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ReviewNature2019

A new twenty-first century science for effective epidemic response.

Juliet Bedford, Jeremy Farrar, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Gagandeep Kang, Marion Koopmans, John Nkengasong

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Review in Nature, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 119 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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119citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

119 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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59 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Juliet BedfordAnthrologica, Oxford, UK.
Jeremy FarrarWellcome, London, UK. j.farrar@wellcome.ac.uk.
Chikwe IhekweazuNigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria.
Gagandeep KangTranslational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, India.
Marion KoopmansDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
John NkengasongAfrica Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With rapidly changing ecology, urbanization, climate change, increased travel and fragile public health systems, epidemics will become more frequent, more complex and harder to prevent and contain. Here we argue that our concept of epidemics must evolve from crisis response during discrete outbreaks to an integrated cycle of preparation, response and recovery. This is an opportunity to combine knowledge and skills from all over the world-especially at-risk and affected communities. Many disciplines need to be integrated, including not only epidemiology but also social sciences, research and development, diplomacy, logistics and crisis management. This requires a new approach to training tomorrow's leaders in epidemic prevention and response.

Indexed as

Epidemiologic MethodsHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyInfection ControlInfectionsPublic HealthScience

Identifiers

PMID31695207
PMCPMC7095334

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.