Zoonoses and vector-borne diseases in Croatia - a multidisciplinary approach

Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases create constant and serious concerns for public health. The majority of emerging infectious diseases (EID) are wildlife zoonotic diseases and vector-borne diseases. Croatia has a long tradition in the control, management and research of EID zoonotic disea...

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Published inVeterinaria italiana Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 55 - 66
Main Authors Markotić, Alemka, Krajinović, Lidija Cvetko, Margaletić, Josip, Turk, Nenad, Miletić-Medved, Marica, Zmak, Ljiljana, Janković, Mateja, Kurolt, Ivan-Christian, Soprek, Silvija, Daković Rode, Oktavija, Milas, Zoran, Puljiz, Ivan, Ledina, Dragan, Hukić, Mirsada, Kuzman, Ilija
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Italy Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale 01.01.2009
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Croatia
Emerging disease
Environment
Infection
One Health
Public health
Vector
Zoonosis
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Summary:Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases create constant and serious concerns for public health. The majority of emerging infectious diseases (EID) are wildlife zoonotic diseases and vector-borne diseases. Croatia has a long tradition in the control, management and research of EID zoonotic diseases and vector-borne diseases. There has also been a long and advantageous tradition in the collaboration of different experts and professionals in EID research in Croatia involving physician clinicians in infectious diseases, microbiologists, pathologists, veterinarians and animal scientists, ecologists, forestry experts, wildlife scientists, public health specialists and epidemiologists and laboratory scientists. The University Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Zagreb established the Centre for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases in liaison with national and international partners from Europe and the United States. This Centre is working in line with the 'One Health initiative' which recognises the inter-relationships between human, animal and environmental health.
ISSN:0505-401X
1828-1427