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Understanding emerging and re-emerging viruses to facilitate pandemic preparedness

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On 8–11 April 2024, a Keystone meeting on human immunodeficiency virus and emerging and re-emerging viruses convened in Hannover, Germany, aiming to unite researchers studying viruses of global concern, and gain a deep understanding of unique and shared viral disease mechanisms to facilitate pandemic preparedness.

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  1. Gladstone Institute of Virology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Francisco J. Zapatero-Belinchón & Melanie Ott

  2. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Priti Kumar

  3. Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France

    Olivier Schwartz

  4. Africa Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa

    Alex Sigal

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A.S. has received an honorarium for consulting from Pfizer. M.O. is a founder of DirectBio and a board member of Invisishield Technologies. The other authors declare no competing interests.

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Zapatero-Belinchón, F.J., Kumar, P., Ott, M. et al. Understanding emerging and re-emerging viruses to facilitate pandemic preparedness. Nat Microbiol 9, 2208–2211 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-024-01789-5

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