A stakeholder-informed approach to the identification of criteria for the prioritization of zoonoses in Canada.

BACKGROUND:Zoonotic diseases account for over 60% of all communicable diseases causing illness in humans and 75% of recently emerging infectious diseases. As limited resources are available for the control and prevention of zoonotic diseases, it is necessary to prioritize diseases in order to direct...

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Main Authors: Victoria Ng, Jan M Sargeant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3253104?pdf=render