Emerging Respiratory Viruses, Including nCoV: Methods for Detection, Prevention, Response and Control | NLM

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Emerging Respiratory Viruses, Including nCoV: Methods for Detection, Prevention, Response and Control

01/01/2020 12:00 AM EST

Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 1/2020. This course provides a general introduction to the novel coronavirus (nCoV) that was identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, and emerging respiratory viruses, and is intended for public health professionals, incident managers, and personnel working for the United Nations, international organizations, and NGOs. It discusses the nature of emerging respiratory viruses, how to detect and assess an outbreak, strategies for preventing and controlling outbreaks due to novel respiratory viruses, and what strategies should be used to communicate risk and engage communities to detect, prevent, and respond to the emergence of a novel respiratory virus. (Video or Multimedia)