The risk from Security Sensitive Biological Agents (SSBAs) and the need for response
In 2011, the International Health Regulations Review Committee of the WHO suggested ‘The world is ill-prepared to respond to a severe influenza pandemic or to any similarly global, sustained and threatening public-health emergency’. This was presumably partly in response to known threats that had oc...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
CSIRO Publishing
2020-01-01
|
| Series: | Microbiology Australia |
| Online Access: | https://www.publish.csiro.au/ma/pdf/MA20030 |
| id |
doaj-4e2170fc4a82451c95242a5875c36925 |
|---|---|
| record_format |
Article |
| spelling |
doaj-4e2170fc4a82451c95242a5875c369252021-05-26T01:33:48ZengCSIRO PublishingMicrobiology Australia1324-42722201-91892020-01-01413115115MA20030The risk from Security Sensitive Biological Agents (SSBAs) and the need for responseWilliam RawlinsonAlexa KauferSandra GebbieIn 2011, the International Health Regulations Review Committee of the WHO suggested ‘The world is ill-prepared to respond to a severe influenza pandemic or to any similarly global, sustained and threatening public-health emergency’. This was presumably partly in response to known threats that had occurred over the previous decade – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003,H1N1 pandemic influenza in 2009, avian influenza H5N1 in 2004, and predated outbreaks with Zikavirus (2015–2016), Ebolavirus (2014), and most recently SARS CoV2, the causative agent of COVID-19 (2020).https://www.publish.csiro.au/ma/pdf/MA20030 |
| collection |
DOAJ |
| language |
English |
| format |
Article |
| sources |
DOAJ |
| author |
William Rawlinson Alexa Kaufer Sandra Gebbie |
| spellingShingle |
William Rawlinson Alexa Kaufer Sandra Gebbie The risk from Security Sensitive Biological Agents (SSBAs) and the need for response Microbiology Australia |
| author_facet |
William Rawlinson Alexa Kaufer Sandra Gebbie |
| author_sort |
William Rawlinson |
| title |
The risk from Security Sensitive Biological Agents (SSBAs) and the need for response |
| title_short |
The risk from Security Sensitive Biological Agents (SSBAs) and the need for response |
| title_full |
The risk from Security Sensitive Biological Agents (SSBAs) and the need for response |
| title_fullStr |
The risk from Security Sensitive Biological Agents (SSBAs) and the need for response |
| title_full_unstemmed |
The risk from Security Sensitive Biological Agents (SSBAs) and the need for response |
| title_sort |
risk from security sensitive biological agents (ssbas) and the need for response |
| publisher |
CSIRO Publishing |
| series |
Microbiology Australia |
| issn |
1324-4272 2201-9189 |
| publishDate |
2020-01-01 |
| description |
In 2011, the International Health Regulations Review Committee of the WHO suggested ‘The world is ill-prepared to respond to a severe influenza pandemic or to any similarly global, sustained and threatening public-health emergency’. This was presumably partly in response to known threats that had occurred over the previous decade – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003,H1N1 pandemic influenza in 2009, avian influenza H5N1 in 2004, and predated outbreaks with Zikavirus (2015–2016), Ebolavirus (2014), and most recently SARS CoV2, the causative agent of COVID-19 (2020). |
| url |
https://www.publish.csiro.au/ma/pdf/MA20030 |
| work_keys_str_mv |
AT williamrawlinson theriskfromsecuritysensitivebiologicalagentsssbasandtheneedforresponse AT alexakaufer theriskfromsecuritysensitivebiologicalagentsssbasandtheneedforresponse AT sandragebbie theriskfromsecuritysensitivebiologicalagentsssbasandtheneedforresponse AT williamrawlinson riskfromsecuritysensitivebiologicalagentsssbasandtheneedforresponse AT alexakaufer riskfromsecuritysensitivebiologicalagentsssbasandtheneedforresponse AT sandragebbie riskfromsecuritysensitivebiologicalagentsssbasandtheneedforresponse |
| _version_ |
1721426718539907072 |