Title

Dangerous Risk Group-4 (RG-4) emergent viruses

Authors

John T. Sinnott, Charurut Somboonwit, Sally F. Alrabaa, Paul Shapshak*

Affiliation

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida 33606, USA; *Correspondence

Email

pshapshak@gmail.com

Article Type

Editorial

Date

Received April 1, 2023; Revised April 30, 2023; Accepted April 30, 2023, Published April 30, 2023

World Health Organization (WHO) Risk Group-4 (RG-4) pathogens are among the most dangerous of the emergent and re-emergent viruses. International health agencies, working in concert, bridge the gaps in health care for populations at risk for RG-4 viral pathogen exposure. RG-4 virus research incorporates Biodefense Program and Biosafety Laboratory (BSL)-4 technologies. RG-4 viruses include Arena-viridae, Filo-viridae, Flavi-viridae, Herpes-viridae, Nairo-viridae, Paramyxo-viridae, and Pox-viridae.

Keywords

World Health Organization (WHO) Risk Group 4 (RG-4) virus pathogens, NIH, NIAID, Biosafety Laboratory (BSL)-4, Arena-viridae, Filo-viridae, Flavi-viridae, Herpes-viridae, Nairo-viridae, Paramyxo-viridae, Pox-viridae, emergent, global warming, vector, reservoir, human, mosquito, tick, bat, pig, mammal, bird, reptile, snake, healthcare setting, biodefense.

Citation

Sinnott et al. Bioinformation 19(4): 345-347 (2023)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.