PREDICT

The goal of PREDICT is to establish a global early warning system for zoonotic (i.e., of animal origin) disease emergence that is capable of detecting, tracking and predicting the emergence of new infectious diseases in high-risk wildlife (e.g., bats, rodents, and non-human primates) that could have pandemic potential.

Particular focus will be placed on establishing an enhanced wildlife monitoring capacity in those geographic hotspots that pose a particular risk for the emergence of new infectious disease threats.

Surveillance will focus on specific priority pathogens including, but not limited to, retroviruses, influenza, corona viruses and filoviruses.