The Pause on Avian H5N1 Influenza Virus Transmission Research Should Be Ended

A voluntary 60-day pause on avian H5N1 influenza virus transmission research was announced in January 2012 by the international community of influenza scientists engaged in this work to provide time to explain the benefits of such work and the risk mitigation measures in place. Subsequently, the pau...

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Autores principales: Fouchier, Ron A. M., García-Sastre, Adolfo, Kawaoka, Yoshihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3484389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23047750
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00358-12
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description A voluntary 60-day pause on avian H5N1 influenza virus transmission research was announced in January 2012 by the international community of influenza scientists engaged in this work to provide time to explain the benefits of such work and the risk mitigation measures in place. Subsequently, the pause was extended to allow for time for review of the biosafety and biosecurity conditions. After almost 8 months, these conditions have been met in some countries and are close to being met in others. Because H5N1 virus transmission studies are essential for pandemic preparedness, researchers who have approval from their governments and institutions to conduct this research safely under appropriate biosecurity conditions should resume this important work.
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spelling pubmed-34843892012-11-01 The Pause on Avian H5N1 Influenza Virus Transmission Research Should Be Ended Fouchier, Ron A. M. García-Sastre, Adolfo Kawaoka, Yoshihiro mBio Commentary A voluntary 60-day pause on avian H5N1 influenza virus transmission research was announced in January 2012 by the international community of influenza scientists engaged in this work to provide time to explain the benefits of such work and the risk mitigation measures in place. Subsequently, the pause was extended to allow for time for review of the biosafety and biosecurity conditions. After almost 8 months, these conditions have been met in some countries and are close to being met in others. Because H5N1 virus transmission studies are essential for pandemic preparedness, researchers who have approval from their governments and institutions to conduct this research safely under appropriate biosecurity conditions should resume this important work. American Society of Microbiology 2012-10-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3484389/ /pubmed/23047750 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00358-12 Text en Copyright © 2012 Fouchier et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/) , which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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