Surveillance to improve evidence for community control decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic – Opening the animal epidemic toolbox for Public Health
Alessandro Foddai, Ann Lindberg, Juan Lubroth, Johanne Ellis‐Iversen
Abstract
During the first few months of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic reached Europe and spread around the world. Health systems all over the world are trying to control the outbreak in the shortest possible time. Exotic disease outbreaks are not uncommon in animal health and randomised surveillance is frequently used as support for decision-making. This editorial discusses the possibilities of practicing One Health, by using methods from animal health to enhance surveillance for COVID-19 to provide an evidence base fort decision-making in communities and countries.
Topics & Concepts
PandemicPublic healthCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)OutbreakToolboxOne HealthControl (management)Disease controlSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Animal health2019-20 coronavirus outbreakDisease surveillanceMedicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)Environmental healthDiseaseVeterinary medicineVirologyComputer sciencePathologyProgramming languageArtificial intelligenceZoonotic diseases and public healthAnimal Disease Management and EpidemiologyCOVID-19 epidemiological studies