Planning for the unexpected: Ebola virus, Zika virus, what's next?

Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2016 Dec 2;77(12):704-707. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2016.77.12.704.

Abstract

Since 2000 we have witnessed global pandemics and public health emergencies of international concern. This review details which viruses are likely to caused further outbreaks and looks at the strategies and tools available to UK medical professionals to mitigate the threat posed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Communicable Disease Control
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / prevention & control*
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
  • Epidemiological Monitoring
  • Global Health
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology
  • Influenza, Human / prevention & control
  • Pandemics / prevention & control*
  • Public Health
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / epidemiology
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / prevention & control
  • Travel
  • United Kingdom
  • Zika Virus Infection / epidemiology*