Preventing Pandemics Via International Development: A Systems Approach

Tiffany L. Bogich; Rumi Chunara; David Scales; Emily Chan; Laura C. Pinheiro; Aleksei A. Chmura; Dennis Carroll; Peter Daszak; John S. Brownstein

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001354

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Preventing Pandemics Via International Development: A Systems Approach

Tiffany L. Bogich ,

* E-mail: tbogich@princeton.edu (TB); John.Brownstein@childrens.harvard.edu (JB)

Affiliations Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Princeton University, Dept of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America, EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, United States of America
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Rumi Chunara,

Affiliations Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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David Scales,

Affiliations Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Emily Chan,

Affiliations Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Laura C. Pinheiro,

Affiliations Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Aleksei A. Chmura,

Affiliation EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, United States of America
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Dennis Carroll,

Affiliation Global Health Program, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington (D.C.), United States of America
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Peter Daszak,

Affiliation EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, United States of America
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John S. Brownstein

* E-mail: tbogich@princeton.edu (TB); John.Brownstein@childrens.harvard.edu (JB)

Affiliations Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Preventing Pandemics Via International Development: A Systems Approach

Tiffany L. Bogich,
Rumi Chunara,
David Scales,
Emily Chan,
Laura C. Pinheiro,
Aleksei A. Chmura,
Dennis Carroll,
Peter Daszak,
John S. Brownstein

Published: December 11, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001354

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A thought-provoking article

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