US EditionDisease X: Scientists warn next pandemic could be triggered by virus of ‘deadly infectious illness'
- 57% of senior disease experts predict a strain of influenza virus as the most likely cause of the next global outbreak of deadly infectious illness in an upcoming international survey.
- In the same survey, 21% of experts believe an unknown virus, Disease X, could be the next common cause of a pandemic after influenza.
- Despite this, 15% of scientists in the study still view Sars-CoV-2 as a potential threat for causing a pandemic in the near future.
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A new study involves a survey of leading infectious disease researchers, and more than half believe that the next pandemic will be caused by a strain of the flu virus.
Influenza remains the biggest threat to that global health, and the WHO fears the spread of the bird strain. Scientists also point out that influenza is the most likely culprit for new pandemics in the future.
The flu virus is the pathogen most likely to cause a new global pandemic in the near future, The Guardian quoted researchers as warning.According to a new international study, flu is the biggest threat to global health, and the WHO is discussing the possibility of a new type of avian flu spread.
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