International Biological Reference Preparations for Epidemic Infectious Diseases

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Rampling, Tommy ; Page, Mark ; Horby, Peter
• Description:
  Recent years have seen unprecedented investment in research and development for countermeasures for high-threat pathogens, including specific and ambitious objectives for development of diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines. The inadequate availability of biological reference materials for these pathogens poses a genuine obstacle in pursuit of these objectives, and the lack of a comprehensive and equitable framework for developing reference materials is a weakness. We outline the need for internationally standardized biological materials for high-threat pathogens as a core element of global health security. We also outline the key components of a framework for addressing this deficiency.
• Subjects:
  Animals Biological Specimen Banks Communicable Disease Control Communicable Diseases Epidemics Global Health Humans Informed Consent Research Vaccines
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(2):205-211
• Pubmed ID:
  30666925
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6346470
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  World Health Organization. ; World Health Organization.
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2f58882b1386945fa2fb368437a5adedd2d55b946a17dbd695f95aba4e4482ad
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/76794/cdc_76794_DS1.pdf
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