Zika Virus Focuses the Gain-of-Function Debate
Author(s) -
Michael J. Imperiale,
Arturo Casadevall
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
msphere
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.749
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 2379-5042
DOI - 10.1128/msphere.00069-16
Subject(s) - biosecurity , gain of function , zika virus , middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus , coronavirus , virology , middle east respiratory syndrome , covid-19 , government (linguistics) , virus , medicine , biology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy , mutation , gene
This year, the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) will be making recommendations to the U.S. Government regarding the ongoing saga of gain-of-function (GOF) experiments with highly infectious respiratory pathogens, such as influenza virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus, and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus.
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