Roots, Not Parachutes: Research Collaborations Combat Outbreaks
Author(s) -
Nathan L. Yozwiak,
Christian T. Happi,
Donald S. Grant,
John S. Schieffelin,
Robert F. Garry,
Pardis C. Sabeti,
Kristian G. Andersen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2016.06.029
Subject(s) - outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , public health , disease , emerging infectious disease , excellence , global health , disease surveillance , public relations , biology , political science , virology , medicine , nursing , pathology , law
Recent infectious disease epidemics illustrate how health systems failures anywhere can create disease vulnerabilities everywhere. We must therefore prioritize investments in health care infrastructure in outbreak-prone regions of the world. We describe how "rooted" research collaborations can establish capacity for pathogen surveillance and facilitate rapid outbreak responses.
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