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Surveillance of emerging infectious diseases for biosecurity

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SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 65, Issue 8, Pages 1504-1516

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SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-021-2071-x

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surveillance; biosecurity; early warning; emerging infectious disease

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Emerging infectious diseases and other biosecurity risks pose significant threats to humans and the environment. Current surveillance systems face challenges and require improvements in technology, management, and international cooperation. A global strategy of meaningful cooperation is needed, which includes integrating surveillance at all levels and interdisciplinary management, to effectively mitigate biosecurity risks.
Emerging infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, continue to pose significant threats to human beings and their surroundings. In addition, biological warfare, bioterrorism, biological accidents, and harmful consequences arising from dual-use biotechnology also pose a challenge for global biosecurity. Improving the early surveillance capabilities is necessary for building a common biosecurity shield for the global community of health for all. Furthermore, surveillance could provide early warning and situational awareness of biosecurity risks. However, current surveillance systems face enormous challenges, including technical shortages, fragmented management, and limited international cooperation. Detecting emerging biological risks caused by unknown or novel pathogens is of particular concern. Surveillance systems must be enhanced to effectively mitigate biosecurity risks. Thus, a global strategy of meaningful cooperation based on efficient integration of surveillance at all levels, including interdisciplinary integration of techniques and interdepartmental integration for effective management, is urgently needed. In this paper, we review the biosecurity risks by analyzing potential factors at all levels globally. In addition to describing biosecurity risks and their impact on global security, we also focus on analyzing the challenges to traditional surveillance and propose suggestions on how to integrate current technologies and resources to conduct effective global surveillance.

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