PREDICT: Building a global early warning system for emerging diseases that move between wildlife and people and more...
In order to predict, respond to, and prevent the emergence of novel infectious diseases in humans, pathogens must be identified at their source.Explosive human population growth and environmental changes have resulted in increased numbers of people living in close contact with animals. Unfortunately the resulting increase in contact, together with changes in land use, has altered the inherent ecological balance between pathogens and their human and animal hosts.
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