title: [Which zoonoses should the general population be more awareness of ? Qualitative research targeted at veterinarians].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to determine which zoonoses should the general population be more aware of.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted qualitative research (Delphi method) on thirty veterinarians who were selected from the whole country.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-four diseases were selected. The reasons for their selection were classified into three categories: "Amount of knowledge, attitude and behavior", "Clinicoepidemiologic characteristics" and "Social characteristics". More than half of the top ten zoonoses are those that are not transmitted from humans to humans, with rabies in the first place, avian influenza (with its high pathogenicity) in the second place and psittacosis in the third place.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  From the top ten diseases, it is considered that the prevention of animal-to-human transmission should be emphasized. In addition, from the reasons for the selection, it is suggested that it is necessary to review social characteristics, such as the inadequacy of quarantine and the insufficiencies of legal systems. As for the zoonoses that are transmitted from humans to humans, it will be indispensable in the future to widely spread information on zoonoses and enlighten the general population about them. It is thought that this survey can be a basis for selecting a zoonosis that should be given priority in enlightening the general population.
authors: Juntendo University, Medical Department of Public Health, Japan. itsukoh@juntendo.ac.jp
authors: Itsuko
authors: I
authors: Horiguchi
authors: Naoko
authors: N
authors: Ishikawa
authors: Qiaolian
authors: Q
authors: Feng
authors: Mika
authors: M
authors: Kigawa
authors: Eiji
authors: E
authors: Marui
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003697:Delphi Technique; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D014730:Veterinary Medicine; D015047:Zoonoses