Animals as sentinels of bioterrorism agents.

摘要: We conducted a systematic review of the scientific literature from 1966 to 2005 determine whether animals could provide early warning bioterrorism attack, serve as markers for ongoing exposure risk, and amplify or propagate outbreak. found evidence that, certain agents, pets, wildlife, livestock that other humans would likely manifest symptoms before illness be detected in animals. After an acute active surveillance wild domestic animal populations help identify many risks. If agents their way into populations, they spread widely through animal-to-animal transmission prove difficult control. The public health infrastructure must look beyond passive disease events build capacity intervention efforts detect control outbreaks populations.