date:Sep 04, 2013
The war on emerging pathogens isnt like any others. The war on drugs might well end with a new approach. The war on terrorism might eventually wind down. But the war on emerging pathogens is different. It will never end.
This conclusion is showing up fairly often in the scientific literature this year, from authors Ying Wu and George F. Gao, writing in Nature, to David M. Morens and Anthony S. Fauci writing in the PLOS Collections. All end with the same conclusion.
Indeed, our war on emerging