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EPISODE · Feb 28, 2020 · 7 MIN

Global outbreaks: How effective is traveler screening?

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When their is a global infectious disease outbreak, one action governments take is traveler screenings--we saw it during the 2014 Ebola outbreak and we are seeing it with the current COVID-19 outbreak. So, how effective are traveler screenings? My guest today addresses this issue in a recent study published in eLife. Joining me is Katelyn Gostic, PhD. Dr Gostic is with the Dept. of Ecology & Evolution at the University of Chicago and the lead author of the study.

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