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Emerging pathogens are of great public health concern. Most human endemic or emerging infectious diseases that have led to epidemics or pandemics were caused by pathogens shared with wild or domestic animals. Species-jump events of a novel pathogen from sylvatic animal reservoirs to humans occur with regularity. The questions driving this workshop are: 1) can we predict when the next zoonotic emergence event will take place, so that we can best be prepared, and 2) what are the best interventions to prevent such an event.

Participants have been issued with invitations by the ICMS

Further details regarding the workshop will appear here in due course.

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