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. 2003 Oct;4(10):921-4.
doi: 10.1038/sj.embor.embor949.

Fierce creatures. Zoonoses, diseases that jump from animals to humans, are a growing health problem around the world. Understanding their causes and their effects on humans have therefore become an important topic for global public health

Holger Breithaupt

Fierce creatures. Zoonoses, diseases that jump from animals to humans, are a growing health problem around the world. Understanding their causes and their effects on humans have therefore become an important topic for global public health

Holger Breithaupt. EMBO Rep. 2003 Oct.

Abstract

Zoonoses, diseases that jump from animals to humans, are a growing health problem around the world. Understanding their causes and their effects on humans have therefore become an important topic for global public health

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Global outbreaks of zoonoses. BSE, bovine spongiform encephalopathy; SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome; vCJD, variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.
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