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ReviewThe Lancet. Infectious diseases2014

Emerging infectious diseases and pandemic potential: status quo and reducing risk of global spread.

Brian McCloskey, Osman Dar, Alimuddin Zumla, David L Heymann

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Review in The Lancet. Infectious diseases, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

77 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Brian McCloskeyGlobal Health and WHO Collaborating Centre on Mass Gatherings, and Public Health England, London, UK. Electronic address: Brian.McCloskey@phe.gov.uk.
Osman DarChatham House and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Alimuddin ZumlaDivision of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK; NIHR Biomedical Research Center, University College London Hospitals, London, UK.
David L HeymannChatham House and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging infectious diseases are an important public health threat and infections with pandemic potential are a major global risk. Although much has been learned from previous events the evidence for mitigating actions is not definitive and pandemic preparedness remains a political and scientific challenge. A need exists to develop trust and effective meaningful collaboration between countries to help with rapid detection of potential pandemic infections and initiate public health actions. This collaboration should be within the framework of the International Health Regulations. Collaboration between countries should be encouraged in a way that acknowledges the benefits that derive from sharing biological material and establishing equitable collaborative research partnerships. The focus of pandemic preparedness should include upstream prevention through better collaboration between human and animal health sciences to enhance capacity to identify potential pathogens before they become serious human threats, and to prevent their emergence where possible. The one-health approach provides a means to develop this and could potentially enhance alignment of global health and trade priorities.

Indexed as

AnimalsCamelusCommunicable Diseases, EmergingGlobal HealthHumansPandemicsRespiratory Tract InfectionsRisk

Identifiers

PMID25189351
PMCPMC7106439

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