Prevention is better than cure for emerging infectious diseases
Open Access
- 21 February 2014
- Vol. 348 (feb21 1) , g1499
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g1499
Abstract
Emerging infectious diseases have the potential to cause considerable morbidity, mortality, and economic damage. David Heymann and Osman Dar explain why we need to shift the emphasis from responding to emerging infections once they are detected to preventing them from occurring in the first place and describe one initiative that is working to achieve thisKeywords
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