Resumen
Capps and Lederman, in a paper published in this journal in 2015, argued that, at the time, the dismal circumstances of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was an opportunity to revisit public health responses to emergent infectious diseases. Using a One Health lens, they argued for an ecological perspective—one that looked to respond to zoonoses as an environmental as well as public health concern. Using Ebola virus disease as an example, they suggested shared immunity as a strategy to vaccinate both humans and great apes. Since then, vaccination as a conservation strategy in this case has been debated and at least one great ape vaccination trial has been proposed: some, however, are less convinced of the ethical arguments to pursue vaccinating wild animals. Using this opportunity, we review Capps and Lederman’s arguments and directly respond to the plausible objections to them.
Idioma original | English |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 883-895 |
Número de páginas | 13 |
Publicación | Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics |
Volumen | 29 |
N.º | 5 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - oct. 1 2016 |
Nota bibliográfica
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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Environmental Chemistry
- History
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
- General Environmental Science