A foresight vision for infectious diseases in Africa.
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چکیده
In 2005, the United Kingdom (UK) through their Foresight programme, within the Government Office for Science (formerly the UK Office for Science and Innovation) launched a project to consider the future risks from infectious diseases for humans, animals and plants (http:// www.bis.gov.uk/foresight/our-work/projects/published-projects/infectious-diseases). Whilst defining these risks, Foresight also explores the very best science that may be brought to transform our ability to manage the future challenges. A Report of the future threats was published in 2006 (Brownlie et al. 2006)
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research
دوره 79 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012