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Mason scientist selected for WHO effort to identify future outbreak and pandemic-causing pathogens

George Mason School of System Biology’s Dr. Don Seto has been appointed to the Adenoviridae Viral Family Working Group, which participates in an upcoming World Health Organization (WHO)-led prioritization of diseases of epidemic and pandemic threat exercise. This is under the auspices of WHO, specifically the World Health Emergencies (WHE), the WHO Science Division, and the WHO Research & Development Blueprint. He is one of only 300 scientists in this group. Explore what the group is doing to update the list of WHO Priority Pathogens.

Find out more about Seto’s research in Bioinformatics.

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