Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2016 Apr;34(4):384-6.
doi: 10.1038/nbt.3532.

Preparing for the next Zika

Kendall Hoyt  1 , Richard Hatchett  2
Affiliations

Preparing for the next Zika

Kendall Hoyt et al. Nat Biotechnol. 2016 Apr.

Abstract

Lessons from the US Biodefense program should inform international efforts to build a medical countermeasure enterprise for emerging infectious diseases.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing financial interests.

Figures

None
Zika virus, the latest in a long line of infectious disease threats. Lyle Petersen (right), director of vector-borne diseases at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Amadou Sall of the Pasteur Institute (Paris), speak to the media about Zika virus research at the Pan American Health Organization in Washington, DC, USA, on March 2, 2016. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Lee JW, McKibbin WJ, in Knobler S, et al. Learning from SARS: Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak: Workshop Summary. 2004. - PubMed
    1. Thomas MR, et al. The Economic Impact of Ebola on Sub-Saharan Africa: Updated Estimates for 2015. 2015.
    1. Wright S, Hanna L. A Wake up Call: Lessons from Ebola for the World's Health Systems, Save the Children. 2015.
    1. Pronker ES, Weenen TC, Commandeur HR, Osterhaus AD, Claassen HJ. Vaccine. 2011;29:5846–5849. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.06.051. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Plotkin S, Mahmoud A, Farrar J. N. Engl. J. Med. 2015;373:297–300. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1506820. - DOI - PubMed

MeSH terms