1. U.S.-Japan cooperative medical sciences program: 22nd International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim.
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Lu KT, Yamamoto T, McDonald D, Li W, Tan M, Moi ML, Park EC, Yoshimatsu K, Ricciardone M, Hildesheim A, Totsuka Y, Nanbo A, Putcharoen O, Suwanpimolkul G, Jantarabenjakul W, Paitoonpong L, Handley FG, Bernabe KG, Noda M, Sonoda M, Brennan P, Griffin DE, and Kurane I
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- Asia, COVID-19, Humans, Japan, Oceania, United States, Communicable Diseases, Emerging, Global Health, International Cooperation
- Abstract
This review summarizes the presentations given at the 22nd International conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim. The purpose of this annual meeting is to foster international collaborations and address important public health issues in the Asia-Pacific region. This meeting was held in Bangkok in February 2020 and focused on emerging virus infections. Unexpectedly, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic was in the initial stages leading to a special session on COVID-19 in addition to talks on dengue, influenza, hepatitis, AIDS, Zika, chikungunya, rabies, cervical cancer and nasopharyngeal carcinoma., (Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier Inc.)
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- 2021
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