id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-317999-i48cwutg Mazet, Jonna A. K. Joint China-US Call for Employing a Transdisciplinary Approach to Emerging Infectious Diseases 2015-12-08 .txt text/plain 2991 113 35 Unfortunately, despite intensive, high-quality research efforts by a talented cadre of scientists globally, we are still not able to predict which viruses, including specific influenza subtypes, will become pathogenic to people; which will cause new epidemics in animals; nor where and under what circumstances disease will emerge. To further address this challenge, the National Science Foundations of both China and the United States convened a small working group of infectious disease experts with experience in the ecology of microbial pathogens and disease emergence, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), influenza, and a number of other diseases. In addition, both countries are leading global economies; have highly mobile populations that travel extensively for commerce and tourism; face internal disparities in access to healthcare; have had recent experiences with pandemic response; are facing a rapid growth in resources consumption; have major investments in pioneering technological advances and large scientific communities; and are investing heavily in emerging disease investigation and science. ./cache/cord-317999-i48cwutg.txt ./txt/cord-317999-i48cwutg.txt