Challenges in evaluating risks and policy options around endemic establishment or elimination of novel pathogens

When a novel pathogen emerges there may be opportunities to eliminate transmission - locally or globally - whilst case numbers are low. However, the effort required to push a disease to elimination may come at a vast cost at a time when uncertainty is high. Models currently inform policy discussions...

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Main Authors: C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Soa Fy Andriamandimby, Rachel E. Baker, Emma E. Glennon, Katie Hampson, T. Deirdre Hollingsworth, Petra Klepac, Amy Wesolowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-12-01
Series:Epidemics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436521000566