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Emerging UK infections: identifying new threats early
Author(s) -
Greener Mark
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1746
Subject(s) - medicine , government (linguistics) , public health , population , environmental health , pathology , philosophy , linguistics
Predicting which new and emerging pathogens will pose a threat to the UK population can be difficult. This article discusses the steps Public Health England and other government agencies are taking to identify new threats and protect the public against emerging infections.