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. 2017 Jul/Aug;15(4):323-328.
doi: 10.1089/hs.2017.0038. Epub 2017 Jul 26.

Global Catastrophic Biological Risks: Toward a Working Definition

Monica Schoch-Spana, Anita Cicero, Amesh Adalja, Gigi Gronvall, Tara Kirk Sell, Diane Meyer, Jennifer B Nuzzo, Sanjana Ravi, Matthew P Shearer, Eric Toner, Crystal Watson, Matthew Watson, Tom Inglesby

Global Catastrophic Biological Risks: Toward a Working Definition

Monica Schoch-Spana et al. Health Secur. 2017 Jul/Aug.

Abstract

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security is working to analyze and deepen scientific dialogue regarding potential global catastrophic biological risks (GCBRs), in a continuation of its mission to reduce the consequences of epidemics and disasters. Because GCBRs constitute an emerging policy concern and area of practice, we have developed a framework to guide our work. We invited experts from a variety of disciplines to engage with our underlying concepts and assumptions to refine collective thinking on GCBRs and thus advance protections against them.

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    Palmer MJ, Tiu BC, Weissenbach AS, Relman DA. Palmer MJ, et al. Health Secur. 2017 Jul/Aug;15(4):347-348. doi: 10.1089/hs.2017.0057. Epub 2017 Jul 24. Health Secur. 2017. PMID: 28737976 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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