The interconnected and cross-border nature of risks posed by infectious diseases

• Main Authors: Jonathan E. Suk (Author), Thomas Van Cangh (Author), Julien Beauté (Author), Cornelius Bartels (Author), Svetla Tsolova (Author), Anastasia Pharris (Author), Massimo Ciotti (Author), Jan C. Semenza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Infectious diseases can constitute public health emergencies of international concern when a pathogen arises, acquires new characteristics, or is deliberately released, leading to the potential for loss of human lives as well as societal disruption. A wide range of risk drivers are now known to lead...