ومما يزيد الأمر خطورة أن معظم هذه الأمراض والأوبئة الحيوانية تصيب الإنسان، كما أن الخطر لا يقتصر على العراق، بل يهدد دول الجوار العربية وغير العربية.
The danger is not confined to Iraq: it also menaces Iraq's Arab and non-Arab neighbours. Furthermore, it seems probable that one or more of these diseases or epizootics will be one that has never previously been known to occur in Iraq or the region, as in the case of the old world screw-worm infestation after the first Gulf War.