Public Veterinary Medicine: Public Health
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Vet Med Today: Public Veterinary Medicine 1271 I has been estimated that 64% of the more than 1,400 recognized human pathogens are zoonotic, and that 73% of 177 emerging or reemerging pathogens have originated in animals. Recently, agricultural professionals in routine contact with animals have been shown to have increased risks of contracting various zoonotic infections, with infected individuals often experiencing clinical signs of disease. During a 2003 outbreak of highly pathogenic H7N7 avian influenza virus infection among poultry in the Netherlands, veterinarians had A review of published reports regarding zoonotic pathogen infection in veterinarians
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