We must take a One Health approach to improve pandemic infection control

Camilla To Benfield; David Heymann; Judy MacArthur Clark; A J Trees; Babulal Sethia

doi:10.1136/vr.m4020

We must take a One Health approach to improve pandemic infection control

Vet Rec. 2020 Oct 31;187(9):e66. doi: 10.1136/vr.m4020. Epub 2020 Oct 19.

Authors

Camilla To Benfield¹, David Heymann¹, Judy MacArthur Clark¹, A J Trees¹, Babulal Sethia¹

Affiliation

¹ All authors are either trustees (Heymann, MacArthur Clark, Trees, Sethia) of, or a recipient of a fellowship (Benfield) from, the Soulsby Foundation.

PMID: 33077682
DOI: 10.1136/vr.m4020

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic must serve as a wake-up call to work more collaboratively between medical and veterinary practitioners, biologists and environmentalists say Camilla Benfield, David Heymann, Judy MacArthur Clark, AJ Trees and Babulal Sethia.

British Veterinary Association.

MeSH terms

Animals
COVID-19
Communicable Disease Control / methods*
Cooperative Behavior
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
Humans
Interprofessional Relations
Medicine / organization & administration
One Health*
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
United Kingdom / epidemiology
Veterinary Medicine / organization & administration