Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana (Jul 2022)
The need for a comprehensive approach to address the zoonotic disease emergency
Abstract
Dear Editor Emerging infectious diseases that affect humans commonly come from pathogens whose hosts are wildlife species. These zoonotic disease outbreaks constitute a major challenge to human health. In fact, the current Covid-19 pandemic has evidenced that the activities human beings carry out in ecosystems, as well as, the use of wildlife species, have a direct impact on society.