One Health Publications

HEALTH, POLITICS & FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SOCIETY

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“… We welcome the focus of world leaders on One Health, which is a collaborative effort to achieve health for people, animals and the environment at the local, national and global level. We urge G7 leaders to go a step further, beyond focusing on zoonotic diseases and antimicrobial resistance, which simply isn’t enough to truly build pandemic preparedness.

Future health threats could develop from different origins, patterns, nature or impact. All aspects of One Health must be included if we are to improve global health security, including tackling other diseases, such as NTDs. …”

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer [Dr. Albert Bourla is a veterinarian] SEE: https://www.pfizer.com/people/leadership/executives/albert_bourla-dvm-phd 

By Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP | June 8, 2021

“ … Preventing the emergence of naturally occurring zoonotic diseases requires a One Health approach that integrates human, animal, plant, environmental, and ecosystem health. I’ve written extensively about why a One Health approach is important in previous columns. …”

The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is a rallying cry for the protection and revival of ecosystems around the world

“… Deciphering the connection between ecosystem restoration, climate change, food and nutrition security, ‘One Health’ and sustainable development is important for protecting our future. …”

Prof. Sanjay Zodpey, MD, PhD

(The writer is Vice President – Academics, Public Health Foundation of India)

‌For complete details see:

 https://academicprogramsonline.org/ajo/jobs/18753

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“… The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is part of a series of collaborative efforts led by WHO that seek to strengthen cross-sectoral collaboration and engagement at the human, animal, plant and ecosystem interface, also known as One Health. …”

“… In fact, COVID-19 has galvanised our resolve to transform the paradigm of our development model. From destructive short-term thinking towards a sustainable model that respects the life of our planet and the lives of our citizens. [One World, One Health] “

ENTOMOLOGY TODAY

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Expanding testing efforts will not only gauge prevalence of these other pathogens in Pennsylvania but also benefit development of epidemiological models for predicting where human infection could occur. Through collaborative discussions and information sharing with the Pennsylvania Department of Health, we have commenced a “One Health” approach to tick-borne diseases, realizing that the intersection of our distinct work provides the greatest benefit. …”

 *by Richard Seifman – Board Member, United Nations Association-National Capital Area

“… Now One Health Needs Changed Behavior

Today One Health, the interface between human-animal-environmental health, is in much the same place as was nutrition in the last century. It is even more confounding because it touches virtually all of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. …” 

*Member One Health Initiative Advisory Board

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Abstract Background:

The protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii has a worldwide distribution and a very wide host range, infecting most warm-blooded hosts. Approximately 30% of humanity is infected with T. gondii, but clinical toxoplasmosis is relatively infrequent. Toxoplasmosis has a wide range of clinical symptoms involving almost all organ systems. In most persons that acquire infection postnatally, symptoms (when present) are mild and mimic other diseases such as flu, Lyme disease, Q fever, hematological alterations, or mumps. It is likely that clinical disease is more common than reported. The ingestion of infected meat or food and water contaminated with oocysts are the two main modes of postnatal transmission of Toxoplasma gondii. The infective dose and the incubation period of T. gondii infection are unknown because there are no human volunteer experiments.

Methods: Here, I have critically reviewed outbreaks of clinical toxoplasmosis in humans for the past 55 years, 1966– 2020. Information from oocyst-acquired versus meat-acquired infections was assessed separately.

Results: Most outbreaks were from Brazil. There were no apparent differences in types or severity of symptoms in meat- versus oocyst-acquired infections. Fever, cervical lymphadenopathy, myalgia, and fatigue were the most important symptoms, and these symptoms were not age-dependent. The incubation period was 7–30 days. A genetic predisposition to cause eye disease is suspected in the parasites responsible for three outbreaks (in Brazil, Canada, and India). Only a few T. gondii tissue cysts might suffice to cause infection, as indicated by outbreaks affecting some (but not all) individuals sharing a meal of infected meat.

Conclusions: Whether the high frequency of outbreaks of toxoplasmosis in humans in Brazil is related to environmental contamination, poor hygiene, socioeconomic conditions, or to genotypes of T. gondii needs investigation.

Keywords: Toxoplasma gondii, Ocular, Outbreaks, Meat, Oocysts, Humans, Worldwide

*Craig N Carter ¹, Jacqueline L Smith ¹

Abstract

Test data generated by ~60 accredited member laboratories of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) is of exceptional quality. These data are captured by 1 of 13 laboratory information management systems (LIMSs) developed specifically for veterinary diagnostic laboratories (VDLs). Beginning ~2000, the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) developed an electronic messaging system for LIMS to automatically send standardized data streams for 14 select agents to a national repository. This messaging enables the U.S. Department of Agriculture to track and respond to high-consequence animal disease outbreaks such as highly pathogenic avian influenza. Because of the lack of standardized data collection in the LIMSs used at VDLs, there is, to date, no means of summarizing VDL large data streams for multi-state and national animal health studies or for providing near-real-time tracking for hundreds of other important animal diseases in the United States that are detected routinely by VDLs. Further, VDLs are the only state and federal resources that can provide early detection and identification of endemic and emerging zoonotic diseases. Zoonotic diseases are estimated to be responsible for 2.5 billion cases of human illness and 2.7 million deaths worldwide every year. The economic and health impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is self-evident. We review here the history and progress of data management in VDLs and discuss ways of seizing unexplored opportunities to advance data leveraging to better serve animal health, public health, and One Health.

*Dr. Carter is a member of the One Health Initiative team.

EALTH, POLITICS & FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SOCIETY

May 21, 2021