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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 750-751 |
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| Cat inside the airport: Public health issue? |
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Wasana Kaewla, Viroj Wiwanitkit
Public Health Curriculum, Surindra Rajabhat University, Thailand
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| Date of Web Publication | 21-Aug-2017 |
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How to cite this article:
Kaewla W, Wiwanitkit V. Cat inside the airport: Public health issue?. Ann Trop Med Public Health 2017;10:750-1 |
Dear Editor,
The airport is the port way for international connection. The public health issue on the migration system should be mentioned. Generally, the disease control focusing on emerging infection is usually focused at the airport. In addition to human beings, control of the animal is a big issue. Existence of the animals inside the airport in the control area is very important issue (see example in [Figure 1]).
Bonfanti mentioned that existence of dog at the airport is a big issue and there is a concern on “drugs and explosives [1].” In fact, the report considering the existence of dog in airport existed for a long time. The first report is on the metal contamination in dogs at airport [2].
In present public health, the concern is not only on security and terrorism but the emerging zoonosis [3].
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| 1. | Bonfanti ME. From sniffer dogs to emerging sniffer devices for airport security: an opportunity to rethink privacy implications? Sci Eng Ethics 2014;20:791-807.  |
| 2. | Hayashi M, Metal concentrations in tissues of dogs living in an airport area. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 1980;25:246-51. |
| 3. | Kelly M. Control of infection in an international airline. Occup Med (Lond) 1993;43:91-4. |
Correspondence Address:
Wasana Kaewla
Public Health Curriculum, Surindra Rajabhat University
Thailand
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DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.213133
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