communicable Diseases, 2020, 52, 4, pp 88-96
Human health is increasingly interconnected with that of the animals in the environment they share, while the threat of emerging diseases arising at that interface increases as a result of the multiple and growing driving forces which propitiate that greater human-animalenvironmental...
Author(s)
Percedo Abreu, M. I.; Alfonso Zamora, P.; Lobo-Rivero, E.; Peláez Reyes, M.; Gutiérrez Ravelo, I.; Oca Martínez, N. M. de
Publisher
Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria, Havana, Cuba
Citation
Revista de Salud Animal, 2020, 42, 3,
Postmortem and histological tests recently confirmed pathogenic squirrelpox in a Gwynedd red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris). The animal was found dead at a coastal location close to woodland where an earlier outbreak had been reported in 2017. However, with the current 2020 Covid-19 restrictions in...
Author(s)
Shuttleworth, C. M.; Cripps, R.; Everest, D. J.
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group, London, UK
Citation
Veterinary Record, 2020, 187, 11, pp 452-452