title: Preparing for emerging infections.
abstract: New infectious diseases continue to emerge, yet there is no clear strategy for managing them. A model response should be devised in the light of past events such as the recent US outbreak of a previously unknown hantavirus.
authors.affiliation: Project HOPE Health Sciences Education Center, Millwood, Virginia 22646.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Gellert
mesh_terms: D002044:Bunyaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006476:Orthohantavirus; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011634:Public Health; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology