Hendra Virus Vaccine, a One Health Approach to Protecting Horse, Human, and Environmental Health

Hendra Virus Vaccine, a One Health Approach to Protecting Horse, Human, and Environmental Health

In recent years, the emergence of several highly pathogenic zoonotic diseases in humans has led to a renewed emphasis on the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health, otherwise known as One Health. For example, Hendra virus (HeV), a zoonotic paramyxovirus, was discovered in 1994, and since then, infections have occurred in 7 humans, each of whom had a strong epidemiologic l...

Bug breakfast in the bulletin: One Health and Hendra virus: a collaborative approach in action.

The One Health initiative (http://www.onehealthinitiative. com/) encompasses the health of humans, animals and the environment, recognising the indivisible interconnections that exist between these domains. As over 60% of emerging and re-emerging diseases are transmitted from animals to humans (zoonoses), theOneHealth initiative has significant potential to reduce the global health threat cause...

“Why won’t they just vaccinate?” Horse owner risk perception and uptake of the Hendra virus vaccine

BACKGROUND Hendra virus is a paramyxovirus that causes periodic serious disease and fatalities in horses and humans in Australia first identified in 1994. Pteropid bats (commonly known as flying-foxes) are the natural host of the virus, and the putative route of infection in horses is by ingestion or inhalation of material contaminated by flying-fox urine or other bodily fluids. Humans become i...

Optimization of human, animal, and environmental health by using the One Health approach

Emerging diseases are increasing burdens on public health, negatively affecting the world economy, causing extinction of species, and disrupting ecological integrity. One Health recognizes that human, domestic animal, and wildlife health are interconnected within ecosystem health and provides a framework for the development of multidisciplinary solutions to global health challenges. To date, mo...

Monovalent Live-Virus Horse-Sicknes Vaccine