Animal disease research misses the human perspective, say researchers
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 07:30
in Biology & Nature
Animal disease research concentrates too much on the behavior of micro organisms while ignoring the role played by human beings; we need to take more account of the human dimension if the work of scientists is to be translated effectively into policy, according to experts.
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