Journal of Public Health Policy
Volume 36, Issue 3 (August 2015)
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jphp/journal/v36/n3/index.html

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Commentary: How useful is ‘burden of disease’ to set public health priorities for infectious diseases?
The authors use the example of Nipah virus to question the use of ‘burden of disease’ for setting priorities for controlling infectious diseases.
Ruth Berkelman and James LeDuc
J Public Health Pol 36: 283-286; advance online publication, April 30, 2015; doi:10.1057/jphp.2015.15

Middle east respiratory syndrome corona virus (MERS CoV): The next steps
Supplemental surveillance is urgently needed to detect MERS CoV when it arrives in a country carried by people who have worked in the Middle East.
Iype Joseph
J Public Health Pol 36: 318-323; advance online publication, March 26, 2015; doi:10.1057/jphp.2015.9