Abstract

When it comes to infectious diseases, we live in a “triple-threat” world, says Lonnie King, Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Ohio State University in Columbus. That tripartite threat comes at the confluence of human, animal, and environmental forces—leading him, other veterinarians, microbiologists, public health specialists, and a broad range of experts from other specialties to embrace the “one health strategy” for combating infectious diseases. He and others spoke last November during the summit conference “One Health: Improving Health in an Interconnected World, People-Animals-Environment,” convened at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.

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