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Apr 4, 2024 · Disease X is the label that the World Health Organization uses to refer to some currently unknown infectious condition that is capable of causing an epidemic or – if it spreads across multiple...
Jan 18, 2024 · World leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday to discuss Disease X, a hypothetical virus 20 times deadlier than COVID-19.
- CBS News
- Simrin Singh
- 4 min
Disease X is a placeholder name that was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in February 2018 on their shortlist of blueprint priority diseases to represent a hypothetical, unknown pathogen that could cause a future epidemic.
Feb 15, 2024 · The concept of Disease X allows people to proactively work in those viral families, to start thinking about how they are transmitted, how they impact the human body, what types of immune responses are important.
Sep 27, 2023 · What is ‘Disease X?’ It’s the somewhat mysterious name for an illness caused by a presently unknown, yet serious microbial threat. The World Health Organization added Disease X in 2017 to a short list of pathogens deemed a top priority for research, alongside known killers like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Ebola.
Jan 17, 2024 · What is Disease X? Disease X does not exist – at least, not yet. Rather, the theoretical term "represents the knowledge that a serious international epidemic could be caused by a pathogen...
Jan 18, 2024 · Disease X is not a specific disease but is the name given to a potential novel infectious agent. It represents an illness which is currently unknown but could pose a serious microbial threat...
