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Nature Medicine 15, 227 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nm0309-227a
Royal Society urges integration of human and veterinary medicine
Kirsten Dorans1
- New York
With the number of emerging infectious diseases on the rise worldwide, researchers and health experts are increasingly recognizing the benefits of integrating human and veterinary medical sciences at subnational, national and international levels. Case in point: on 3 February, the Royal Society (the UK's academy of science) published a policy statement recommending the creation of a National Institute of Infectious Diseases that would act as an umbrella for "technical know-how, research expertise and funding on infectious diseases," linking scientists who research human infectious diseases with those who study such diseases in animals.
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