title: Moratorium on research intended to create novel potential pandemic pathogens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA mlipsitc@hsph.harvard.edu tinglesby@upmc.edu.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lipsitch
authors.affiliation: UPMC Center for Health Security, Baltimore, Maryland, USA mlipsitc@hsph.harvard.edu tinglesby@upmc.edu.
authors.forename: Thomas V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Inglesby
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D002202:Capital Financing; D003264:Containment of Biohazards; D006291:Health Policy; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D065207:Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D016272:Occupational Health; D058873:Pandemics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D045473:Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014481:United States; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*