Assessing the Epidemic Potential of RNA and DNA Viruses

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Woolhouse, Mark E.J. ; Brierley, Liam ; McCaffery, Chris ; Lycett, Sam
• Description:
  Many new and emerging RNA and DNA viruses are zoonotic or have zoonotic origins in an animal reservoir that is usually mammalian and sometimes avian. Not all zoonotic viruses are transmissible (directly or by an arthropod vector) between human hosts. Virus genome sequence data provide the best evidence of transmission. Of human transmissible virus, 37 species have so far been restricted to self-limiting outbreaks. These viruses are priorities for surveillance because relatively minor changes in their epidemiologies can potentially lead to major changes in the threat they pose to public health. On the basis of comparisons across all recognized human viruses, we consider the characteristics of these priority viruses and assess the likelihood that they will further emerge in human populations. We also assess the likelihood that a virus that can infect humans but is not capable of transmission (directly or by a vector) between human hosts can acquire that capability.
• Subjects:
  Assessing The Epidemic Potential Of RNA And DNA Viruses DNA Viruses Emerging Viruses Epidemic Potential Outbreaks RNA Viruses Synopsis Transmission Viruses Zoonoses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(12):2037-2044.
• Pubmed ID:
  27869592
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5189130
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:338147a593b35ecbea233eee808fc6be237af239c4d423a0597f1441c680d8ce
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/43423/cdc_43423_DS1.pdf
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