Scientists warn that as countries fight to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, devastating breakouts of additional viruses are unavoidable. More than six different influenza pandemics and epidemics have occurred in less over a century, according to history. In the last five decades, Ebola viruses have spread from animals around 25 times. At least seven coronaviruses have caused disease and death, including SARS-CoV-2. Because it is unlikely that a pandemic can be prevented, being prepared is essential. For at least 20 years, biosecurity and public health epidemiologists and academics have been sketching out contingency plans. Surveillance to detect diseases, data collecting and modelling to see how they spread, public-health counselling and communication, and the development of medicines and vaccinations are the essential components.
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Ranjan Ramasamy, IDFISH Technology and University of Jaffna, United States
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Silvi Rouskin, Harvard Medical School, United States
Title : Novel functions of IRF3 in viral infection and inflammation
Saurabh Chattopadhyay, The University of Toledo, United States
Title : Therapeutic intervention of Bunyavirus induced hemorrhagic fever and cardiopulmonary disease
Mohammad Mir, Western University of Health Sciences, United States
Title : Why and how we discover and study the biology of viruses of micro-organisms in Aotearoa New Zealand
Robin Mac Diarmid, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Title : Antiviral action of aqueous extracts of propolis from scaptotrigona aff. postica against zica, chikungunya, and mayaro virus
Zucatelli, Instituto Butantan, Brazil