The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 likely emerged from a wildlife source with transmission
to humans followed by rapid geographic spread throughout the globe and severe impacts …

Guanarito virus (GTOV) is a member of the family Arenaviridae and has been designated a
category A bioterrorism agent by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is …

Human Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreaks caused by persistent EBOV infection raises questions
on the role of zoonotic spillover in filovirus epidemiology. To characterise filovirus zoonotic …

Nipah virus (NiV) is an emerging pathogen that can cause severe respiratory illness and
encephalitis in humans. The main reservoir is fruit bats, distributed across a large …

Biobanking infrastructures, which are crucial for responding early to new viral outbreaks,
share pathogen genetic resources in an affordable, safe, and impartial manner and can …

The UK Government recognised the importance of vaccines in the control of new emerging
disease threats and in 2015 established the UK Vaccine Network to focus on specific areas …

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne viral disease that primarily affects animals,
especially ruminants, but has the capacity to infect humans and result in outbreaks. Infection …

Abstract The Strategic Alliance for Research into Infectious Diseases of Animals and
Zoonoses (STAR‐IDAZ) International Research Consortium (IRC) coordinates global animal …

Abstract Objectives Nipah and Hendra are deadly zoonotic diseases with pandemic
potential. To date, no human vaccine or monoclonal antibody (mAb) has been licensed to …

Background With double pressures of endemic and imported emerging infectious diseases
(EIDs), China's ability to detect, prevent and control the unknown virus is of regional and …