| How to Prevent the Next Pandemic
Wolfe, Nathan
Scientific American, March 2009, online edition
"Most human infectious diseases originated in animals. Historically, epidemiologists have focused on domestic animals as the source of these scourges. But wild animals, too, have transmitted many diseases to us, including HIV. To address the threat posed by wild animals, researchers are studying the microbes of these creatures and the people who come into frequent contact with them. Such monitoring may enable scientists to spot emerging infectious diseases early enough to prevent them from becoming pandemics. An international network for monitoring the flow of viruses from animals to humans might help scientists head off global epidemics"
Nathan Wolfe is Lorry I. Lokey Visiting Professor in Human Biology at Stanford University and Director of the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative.
Go to the report at:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=preventing-next-pandemic
H11/02-09 posted March 23, 2009
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