{"product_id":"one-health-ronald-m-atlas-9781555818425","title":"One Health: People, Animals, and the Environment","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmerging infectious diseases are often due to environmental disruption, which exposes microbes to a different niche that selects for new virulence traits and facilitates transmission between animals and humans. Thus, health of humans also depends upon health of animals and the environment - a concept called One Health. This book presents core concepts, compelling evidence, successful applications, and remaining challenges of \u003ci\u003eOne Health\u003c\/i\u003e approaches to thwarting the threat of emerging infectious disease.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten by scientists working in the field, this book will provide a series of \"stories\" about how disruption of the environment and transmission from animal hosts is responsible for emerging human and animal diseases.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains the concept of \u003ci\u003eOne Health\u003c\/i\u003e and the history of the One Health paradigm shift.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraces the emergence of devastating new diseases in both animals and humans.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents case histories of notable, new zoonoses, including West Nile virus, hantavirus, Lyme disease, SARS, and salmonella.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLinks several epidemic zoonoses with the environmental factors that promote them.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers insight into the mechanisms of microbial evolution toward pathogenicity.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the many causes behind the emergence of antibiotic resistance.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents new technologies and approaches for public health disease surveillance.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers political and bureaucratic strategies for promoting the global acceptance of One Health.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ronald M. Atlas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555818420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555818425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ASM Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Ronald M. Atlas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057056674047,"sku":"9781555818425","price":92.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2346f366-4603-4b51-a86c-38c895329f81.jpg?v=1685044778","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/one-health-ronald-m-atlas-9781555818425","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}