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Diagnostics for COVID-19: moving from pandemic response to control by Peeling, Rosanna W, Heymann, David L, Teo, Yik-Ying, Garcia, Patricia J

“…Diagnostics have proven to be crucial to the COVID-19 pandemic response. There are three major methods for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection and their role…”
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Epidemic arboviral diseases: priorities for research and public health by Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Prof, Gubler, Duane J, Prof, Weaver, Scott C, Prof, Monath, Thomas P, Prof, Heymann, David L, Prof, Scott, Thomas W, Prof

“…Summary For decades, arboviral diseases were considered to be only minor contributors to global mortality and disability. As a result, low priority was given…”
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COVID-19: towards controlling of a pandemic by Bedford, Juliet, Enria, Delia, Giesecke, Johan, Heymann, David L, Ihekweazu, Chikwe, Kobinger, Gary, Lane, H Clifford, Memish, Ziad, Oh, Myoung-don, Sall, Amadou Alpha, Schuchat, Anne, Ungchusak, Kumnuan, Wieler, Lothar H

“…Most national response strategies include varying levels of contact tracing and self-isolation or quarantine; promotion of public health measures, including…”
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The Ebola outbreak, 2013–2016: old lessons for new epidemics by Coltart, Cordelia E. M., Lindsey, Benjamin, Ghinai, Isaac, Johnson, Anne M., Heymann, David L.

“…Ebola virus causes a severe haemorrhagic fever in humans with high case fatality and significant epidemic potential. The 2013–2016 outbreak in West Africa was…”
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Emerging infectious diseases and pandemic potential: status quo and reducing risk of global spread by McCloskey, Brian, Dr, Dar, Osman, FFPH, Zumla, Alimuddin, Prof, Heymann, David L, Prof

“…Summary Emerging infectious diseases are an important public health threat and infections with pandemic potential are a major global risk. Although much has…”
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Community level antibiotic utilization in India and its comparison vis-à-vis European countries: Evidence from pharmaceutical sales data by Farooqui, Habib Hasan, Selvaraj, Sakthivel, Mehta, Aashna, Heymann, David L

“…India was the largest consumer of antibiotics in 2010 in the world. Evidence suggests that countries with high per-capita antibiotic consumption have higher…”
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Ecology of zoonoses: natural and unnatural histories by Karesh, William B, Dr, Dobson, Andy, Prof, Lloyd-Smith, James O, Prof, Lubroth, Juan, DVM, Dixon, Matthew A, MSc, Bennett, Malcolm, Prof, Aldrich, Stephen, BA, Harrington, Todd, MBA, Formenty, Pierre, DVM, Loh, Elizabeth H, MS, Machalaba, Catherine C, MPH, Thomas, Mathew Jason, MPH, Heymann, David L, Prof

“…Summary More than 60% of human infectious diseases are caused by pathogens shared with wild or domestic animals. Zoonotic disease organisms include those that…”
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Strengthening Global Public Health Surveillance through Data and Benefit Sharing by Edelstein, Michael, Lee, Lisa M, Herten-Crabb, Asha, Heymann, David L, Harper, David R

“…Equitable sharing of public health surveillance data can help prevent or mitigate the effect of infectious diseases. Equitable data sharing includes working…”
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Will Ebola change the game? Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. The report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola by Moon, Suerie, Dr, Sridhar, Devi, Prof, Pate, Muhammad A, MD, Jha, Ashish K, Prof, Clinton, Chelsea, DPhil, Delaunay, Sophie, MA, Edwin, Valnora, MA, Fallah, Mosoka, PhD, Fidler, David P, Prof, Garrett, Laurie, PhD, Goosby, Eric, Prof, Gostin, Lawrence O, Prof, Heymann, David L, Prof, Lee, Kelley, Prof, Leung, Gabriel M, Prof, Morrison, J Stephen, PhD, Saavedra, Jorge, MD, Tanner, Marcel, Prof, Leigh, Jennifer A, MPH, Hawkins, Benjamin, PhD, Woskie, Liana R, MSc, Piot, Peter, Prof

“…The west African Ebola epidemic that began in 2013 exposed deep inadequacies in the national and international institutions responsible for protecting the…”
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Global health security: the wider lessons from the west African Ebola virus disease epidemic by Heymann, David L, Prof, Chen, Lincoln, MD, Takemi, Keizo, Prof, Fidler, David P, Prof, Tappero, Jordan W, MD, Thomas, Mathew J, MPH, Kenyon, Thomas A, MD, Frieden, Thomas R, MD, Yach, Derek, MBChB, Nishtar, Sania, FRCP, Kalache, Alex, Olliaro, Piero L, Prof, Horby, Peter, Prof, Torreele, Els, PhD, Gostin, Lawrence O, Prof, Ndomondo-Sigonda, Margareth, MBA, Carpenter, Daniel, Prof, Rushton, Simon, PhD, Lillywhite, Louis, MSc, Devkota, Bhimsen, Prof, Koser, Khalid, Prof, Yates, Rob, MBA, Dhillon, Ranu S, MD, Rannan-Eliya, Ravi P, DPH

“…Summary The Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa was unprecedented in both its scale and impact. Out of this human calamity has come renewed attention…”
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Burden of Severe Pneumonia, Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Pneumonia Deaths in Indian States: Modelling Based Estimates by Farooqui, Habib, Jit, Mark, Heymann, David L, Zodpey, Sanjay

