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Antimicrobial Resistance In Chile And The One Health Paradigm: Dealing With Threats To Human And Veterinary Health Resulting From Antimicrobial Use In Salmon Aquaculture And The Clinic, Ana Millanao, Carolina Barrientos-Schaffeld, Claudio D. Siegel-Tike, Alexandra Tomova, Larisa Ivanova, Henry P. Godfrey, Humberto J. Dolz, Alejandro H. Buschmann, Felipe C. Cabello
Antimicrobial Resistance In Chile And The One Health Paradigm: Dealing With Threats To Human And Veterinary Health Resulting From Antimicrobial Use In Salmon Aquaculture And The Clinic, Ana Millanao, Carolina Barrientos-Schaffeld, Claudio D. Siegel-Tike, Alexandra Tomova, Larisa Ivanova, Henry P. Godfrey, Humberto J. Dolz, Alejandro H. Buschmann, Felipe C. Cabello
NYMC Faculty Publications
The emergence and dissemination of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria (ARB) is currently seen as one of the major threats to human and animal public health. Veterinary use of antimicrobials in both developing and developed countries is many-fold greater than their use in human medicine and is an important determinant in selection of ARB. In light of the recently outlined National Plan Against Antimicrobial Resistance in Chile, our findings on antimicrobial use in salmon aquaculture and their impact on the environment and human health are highly relevant. Ninety-five percent of tetracyclines, phenicols and quinolones imported into Chile between 1998 and 2015 were for …