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North Of Australia Likely To Be Hit By Pandemics
The researchers said that Northern Australia is surrounded by a "ring of fire" where new human and animal plagues are likely to erupt without warning.
"We're in the front line for outbreaks of diseases like SARS, bird flu, Nipah virus, enterovirus 71 and chikungunya which infect both people and animals. Such diseases are most likely to emerge in our region," News.com.au quoted AB-CRC chief executive Dr Stephen Prowse, as saying.
"The study highlights the vital importance of developing and maintaining effective disease surveillance in our region as often the only defence against a new disease is to spot it early, before it spreads.
"However it also offers scope to anticipate where new plagues could arise," he added.
Dr Peter Daszak and colleagues of the Consortium for Conservation Medicine in New York, a partner of the AB-CRC, conducted the study of global disease hotspots.
"We've developed an earthquake zone map for emerging diseases. It shows which countries are most likely to be on the front line of an emerging pandemic," he said.
"We now have a way to predict the places from where the next HIV, SARS or avian influenza is likely to emerge," he added.
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