Title

Emerging diseases and species barrier: The risk of equine herpesvirus 9

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Publication Title

Revista de Salud Publica

Abstract

Jumping the species barrier is responsible for a large part of emerging and reemerging diseases around the world; however, the mechanisms involved in restricting an agent to a given host are currently not fully understood, nor what is necessary to leap the species barrier to invade a new host. These leaps to new species are usually manifest by high rates of morbidity and mortality in the new species, leading to severe economic losses and sometimes causing loss of human life. On the other hand, exotic species both in homes and zoos have become one of the major risk factors for the emergence and reemergence of disease in human and animal populations and it has thus become necessary to assess infections which may be able to make the so called "jump" and have serious consequences for human and animal populations. This article seeks to raise awareness regarding the risk of a leap over the species barrier using the equine herpesvirus-9 as an example and its possible impli-cations.

Volume

10

Issue

5

First Page

840

Last Page

847

ISSN

01240064

PubMed ID

19360232

Identifier

SCOPUS_ID:68849131040

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