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| Title |
Genomics and infectious disease: a call to identify the ethical, legal and social implications for public health and clinical practice
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| Published in |
Genome Medicine, November 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13073-014-0106-2 |
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| Authors |
Gail Geller, Rachel Dvoskin, Chloe L Thio, Priya Duggal, Michelle H Lewis, Theodore C Bailey, Andrea Sutherland, Daniel A Salmon, Jeffrey P Kahn |
| Abstract |
Advances in genomics are contributing to the development of more effective, personalized approaches to the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. Genetic sequencing technologies are furthering our understanding of how human and pathogen genomic factors - and their interactions - contribute to individual differences in immunologic responses to vaccines, infections and drug therapies. Such understanding will influence future policies and procedures for infectious disease management. With the potential for tailored interventions for particular individuals, populations or subpopulations, ethical, legal and social implications (ELSIs) may arise for public health and clinical practice. Potential considerations include balancing health-related benefits and harms between individuals and the larger community, minimizing threats to individual privacy and autonomy, and ensuring just distribution of scarce resources. In this Opinion, we consider the potential application of pathogen and host genomic information to particular viral infections that have large-scale public health consequences but differ in ELSI-relevant characteristics such as ease of transmission, chronicity, severity, preventability and treatability. We argue for the importance of anticipating these ELSI issues in advance of new scientific discoveries, and call for the development of strategies for identifying and exploring ethical questions that should be considered as clinical, public health and policy decisions are made. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 10 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 10% |
| France | 1 | 10% |
| United States | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 7 | 70% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 40% |
| Scientists | 3 | 30% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 20% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 129 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 128 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 22 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 21 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 8% |
| Other | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 22 | 17% |
| Unknown | 26 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 24 | 19% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 22 | 17% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 20 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 22 | 17% |
| Unknown | 31 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 18. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 January 2015.
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