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ArticleInfectious diseases of poverty2020

Towards integrated surveillance-response systems for the prevention of future pandemics.

Jakob Zinsstag, Jürg Utzinger, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Lv Shan, Xiao-Nong Zhou

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Article in Infectious diseases of poverty, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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43 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jakob ZinsstagSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland. jakob.zinsstag@swisstph.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8899-6097
Jürg UtzingerSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
Nicole Probst-HenschSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
Lv ShanNational Institute of Parasitic Diseases at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention & Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Xiao-Nong ZhouNational Institute of Parasitic Diseases at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention & Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.

Funding

National Key Research and Development Programme of China 2016YFC1202000National Natural Science Foundation of China 81973108
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most human pathogens originate from non-human hosts and certain pathogens persist in animal reservoirs. The transmission of such pathogens to humans may lead to self-sustaining chains of transmission. These pathogens represent the highest risk for future pandemics. For their prevention, the transmission over the species barrier - although rare - should, by all means, be avoided. In the current COVID-19 pandemic, surprisingly though, most of the current research concentrates on the control by drugs and vaccines, while comparatively little scientific inquiry focuses on future prevention. Already in 2012, the World Bank recommended to engage in a systemic One Health approach for zoonoses control, considering integrated surveillance-response and control of human and animal diseases for primarily economic reasons. First examples, like integrated West Nile virus surveillance in mosquitos, wild birds, horses and humans in Italy show evidence of financial savings from a closer cooperation of human and animal health sectors. Provided a zoonotic origin can be ascertained for the COVID-19 pandemic, integrated wildlife, domestic animal and humans disease surveillance-response may contribute to prevent future outbreaks. In conclusion, the earlier a zoonotic pathogen can be detected in the environment, in wildlife or in domestic animals; and the better human, animal and environmental surveillance communicate with each other to prevent an outbreak, the lower are the cumulative costs.

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Animal DiseasesAnimalsBetacoronavirusCommunicable Diseases, EmergingCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Disease ReservoirsEpidemiological MonitoringHumansItalyOne HealthPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2ZoonosesIntegrated surveillance-responseOne healthPandemicsTransdisciplinarityZoonoses

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PMID33028426
PMCPMC7539270

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