Author: Berkelman, Ruth; LeDuc, James
Title: Commentary: How useful is ‘burden of disease’ to set public health priorities for infectious diseases? Cord-id: 3n8twer7 Document date: 2015_4_30
ID: 3n8twer7
Snippet: For many infectious diseases, a low burden of disease does not equate to reduced potential public health importance. Many zoonotic infectious diseases have the potential for human-to-human transmission with potentially devastating consequences as currently seen with Ebola. Policymakers should not be lulled into thinking that the best use of resources is to allocate them only to the most obvious current problems.
Document: For many infectious diseases, a low burden of disease does not equate to reduced potential public health importance. Many zoonotic infectious diseases have the potential for human-to-human transmission with potentially devastating consequences as currently seen with Ebola. Policymakers should not be lulled into thinking that the best use of resources is to allocate them only to the most obvious current problems.
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