The Wildlife Emerging Pathogens Initiative: Wild EPI and One Health
Yaejin Lee,
Simon Jeeves,
Lauren Crawshaw,
Jonathon Kotwa,
Bradley Pickering,
Samira Mubareka,
Claire Jardine,
Jeff Bowman
Affiliations
Yaejin Lee
Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Simon Jeeves
Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
Lauren Crawshaw
Wildlife Research and Monitoring Section, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Peterborough, ON, Canada
Jonathon Kotwa
Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
Bradley Pickering
National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Samira Mubareka
Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Corresponding author
Claire Jardine
Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada; Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
Jeff Bowman
Wildlife Research and Monitoring Section, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Peterborough, ON, Canada; Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough, ON Canada; Corresponding author
One Health is an integrated approach that aims to balance and optimize the interconnectedness of the health of humans, animals, and ecosystems. Using this transdisciplinary approach, experts from across Canada led the formation of the Wildlife Emerging Pathogens Initiative (Wild EPI) to undertake research and surveillance programs evaluating the potential risks of emerging pathogens at the human-animal interface. Wild EPI is dedicated to implementing the One Health approach to enhance our understanding of the epidemiology and burden of zoonotic infections among humans and other animal hosts.
