Tsai P. et al. (Eds.) Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases

NAP, 2009. — 338 p.H1N1 ("swine flu"), SARS, mad cow disease, and HIV/AIDS are a few examples of zoonotic diseases-diseases transmitted between humans and animals. Zoonotic diseases are a growing concern given multiple factors: their often novel and unpredictable nature, their ability to emerge anywhere and spread rapidly around the globe, and their major economic toll on several disparate industries.