Commentary: How useful is 'burden of disease' to set public health priorities for infectious diseases?

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Berkelman, Ruth [1 ]
LeDuc, James [2 ]
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[1] Emory Univ, Dept Epidemiol, Rollins Sch Publ Hlth, Rm 3045,1518 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
[2] Univ Texas Med Branch, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Galveston, TX 77555 USA
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For many infectious diseases, a low burden of disease does not equate to reduced potential public health importance. Many zoonotic infectious diseases have the potential for human-to-human transmission with potentially devastating consequences as currently seen with Ebola. Policymakers should not be lulled into thinking that the best use of resources is to allocate them only to the most obvious current problems.
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