Preparedness for emerging epidemic threats: a Lancet Infectious Diseases Commission

Lancet Infectious Diseases Commission

doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30674-7

Preparedness for emerging epidemic threats: a Lancet Infectious Diseases Commission

Lancet Infectious Diseases Commission

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At any time, an emerging, lethal, and highly transmissible pathogen might pose a risk of being spread globally because of the interconnectedness of the global population.1,2 Emerging epidemic threats are occurring with increasing scale, duration, and effect, often disrupting travel and trade, and damaging both national and regional economies.3,4 Even geographically limited outbreaks such as the Ebola virus disease in Africa might have a global effect.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	17-19
Number of pages	3
Journal	The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Volume	20
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30674-7
Publication status	Published - Jan 2020

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