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Global technical meeting on MERS-CoV and other emerging zoonotic coronaviruses

Virtual meeting, 15–16 November 2021

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ; Geneva, Switzerland ; Paris, France ;

Pages 40 p.

Author Aguanno, R., Al Ariqi, L., Elkholy, A.A., Gardner, E., Grant, R., Pavade, G., von Dobschuetz, S., D. Van Kerkhove, M.; Aguanno, R.; Al Ariqi, L.; Elkholy, A.A.; Gardner, E.; Grant, R.; Pavade, G.; Von Dobschuetz, S.; Van Kerkhove, M.D.;

Publisher FAO ; WHO ; World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-136784-1

Series title FAO Animal Production and Health Reports

Series number No. 16

To cite or share https://doi.org/10.4060/cc1677en

Synopsis (short abstract) Over the last nine years, FAO, WHO and WOAH have worked with Member States, public health professionals and experts across multiple sectors and technical disciplines to improve preparedness and response capacities for MERS-CoV and other high threat zoonotic pathogens around the world. This work continues to bring together public health and animal health experts from affected and at-risk countries, scientists, and subject matter experts of high threat respiratory pathogens to review the latest scientific evidence on MERS-CoV and improve multi-sectoral collaboration. As a follow-up to previous technical meetings on MERS-CoV hosted by FAO, WHO and WOAH, a Global Technical Meeting was convened virtually on 15-16 November 2021 to share the latest findings from accelerated efforts to implement the MERS-CoV public health research agenda and research and development (R&D) road map, in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This documents presents a summary of the presentations and discussions.

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Aguanno, R., Al Ariqi, L., Elkholy, A.A., Gardner, E., Grant, R., Pavade, G., von Dobschuetz, S. & D. Van Kerkhove, M. 2022. Global technical meeting on MERS-CoV and other emerging zoonotic coronaviruses – Virtual meeting 15–16 November 2021. FAO Animal Production and Health Report No. 16. Rome, FAO, Geneva, WHO and Paris, WOAH.


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