Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana (Jul 2022)

The need for a comprehensive approach to address the zoonotic disease emergency

  • José L. Mena

DOI
https://doi.org/10.25176/RFMH.v22i3.5054
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 3
pp. 655 – 656

Abstract

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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.