Lessons from the pandemic: responding to emerging zoonotic viral diseases—a Keystone symposia report

Journal article

The COVID-19 pandemic caught the world largely unprepared, including scientific and policy communities. On April 10-13, 2022, researchers across academia, industry, government, and nonprofit organizations met at the Keystone symposium "Lessons from the Pandemic: Responding to Emerging Zoonotic Viral Diseases" to discuss the successes and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and what lessons can be applied moving forward. Speakers focused on experiences not only from the COVID-19 pandemic but also from outbreaks of other pathogens, including the Ebola virus, Lassa virus, and Nipah virus. A general consensus was that investments made during the COVID-19 pandemic in infrastructure, collaborations, laboratory and manufacturing capacity, diagnostics, clinical trial networks, and regulatory enhancements-notably, in low-to-middle income countries-must be maintained and strengthened to enable quick, concerted responses to future threats, especially to zoonotic pathogens.

Authors: Cable, J; Fauci, A; Dowling, WE; Günther, S; Bente, DA

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Wiley
• Journal: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
• Volume: 1518
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 209-225
• Place of publication: United States
• Publication date: 2022-10-02
• DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14898
• EISSN: 1749-6632
• ISSN: 0077-8923
• Pmid: 36183296
• Language: English
• Keywords: COVID-19; Ebola virus; infectious diseases; lassa virus; nipah virus; vaccines; zoonotic diseases