Zoonotic spillover and emerging viral diseases – time to intensify zoonoses surveillance in Brazil

Zoonotic spillover and emerging viral diseases - time to intensify zoonoses surveillance in Brazil.

مروری بر بیماری‌های مشترک نوپدید و بازپدید

Zoonoses are disease and/or infection naturally transmissible between vertebrate animals and humans. Emerging zoonoses are defined by the WHO/FAO/OIE joint consultation on emerging zoonotic disease held in Geneva, 3-5 may 2004 as "diseases which are newly recognized or newly evolved or that have occurred previously but show an increase in incidence or expansion in geographical, host or vector r...

Rabies Surveillance System in Iran: History, Structures, and Achievements

Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to present a summary of the rabies surveillance program in humans in the country, its achievements and its strengths and weaknesses.   Methods: This study was a review of the country's plan for surveillance and control of rabies in humans. The sources of information included the data, reports, documents, and published guidelines. The vi...

Viral Metagenomics on Animals as a Tool for the Detection of Zoonoses Prior to Human Infection?

Many human viral infections have a zoonotic, i.e., wild or domestic animal, origin. Several zoonotic viruses are transmitted to humans directly via contact with an animal or indirectly via exposure to the urine or feces of infected animals or the bite of a bloodsucking arthropod. If a virus is able to adapt and replicate in its new human host, human-to-human transmissions may occur, possibly re...

Evaluation of Crimean-congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) Surveillance System in Iran

Background and Objectives: To provide an overview of the national program of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever surveillance in Iran, its current achievements, and challenges.   Methods: In this mixed method study, the relevant reports, documents, and guidelines, as well as published literature and surveillance data were gathered and critically reviewed. The opinions of the key informants at loc...