Roots, Not Parachutes: Research Collaborations Combat Outbreaks.

Cell
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Abstract

Recent infectious disease epidemics illustrate how health systems failures anywhere can create disease vulnerabilities everywhere. We must therefore prioritize investments in health care infrastructure in outbreak-prone regions of the world. We describe how "rooted" research collaborations can establish capacity for pathogen surveillance and facilitate rapid outbreak responses.

Year of Publication
2016
Journal
Cell
Volume
166
Issue
1
Pages
5-8
Date Published
2016 Jun 30
ISSN
1097-4172
DOI
10.1016/j.cell.2016.06.029
PubMed ID
27368093
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