TY - JOUR
T1 - Demystifying and Demonstrating the Value of a One Health Approach to Parasitological Challenges
AU - Krecek, Rosina C.
AU - Rabinowitz, Peter M.
AU - Conrad, Patricia A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the many faculty, staff, student and community collaborators who contributed to the research and programs described. P.A. Conrad also thanks Brittany Dalley, Ian Markham, Marlene Haggblade, and Alex Markham for their support. Grants from the National Science Foundation Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Program (grant nos. 0525765,1065990) supported the Toxoplasma research. R.C. Krecek also thanks Dorvin Stockdale for his support. Grants from the United States Agency for International Development (South Africa) supported the Taenia solium research in South Africa.
PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - The One Health approach recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, and ecosystem health and encourages collaboration between diverse disciplines to address complex health problems. In this paper, 3 academics, with diverse training, experience and backgrounds who each work on different pathogenic parasites, will share their stories of tackling parasitic challenges by applying a One Health approach. The pathogenic parasites to be discussed include the helminth Taenia solium and protozoans Giardia, Theileria, Babesia, Neospora and Toxoplasma species. The 3 narratives focus on research and clinical case-based challenges and illustrate where collaboration between human, animal, and environmental health scientists either has or could lead to improved control of human and animal health as well as important research discoveries. The need for better evaluation of interventions and scientific evidence to support changes in clinical practice and encourage enhanced collaboration between human and veterinary clinicians, as well as new governmental policies to improve public and wildlife health, are described. The need for a range of evidence-based metrics to monitor the success and impact of the One Health approach to veterinary parasitology is also discussed.
AB - The One Health approach recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, and ecosystem health and encourages collaboration between diverse disciplines to address complex health problems. In this paper, 3 academics, with diverse training, experience and backgrounds who each work on different pathogenic parasites, will share their stories of tackling parasitic challenges by applying a One Health approach. The pathogenic parasites to be discussed include the helminth Taenia solium and protozoans Giardia, Theileria, Babesia, Neospora and Toxoplasma species. The 3 narratives focus on research and clinical case-based challenges and illustrate where collaboration between human, animal, and environmental health scientists either has or could lead to improved control of human and animal health as well as important research discoveries. The need for better evaluation of interventions and scientific evidence to support changes in clinical practice and encourage enhanced collaboration between human and veterinary clinicians, as well as new governmental policies to improve public and wildlife health, are described. The need for a range of evidence-based metrics to monitor the success and impact of the One Health approach to veterinary parasitology is also discussed.
KW - Babesia
KW - collaborative research
KW - Giardia
KW - Neospora
KW - non-zoonotic parasites
KW - One Health
KW - Taenia solium
KW - Theileria
KW - Toxoplasma
KW - zoonotic parasites
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U2 - 10.1016/j.vetpar.2020.109202
DO - 10.1016/j.vetpar.2020.109202
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85092337650
VL - 287
JO - Veterinary Parasitology
JF - Veterinary Parasitology
SN - 0304-4017
M1 - 109202
ER -