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4rd One Health article published… British (United Kingdom) Veterinary Journal Publishes 4rd Article of One Health Series 2014 Veterinary Record 2014;174:546-551 doi:10.1136/vr.g3263 “Emerging infectious diseases: opportunities at the human-animal-environment interface” Matthew A. Dixon, BSc, MSc, Osman A. Dar, MBBS, MSc, FFPH and *David L. Heymann, MD   Abstract Infectious diseases pose a serious threat to the wellbeing of both human and animal populations. Here, in the fifth in Veterinary Records series of articles promoting One Health, Mathew Dixon, Osman Dar and David Heymann examine lessons learned from previous disease outbreaks; they also consider current threats and how a better understanding of underlying risk factors could stimulate a paradigm shift from treatment to prevention of zoonotic infectious diseases. Please read entire article at: http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/174/22/546.full or click on PDF attachment. Provided FREE-ACCESS to the One Health Initiative website June 2, 2014 by: Laura Feetham Assistant Editor, Veterinary Record and In Practice BMJ, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JR T: 020 78747061 E: lfeetham@bmj.com W: bmj.com/company *Dr. Heymann is a longstanding physician One Health Supporter/advocate http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php and a member of the One Health Initiative team’s Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php. Note: The previous three One Health articles of the series were posted in the One Health Initiative website’s NEWS page January 24, 2014, February 23, 2014, and March 25, 2014.