id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-312461-5qzpo6l1 Adalja, Amesh A. Characteristics of Microbes Most Likely to Cause Pandemics and Global Catastrophes 2019-08-30 .txt text/plain 6830 290 40 A substantial proportion of pandemic and biological threat preparedness activities have focused on list-based approaches that were in part based on pandemic influenzas of the past, historical biological weapon development programs, or recent outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases (e.g., SARS, MERS, Ebola) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017; Casadevall and Relman 2010) . Cultivating and maintaining expertise in the epidemiology, surveillance, and pathogenicity of all classes of microbes, with explicit incorporation of a One Health approach-which incorporates and integrates information from infectious diseases of plants, amphibians, and reptiles-will help foster the broad capacities needed for emerging pandemic and global catastrophic biological risks. Pathogen-based lists, both USA and global, based on influenza precedents, historical biological weapon programs, and emerging infectious diseases were responsible for galvanizing early activities in the field of pandemic preparedness and have helped drive many important contributions. ./cache/cord-312461-5qzpo6l1.txt ./txt/cord-312461-5qzpo6l1.txt