Enhancing preparedness for tackling new epidemic threats

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; NIHR University College London Hospitals BRC, London, UK; UNZA-UCLMS Research and Training Program, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia. Electronic address: a.i.zumla@gmail.com.
² Lazzaro Spallanzani' National Institute for Infectious Diseases-IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Global Health, Public Health England, London, UK.
⁴ UNZA-UCLMS Research and Training Program, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
⁵ Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory, Kulanda Town, Bo, Sierra Leone.
⁶ Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatam House, London, UK.
⁷ Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
⁸ Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.

Review

Alimuddin Zumla et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2017 Aug.

. 2017 Aug;5(8):606-608.

doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(17)30189-3. Epub 2017 May 18.

¹ Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; NIHR University College London Hospitals BRC, London, UK; UNZA-UCLMS Research and Training Program, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia. Electronic address: a.i.zumla@gmail.com.
² Lazzaro Spallanzani' National Institute for Infectious Diseases-IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Global Health, Public Health England, London, UK.
⁴ UNZA-UCLMS Research and Training Program, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
⁵ Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory, Kulanda Town, Bo, Sierra Leone.
⁶ Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatam House, London, UK.
⁷ Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
⁸ Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.

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