VIDEO: ‘We have strategies to prevent’ emerging and reemerging infections

NEW YORK — In this video from the Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium, Yvonne A. Maldonado, MD, discusses three emerging or reemerging infectious diseases: polio, monkeypox and highly pathogenic avian influenza virus.

“All in all, we have strategies to prevent all of these infections … especially in children,” said Maldonado, a professor of global health and infectious diseases and chief of pediatric infectious diseases at Stanford University School of Medicine.

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Maldonado Y. Emerging infections: What’s likely to be next? Presented at: Infectious Diseases in Children; Nov. 19-20, 2022; New York (hybrid meeting).