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EPISODE · Jul 17, 2026 · 7 MIN

Will this virus catalogue help us get ahead of the next pandemic?

from Health Report - Separate stories podcast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

A newly updated human-infective RNA virus dataset may be used to find patterns that help predict what a future virus, or ‘disease x’ might look like. What can we learn from the behaviour of past viruses, to help prepare for the next outbreak? Guest/sMark Woolhouse, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh ReferencesA complete catalogue of human-infective RNA viruses

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