Which Virus Will Cause the Next Pandemic?

One of the most pressing and consequential problems in infectious disease research is to better understand the potential of viruses to cause a pandemic, or, in simple terms, determine which virus will cause the next pandemic. We here define pandemics as WHO-declared pandemics, or disease outbreaks c...

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Published in:Viruses 2023-01, Vol.15 (1), p.199
Main Authors: Neumann, Gabriele, Kawaoka, Yoshihiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coronaviruses
Disease Outbreaks
Epidemics
Humans
Infectious diseases
Influenza A virus
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype
Influenza, Human
Opinion
Pandemics
Public health
Viruses
Zika virus
Zoonoses
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Summary:One of the most pressing and consequential problems in infectious disease research is to better understand the potential of viruses to cause a pandemic, or, in simple terms, determine which virus will cause the next pandemic. We here define pandemics as WHO-declared pandemics, or disease outbreaks commonly referred to as pandemics that predate the WHO pandemic framework. Despite extensive research in the field of infectious diseases in recent decades, all pandemics have found us unprepared, with enormous losses of human lives, tremendous costs for public health, and vast and potentially long-lasting economic losses. Here, we discuss viruses that may cause a pandemic in the future.
ISSN:1999-4915
1999-4915
DOI:10.3390/v15010199