title: Humans and cattle: a review of bovine zoonoses.
abstract: Infectious disease prevention and control has been among the top public health objectives during the last century. However, controlling disease due to pathogens that move between animals and humans has been challenging. Such zoonotic pathogens have been responsible for the majority of new human disease threats and a number of recent international epidemics. Currently, our surveillance systems often lack the ability to monitor the human-animal interface for emergent pathogens. Identifying and ultimately addressing emergent cross-species infections will require a "One Health" approach in which resources from public veterinary, environmental, and human health function as part of an integrative system. Here we review the epidemiology of bovine zoonoses from a public health perspective.
authors.affiliation: 1 College of Public Health and Health Professions and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida.
authors.forename: Clinton J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: McDaniel
authors.forename: Diana M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Cardwell
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Moeller
authors.forename: Gregory C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011634:Public Health; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology*