scholarly journals Bug Breakfast in the Bulletin: One Health and Hendra virus: a collaborative approach in action

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Crawford ◽  
Ian Roth ◽  
Tiggy Grillo
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Briony Hazelton ◽  
Fatma Ba Alawi ◽  
Jen Kok ◽  
Dominic E Dwyer
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2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Julia Landford

‘One Health’ is a global movement of practitioners and policy-makers to support a better understanding of the ecology of diseases at the animal–human–ecosystem interface. Globally, diseases such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 HPAI) have resulted in significant human fatalities, animal deaths and multi-billion dollar impacts. Several recent disease events in Australia also highlight the complexity of these issues including outbreaks of Hendra virus in Queensland and northern New South Wales resulting in four human fatalities and dozens of horse deaths. At a broader level, Australia faces ongoing challenges with infectious diseases such as air-borne influenza, antibiotic resistant diseases and food-borne disease outbreaks which have regular impacts on public health. The complexity surrounding transmission of diseases at the animal–human–ecosystem interface highlights the need for multidisciplinary approaches – known as One Health approaches. While there has been some progress with advocacy of One Health in Australia, stronger political will is needed to break down sectoral and disciplinary silos and to enable more effective measures at the operational level.


2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Middleton ◽  
Jackie Pallister ◽  
Reuben Klein ◽  
Yan-Ru Feng ◽  
Jessica Haining ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelly Sophie Lönker ◽  
Kim Fechner ◽  
Ahmed Abd El Wahed

One Health (OH) is a crucial concept, where the interference between humans, animals and the environment matters. This review article focusses on the role of horses in maintaining the health of humans and the environment. Horses’ impact on environmental health includes their influence on soil and the biodiversity of animal and plant species. Nevertheless, the effect of horses is not usually linear and several factors like plant–animal coevolutionary history, climate and animal density play significant roles. The long history of the relationship between horses and humans is shaped by the service of horses in wars or even in mines. Moreover, horses were essential in developing the first antidote to cure diphtheria. Nowadays, horses do have an influential role in animal assisted therapy, in supporting livelihoods in low income countries and as a leisure partner. Horses are of relevance in the spillover of zoonotic and emerging diseases from wildlife to human (e.g., Hendra Virus), and in non-communicable diseases (e.g., post-traumatic osteoarthritis in horses and back pain in horse riders). Furthermore, many risk factors—such as climate change and antimicrobial resistance—threaten the health of both horses and humans. Finally, the horse is a valuable factor in sustaining the health of humans and the environment, and must be incorporated in any roadmap to achieve OH.


Vaccines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 731
Author(s):  
Kim Halpin ◽  
Kerryne Graham ◽  
Peter A. Durr

Hendra virus (HeV) is a high consequence zoonotic pathogen found in Australia. The HeV vaccine was developed for use in horses and provides a One Health solution to the prevention of human disease. By protecting horses from infection, the vaccine indirectly protects humans as well, as horses are the only known source of infection for humans. The sub-unit-based vaccine, containing recombinant HeV soluble G (sG) glycoprotein, was released by Pfizer Animal Health (now Zoetis) for use in Australia at the end of 2012. The purpose of this study was to collate post-vaccination serum neutralising antibody titres as a way of assessing how the vaccine has been performing in the field. Serum neutralization tests (SNTs) were performed on serum samples from vaccinated horses submitted to the laboratory by veterinarians. The SNT results have been analysed, together with age, dates of vaccinations, date of sampling and location. Results from 332 horses formed the data set. Provided horses received at least three vaccinations (consisting of two doses 3–6 weeks apart, and a third dose six months later), horses had high neutralising titres (median titre for three or more vaccinations was 2048), and none tested negative.


2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Hume Field ◽  
Brad McCall

Zoonoses account for 60% of emerging diseases threatening humans. Wildlife are the origin of an increasing proportion of zoonoses over recent decades to a point where they now account for 75% of all zoonoses1. Concurrently and/or consequentially, there has been an increasing recognition of the inter-connectedness of wildlife, livestock and human health, and increasing momentum of an ecosystem-level approach (most commonly termed ‘One Health’) to complex emerging disease scenarios2. This paper describes the evolution and application of such an approach to periodic Hendra virus incidents in horses and humans in Australia.


2020 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
Andrew W. Bartlow ◽  
Tanya Vickers

Zoonotic diseases pass between humans and other animals and are a major global health challenge. Lyme disease, SARS, swine flu, and Ebola are all examples of diseases spilling over to humans from other animals. Students may hear about these outbreaks in the news but learn very little about them in the classroom. We describe an activity designed to teach high school or college students about zoonotic disease outbreaks. This case-based lesson also introduces how habitat disruption can lead to far-reaching impacts on livestock and humans, often indirectly. Collaborative problem solving is used to explore the One Health concept and a real-world spillover event involving Hendra virus. Active learning using a “jigsaw” format to model the value of multiple stakeholders engages students in tracing the path of transmission for a pathogen. The scenario and class activity demonstrate how scientists and health professionals routinely work together to figure out the chain of transmission for a novel pathogen and use this information to limit the spread of disease.


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