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“Accelerating human and animal vaccine development against the myriad of zoonotic diseases has been a prime strategy contained within the modern One Medicine-One Health movement. There is a vast and varied array of infectious animal diseases that can spread to humans. They are caused and sourced worldwide from viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites.  Well known, high profile examples include rabies, avian influenza (bird flu), and Ebola from virus origins. Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium, and an innovative preventative oral vaccine is already available to immunize its primary reservoir, the white-footed mouse, thereby reducing the pathogen’s presence in the environment.

Nipah virus disease is a frightening yet little-known viral disease outside its common regional occurrences, i.e., South and Southeast Asia, including Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore. Thus, most of the world has not experienced or been made aware of it. ...”

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View Publication How Vaccinating Animals Can Protect Humans: A One Health Strategy - Impakter

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