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    Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Apr;13(4):527-31.

    Human benefits of animal interventions for zoonosis control.

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    Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland. jakob.zinsstag@unibas.ch

    Abstract

    Although industrialized countries have been able to contain recent outbreaks of zoonotic diseases, many resource-limited and transitioning countries have not been able to react adequately. The key for controlling zoonoses such as rabies, echinococcosis, and brucellosis is to focus on the animal reservoir. In this respect, ministries of health question whether the public health sector really benefits from interventions for livestock. Cross-sectoral assessments of interventions such as mass vaccination for brucellosis in Mongolia or vaccination of dogs for rabies in Chad consider human and animal health sectors from a societal economic perspective. Combining the total societal benefits, the intervention in the animal sector saves money and provides the economic argument, which opens new approaches for the control of zoonoses in resource-limited countries through contributions from multiple sectors.

    PMID:
    17553265
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID:
    PMC2725951
    Free PMC Article

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