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  • Zinsstag J Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
  • Crump L Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
  • Schelling E Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
  • Hattendorf J Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
  • Maidane YO Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
  • Ali KO Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
  • Muhummed A Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
  • Umer AA Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
  • Aliyi F Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
  • Nooh F Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
  • Abdikadir MI Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
  • Ali SM Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
  • Hartinger S Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
  • Mäusezahl D Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
  • de White MBG Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
  • Cordon-Rosales C Universidad del Valle, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 01015.
  • Castillo DA Universidad del Valle, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 01015.
  • McCracken J Universidad del Valle, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 01015.
  • Abakar F Institut de Recherches en Elevage pour le Développement, BP 433, N'Djaména, Chad.
  • Cercamondi C Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
  • Emmenegger S University of Applied Sciences, Institute for Information and Process Management, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
  • Maier E University of Applied Sciences, Institute for Information and Process Management, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
  • Karanja S Jomo Kenyatta University, School of Public Health, 00200 Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Bolon I Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.
  • de Castañeda RR Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Bonfoh B Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire, 01 BP 1303 Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire.
  • Tschopp R Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
  • Probst-Hensch N Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
  • Cissé G Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
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  • 2018-05-24
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  • FEMS microbiology letters. - 2018
Animals
Climate Change
Communicable Diseases
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Environmental Exposure
Food Supply
Global Health
Humans
Infection Control
One Health
Zoonoses
English The journal The Lancet recently published a countdown on health and climate change. Attention was focused solely on humans. However, animals, including wildlife, livestock and pets, may also be impacted by climate change. Complementary to the high relevance of awareness rising for protecting humans against climate change, here we present a One Health approach, which aims at the simultaneous protection of humans, animals and the environment from climate change impacts (climate change adaptation). We postulate that integrated approaches save human and animal lives and reduce costs when compared to public and animal health sectors working separately. A One Health approach to climate change adaptation may significantly contribute to food security with emphasis on animal source foods, extensive livestock systems, particularly ruminant livestock, environmental sanitation, and steps towards regional and global integrated syndromic surveillance and response systems. The cost of outbreaks of emerging vector-borne zoonotic pathogens may be much lower if they are detected early in the vector or in livestock rather than later in humans. Therefore, integrated community-based surveillance of zoonoses is a promising avenue to reduce health effects of climate change.
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