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EmergingPathogensandHealthSecurity:
ImprovingPublicHealthandHealthCaretoAddressIncreasing
GlobalizationofEmergingInfectiousDiseaseThreats
ASpecialFeatureinHealthSecurity
(formerlyBiosecurityandBioterrorism)
TopicEditors:AmeshA.Adalja,MD,andMatthewP.Shearer,MPH
UPMCCenterforHealthSecurity,Baltimore,Maryland
AsseeninrecentinternationalhealtheventsinvolvingEbola,MERS,andZika,emerginginfectious
diseasesareplayinganincreasinglyimportantroleinhealthsecurityacrosstheplanet.Diseases
onceconfinedtospecificgeographicareascannowrapidlycrossbordersandoceanstoaffect
whollynaïvepopulations,andsomeofthesediseases—likeZika,knowntoexistfordecadeswitha
relativelylowhealthburdeninaffectedareas—arehavingnewandprofoundhealthimpactson
thesepopulations.
AspecialfeatureinHealthSecuritywillbedevotedtoanalysisofsystemsandstrategiestoidentify
andrespondtoemerginginfectiousdiseasethreats,bothnationallyandinternationally.TheJournal
seekspapersthataddressthewiderangeofpolicy,practice,andresearchissuesrelevantto
analysisandenhancementofsuchstrategiesandsystems.Additionally,narrativeorconceptual
reviewsofspecificmicrobesorclassesofmicrobeswillbesought.
Examplesmightinclude:
 infectiousdiseasepathogensurveillanceinpopulationsofinterest;
 strategicframeworksforcoordinatingnationalorinternationalresponsetounknownor
emerginginfectiousdiseaseevents;
 evaluationandanalysisoflocal,national,orinternationalresponseplansandactivitiesfor
emerginginfectiousdiseaseincidents;
 activityreportsofresponseagenciesintheaftermathofemerginginfectiousdiseasecases
(eg,primaryamebicmeningoencephalitis,Marburg);
 horizonscanningriskassessmentstoidentifyemergingpathogensthatposesignificantrisk
toglobalhealthsecurity(includingveterinaryandplantpathogens);
 implicationsofnewresearchinastrobiology,Archae,andprions;and
 reviewsofemerginginfectiousdiseasesandpathogenswithlittleexistingorrecent
literature—suchas,forexample,Menanglevirus.
Articlesonotheraspectsofemerginginfectiousdiseasesandhealthsecurityarealsowelcome.
HealthSecurity(formerlyBiosecurityandBioterrorism),publishedbyMaryAnnLiebert,Inc.,isa
bi‐monthlypeer‐reviewedjournal,nowinits14thyearofpublication.Itservesasaninternational
forumfordebateandexplorationofthekeystrategic,scientific,andoperationalissuesposedby
biologicalweapons,pandemicsandemerginginfectiousdiseases,naturaldisasters,andother
threatstoglobalhealth.TheJournalprovidesmultidisciplinaryanalysesandperspectivesessential
tothecreationofstrategiesandprogramsthatcandiminishtheconsequencesofhealth
emergencies,epidemics,anddisasters.
TheJournal’sinternationalaudienceincludesthoseprofessionalcommunitiesthathavestrategic,
scientific,oroperationalresponsibilitiescriticaltoimprovinghealthsecurity,includingmedicine,
publichealth,law,nationalsecurity,bioscientificresearch,agriculture,foodsafety,anddrugand
vaccinedevelopment.
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BehavioralSciences;SocialSciencesCitationIndex®;SocialSciSearch®;JournalCitation
Reports/SocialSciencesEdition;EMBASE/ExcerptaMedica;EMBiology;Scopus;ProQuest;CAB
Abstracts;andGlobalHealth.
Informationforauthors:ThespecialJournalsectiondevotedtoemergingpathogensandhealth
securitywillbepublishedintheMay/June2017issueofHealthSecurity.Scholarlyandreview
articles,descriptionsofpractice,andopinionandcommentarypiecesarewelcome.Manuscripts
canbeupto5,000wordsexclusiveoftheabstract,tables,figures,andreferences.Pleaseconsultthe
Journalwebsiteforspecificsubmissioninstructions(http://www.liebertpub.com/manuscript/hs).
Deadlineforarticlesubmission:PapersmustbesubmittedbyDecember31,2016,to
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/healthsecurity.