普雷莫尼图斯 (praemonitus) 普雷蒙尼图斯 (praemunitus):我们可以预测和准备未来的病毒性疾病爆发吗?
Zoe Sessions1, Tesia Bobrowski1, Holli-Joi Martin1
1Laboratory for Molecular Modeling, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, 301 Pharmacy Ln, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States.
FEMS microbiology reviews
|August 18, 2023
概括
未来的病毒流行是不可避免的,但它们的影响可以减少. 投资病毒学研究,研究被忽视的疾病和开发抗病毒药物是准备和尽量减少社会灾难的关键.
科学领域:
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 病毒学 病毒学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 了解病毒流行病的起源对于未来的疫情准备至关重要.
- 过去的流行病,如COVID-19,突出了不准备的后果.
- 现代信息学和治疗技术可以帮助预测和减轻病毒威胁.
结论:
- 流行病的社会影响可以通过战略投资来最大限度地减少.
- 优先考虑基础病毒学研究至关重要.
- 对被忽视的病毒性疾病的流行病学研究和抗病毒药物的发现对于全球卫生安全至关重要.
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