ArticlemBio2024
Applying lessons of COVID-19 and other emerging infectious diseases to future outbreaks.
Article in mBio, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- New Tools Against Old Enemies: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in Older Adults. A Narrative Review.Farmaceuticos comunitarios · 2026Article
- Mpox in South Asia: A Narrative Review on Epidemiology, Preparedness, and Preventive Strategies.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Insights into Antiviral Candidates against Oropouche Virus: A Molecular Dynamics Study.ACS physical chemistry Au · 2025Article
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Abstract
Infectious diseases are emerging and re-emerging far more frequently than many appreciate. In the past two decades alone, there have been numerous outbreaks (e.g., Ebola, chikungunya, Zika, and Mpox) and pandemics (i.e., swine flu and coronavirus disease 2019) with profound effects to public health, the economy, and society at large. Rather than view these in isolation, there are important lessons pertaining to how best to contend with future outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases. Those lessons span definition (i.e., what constitutes a pandemic), through deficiencies in surveillance, data collection and reporting, the execution of research in a rapidly changing environment, the nuances of study design and hierarchy of clinical evidence, triage according to clinical need as supply chains become overwhelmed, and the challenges surrounding forecasting of outbreaks. Understanding those lessons and drawing on both the successes and failures of the past are imperative if we are to overcome the challenges of outbreak/pandemic responsiveness.
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