COVID-19 in comparison with other emerging viral diseases: risk of geographic spread via travel
Abstract Purpose of review The COVID-19 pandemic poses a major global health threat. The rapid spread was facilitated by air travel although rigorous travel bans and lockdowns were able to slow down the spread. How does COVID-19 compare with other emerging viral diseases of the past two decades? Rec...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:bf779a26bddf433abddda5ceed10ec19 2023-05-15T15:05:31+02:00 COVID-19 in comparison with other emerging viral diseases: risk of geographic spread via travel A. Wilder-Smith 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-020-00129-9 https://doaj.org/article/bf779a26bddf433abddda5ceed10ec19 EN eng BMC https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-020-00129-9 https://doaj.org/toc/2055-0936 doi:10.1186/s40794-020-00129-9 2055-0936 https://doaj.org/article/bf779a26bddf433abddda5ceed10ec19 Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021) SARS Measles Dengue Zika Chikungunya Yellow fever Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-020-00129-9 2022-12-31T06:43:37Z Abstract Purpose of review The COVID-19 pandemic poses a major global health threat. The rapid spread was facilitated by air travel although rigorous travel bans and lockdowns were able to slow down the spread. How does COVID-19 compare with other emerging viral diseases of the past two decades? Recent findings Viral outbreaks differ in many ways, such as the individuals most at risk e.g. pregnant women for Zika and the elderly for COVID-19, their vectors of transmission, their fatality rate, and their transmissibility often measured as basic reproduction number. The risk of geographic spread via air travel differs significantly between emerging infectious diseases. Summary COVID-19 is not associated with the highest case fatality rate compared with other emerging viral diseases such as SARS and Ebola, but the combination of a high reproduction number, superspreading events and a globally immunologically naïve population has led to the highest global number of deaths in the past 20 decade compared to any other pandemic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 7 1 |
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Abstract Purpose of review The COVID-19 pandemic poses a major global health threat. The rapid spread was facilitated by air travel although rigorous travel bans and lockdowns were able to slow down the spread. How does COVID-19 compare with other emerging viral diseases of the past two decades? Recent findings Viral outbreaks differ in many ways, such as the individuals most at risk e.g. pregnant women for Zika and the elderly for COVID-19, their vectors of transmission, their fatality rate, and their transmissibility often measured as basic reproduction number. The risk of geographic spread via air travel differs significantly between emerging infectious diseases. Summary COVID-19 is not associated with the highest case fatality rate compared with other emerging viral diseases such as SARS and Ebola, but the combination of a high reproduction number, superspreading events and a globally immunologically naïve population has led to the highest global number of deaths in the past 20 decade compared to any other pandemic. |
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