“…The burden of severe pneumonia in terms of morbidity and mortality is unknown in India especially at sub-national level. In this context, we aimed to estimate…”
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International cooperation to improve access to and sustain effectiveness of antimicrobials by Årdal, Christine, MBA, Outterson, Kevin, Prof, Hoffman, Steven J, JD, Ghafur, Abdul, Prof, Sharland, Mike, FRCPCH, Ranganathan, Nisha, MRCP, Smith, Richard, Prof, Zorzet, Anna, PhD, Cohn, Jennifer, MD, Pittet, Didier, Prof, Daulaire, Nils, MD, Morel, Chantal, MSc, Rizvi, Zain, BHSc, Balasegaram, Manica, MD, Dar, Osman A, FFPH, Heymann, David L, Prof, Holmes, Alison H, Prof, Moore, Luke S P, MPH, Laxminarayan, Ramanan, PhD, Mendelson, Marc, Prof, Røttingen, John-Arne, Prof

“…Summary Securing access to effective antimicrobials is one of the greatest challenges today. Until now, efforts to address this issue have been isolated and…”
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Exploring the evidence base for national and regional policy interventions to combat resistance by Dar, Osman A, Dr, Hasan, Rumina, Prof, Schlundt, Jørgen, Prof, Harbarth, Stephan, Prof, Caleo, Grazia, MD, Dar, Fazal K, Prof, Littmann, Jasper, PhD, Rweyemamu, Mark, Prof, Buckley, Emmeline J, MSc, Shahid, Mohammed, Prof, Kock, Richard, Prof, Li, Henry Lishi, MSc, Giha, Haydar, Prof, Khan, Mishal, PhD, So, Anthony D, Prof, Bindayna, Khalid M, Prof, Kessel, Anthony, Prof, Pedersen, Hanne Bak, MSc Pharm, Permanand, Govin, PhD, Zumla, Alimuddin, Prof, Røttingen, John-Arne, Prof, Heymann, David L, Prof

“…Summary The effectiveness of existing policies to control antimicrobial resistance is not yet fully understood. A strengthened evidence base is needed to…”
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Data sharing and outbreaks: best practice exemplified by Heymann, David L

“…Laboratory findings include leucopenia, and radiological findings of bilateral ground-glass opacities.1,2 Some patients have mild disease, but older patients…”
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Discovery and Description of Ebola Zaire Virus in 1976 and Relevance to the West African Epidemic During 2013-2016 by Breman, Joel G., Heymann, David L., Lloyd, Graham, McCormick, Joseph B., Miatudila, Malonga, Murphy, Frederick A., Muyembé-Tamfun, Jean-Jacques, Piot, Peter, Ruppol, Jean-François, Sureau, Pierre, van der Groen, Guido, Johnson, Karl M.

“…Background. In 1976, the first cases of Ebola virus disease in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo (then referred to as Zaire) were reported. This…”
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London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: public health surveillance and epidemiology by McCloskey, Brian, FFPH, Endericks, Tina, MBA, Catchpole, Mike, FRCP, Zambon, Maria, FRCPath, McLauchlin, Jim, PhD, Shetty, Nandini, FRCPath, Manuel, Rohini, FRCPath, Turbitt, Deborah, FFPH, Smith, Gillian, FFPH, Crook, Paul, MSc, Severi, Ettore, MSc, Jones, Jane, MFPH, Ibbotson, Sue, FFPH, Marshall, Roberta, FFPH, Smallwood, Catherine A H, Isla, Nicolas, MSc, Memish, Ziad A, Prof, Al-Rabeeah, Abdullah A, FRCS, Barbeschi, Maurizio, PhD, Heymann, David L, FMEDSci, Zumla, Alimuddin, FRCP

“…Summary Mass gatherings are regarded as potential risks for transmission of infectious diseases, and might compromise the health system of countries in which…”
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COVID-19-Zoonosis or Emerging Infectious Disease? by Haider, Najmul, Rothman-Ostrow, Peregrine, Osman, Abdinasir Yusuf, Arruda, Liã Bárbara, Macfarlane-Berry, Laura, Elton, Linzy, Thomason, Margaret J, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Ansumana, Rashid, Kapata, Nathan, Mboera, Leonard, Rushton, Jonathan, McHugh, Timothy D, Heymann, David L, Zumla, Alimuddin, Kock, Richard A

“…The World Health Organization defines a zoonosis as any infection naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans. The pandemic of Coronavirus…”
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Pandemic diseases preparedness and response in the age of COVID‐19—a symposium report by Cable, Jennifer, Heymann, David L., Uzicanin, Amra, Tomori, Oyewale, Marinissen, Maria Julia, Katz, Rebecca, Kerr, Larry, Lurie, Nicole, Parker, Gerald W., Madad, Syra, Maldin Morgenthau, Beth, Osterholm, Michael T., Borio, Luciana

“…For years, experts have warned that a global pandemic was only a matter of time. Indeed, over the past two decades, several outbreaks and pandemics, from SARS…”
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A Return to BC19: From Virtual to Real International Travel — the Road is Long by Heymann, David L

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SARS to novel coronavirus - old lessons and new lessons by McCloskey, Brian, Heymann, David L

“…The response to the novel coronavirus outbreak in China suggests that many of the lessons from the 2003 SARS epidemic have been implemented and the response…”
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