A Global lmmunological Observatory to meet a time of pandemics

• Published in: eLife Vol. 9
• Main Authors: Mina, Michael J, Metcalf, C Jessica E, McDermott, Adrian B, Douek, Daniel C, Farrar, Jeremy, Grenfell, Bryan T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 08.06.2020; eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
• Subjects: Animals; Anti-Infective Agents; Antibodies; Blood & organ donations; Climate Change; Cohort Studies; Communicable Disease Control - methods; Communicable Disease Control - organization & administration; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - diagnosis; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - immunology; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - prevention & control; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disaster Planning - organization & administration; Disease transmission; Drug Development; Epidemiology; Epidemiology and Global Health; Forecasting; Global Health - trends; global surveillance; Humans; Identification; Immunology; Immunology and Inflammation; Interdisciplinary Communication; International Cooperation; Mass Screening - organization & administration; Models, Animal; Observatories; pandemic; Pandemics; Pandemics - prevention & control; Pathogens; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Population Surveillance - methods; Public health; SARS-CoV-2; Science Forum; Serologic Tests; Serology; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Vaccines; Weather; Zoonoses; COVID-19; global health; epidemiology; SARS-CoV-2; inflammation; science forum; serology; global surveillance; pandemic; human; immunology

SARS-CoV-2 presents an unprecedented international challenge, but it will not be the last such threat. Here, we argue that the world needs to be much better prepared to rapidly detect, define and defeat future pandemics. We propose that a Global Immunological Observatory and associated developments...