title: Research agenda on persistent and unpredictable threat of influenza and emerging respiratory infections: a public health necessity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mandil
authors.affiliation: Influenza Division, National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia, United States of America.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bresee
authors.affiliation: Chest Diseases Department, Ain Shams Faculty of Medicine and Chairman of the Egyptian Society of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mohamed Awad
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Tageldin
authors.affiliation: National Influenza Center, Tehran, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: Talat Mokhtari
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Azad
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Wasiq
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000191:economics; D019083:Mediterranean Region; D011634:Public Health; D012106:Research; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections