id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-281957-1p54k8it Kaplan, Bruce 'ONE HEALTH' and parasitology 2009-08-12 .txt text/plain 1312 67 34 One Health is a concept that proposes that a paradigm shift in approaching diseases of humans and animals is essential to meet the challenges of the 21 st century. One Health began in the late 19 th and 20 th centuries with physician leaders in medicine like Rudolf Virchow, known as the "Father of comparative medicine, cellular pathology, and veterinary pathology" and William Osler, called the "Father of Modern Medicine." They embraced the concept that human and animal health were inextricably linked. Schwabe at the University of California coined the term "One Medicine" (now commonly referred to as "One Health") which was aimed at unifying human medical and veterinary medical disciplines against zoonotic diseases occurring in the public health arena. Parasitologists, of all the health professional scientists, are generally most familiar with the long list of parasitic zoonoses that affect humans via animals as well as specific details pertaining to each. One Health Initiative will unite human and veterinary medicine ./cache/cord-281957-1p54k8it.txt ./txt/cord-281957-1p54k8it.txt