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Bookmark or Share- WHO to identify pathogens that could cause future outbreaks and pandemicsStarting with a meeting held last Friday, 18 November, WHO is convening over 300 scientists who will consider the evidence on over 25 virus families and bacteria, as well as “Disease X.” Disease X is included to indicate an unknown pathogen that could cause a serious international epidemic.
- What Is Disease X? How Scientists Are Preparing for the Next Pandemic1. What is ‘Disease X?’ It’s the somewhat mysterious name for an illness caused by a presently unknown, yet serious microbial threat. The World Health Organization added Disease X in 2017 to a short list of pathogens deemed a top priority for research, alongside known killers like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Ebola.
- Defining Disease X - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthWith Disease X, we're preparing for an unknown unknown. Disease X is a placeholder concept that refers to a pandemic pathogen that has not yet been characterized. Its purpose is to encourage proactive thinking about pathogens that could cause a pandemic.
- Preparing for Disease X - The Lancet Infectious DiseasesIn Disease X: the 100 days mission to end pandemics, Kate Kelland explores how the world can possibly prioritise research and development on a disease that is not yet known, or perhaps not yet persisting in humans at all. An ambitious goal, but not unattainable.
- Disease X - WikipediaDisease X is a placeholder name that was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in February 2018 on their shortlist of blueprint priority diseases to represent a hypothetical, unknown pathogen that could cause a future epidemic.
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