Emerging Infections and Zoonoses section, Health Protection Agency, Centre for Infections, London NW9 5EQ, UK.
Zoonoses Public Health. 2011 Feb;58(1):32-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01284.x.
At present, the European Council is debating whether the current national controls under the Pet Travel Scheme (PETS), which aims to prevent the introduction of rabies and tapeworms or live ticks and their associated diseases into the United Kingdom (UK), should be harmonized amongst European Union (EU) Member States. There is a strong case to support the retention of control measures on human health grounds. Although many are aware of the implications of rabies infection, few realize the risk to the UK population if current tick and tapeworm controls under PETS were to be removed. If this were to occur, there is a risk that a number of diseases of human health importance may be introduced and become established in the UK. Such diseases include alveolar echinococcosis, tick borne encephalitis, tularaemia and Mediterranean spotted fever; all of which are found in other EU Member States but do not occur in the UK. These four diseases are responsible for a significant burden of disease in Europe, and current national controls under PETS have been highly effective in so far preventing their introduction into the UK.
目前，欧盟委员会正在讨论是否应在欧盟成员国之间协调现行的宠物旅行计划（PETS）的国家控制措施，该计划旨在防止狂犬病和绦虫或活蜱及其相关疾病传入英国（英国）。从维护人类健康的角度来看，有充分的理由支持保留控制措施。尽管许多人都意识到狂犬病感染的影响，但很少有人意识到，如果 PETS 目前的蜱和绦虫控制措施被取消，英国民众将面临的风险。如果发生这种情况，一些对人类健康重要的疾病可能会传入并在英国传播。这些疾病包括泡状棘球蚴病、蜱传脑炎、土拉菌病和地中海斑疹热；所有这些疾病在其他欧盟成员国都有发现，但在英国没有发生。这四种疾病在欧洲造成了巨大的疾病负担，而 PETS 下的现行国家控制措施在防止这些疾病传入英国方面非常有效。
