title: The changing burden of infectious disease in Europe.
abstract: Infectious diseases continue to pose major public health challenges in developed, as well as developing, countries. The European Academies Science Advisory Council aims to integrate multidisciplinary analyses to define priorities for European surveillance of new, growing, or potential threats from antimicrobial resistance, vector-borne disease, and pandemic influenza. There is a concomitant need to apply such knowledge toward the development of improved health care and robust policies. We discuss how translational medicine can bridge these global issues by helping to mobilize resources between academia, industry, health care services, and policy-makers.
authors.affiliation: Biosciences Programme Secretariat, European Academies Science Advisory Council, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, D-06019 Halle (Saale), Germany. robin.fears@easac.eu
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fears
authors.forename: Jos W M
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: van der Meer
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: ter Meulen
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human; D011634:Public Health