| Title |
Assessing the Epidemic Potential of RNA and DNA Viruses - Volume 22, Number 12—December 2016 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2016
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| DOI | 10.3201/eid2212.160123 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mark E.J. Woolhouse, Liam Brierley, Chris McCaffery, Sam Lycett |
| Abstract |
Many new and emerging RNA and DNA viruses are zoonotic or have zoonotic origins in an animal reservoir that is usually mammalian and sometimes avian. Not all zoonotic viruses are transmissible (directly or by an arthropod vector) between human hosts. Virus genome sequence data provide the best evidence of transmission. Of human transmissible virus, 37 species have so far been restricted to self-limiting outbreaks. These viruses are priorities for surveillance because relatively minor changes in their epidemiologies can potentially lead to major changes in the threat they pose to public health. On the basis of comparisons across all recognized human viruses, we consider the characteristics of these priority viruses and assess the likelihood that they will further emerge in human populations. We also assess the likelihood that a virus that can infect humans but is not capable of transmission (directly or by a vector) between human hosts can acquire that capability. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 36% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 9% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 3% |
| India | 2 | 3% |
| Kenya | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| Spain | 2 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 3% |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 11 | 15% |
| Unknown | 17 | 23% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 46 | 61% |
| Scientists | 21 | 28% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 6 | 8% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 3% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 4 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Unknown | 189 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 47 | 24% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 25 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 12% |
| Other | 10 | 5% |
| Other | 29 | 15% |
| Unknown | 36 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 41 | 21% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 38 | 19% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 23 | 12% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 5% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 32 | 16% |
| Unknown | 46 | 24% |
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