Data, disease and diplomacy: GISAID's innovative contribution to global health

Global Challenges

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 33-46

  Elbe, Stefan ^a   Buckland Merrett, Gemma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

data sharing; GISAID; global health; influenza; pandemic preparedness; public private partnerships; virus

Indexed keywords

EID: 85163179799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20566646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gch2.1018     Document Type: Article

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