To the Editor—It is important for the public health community to establish a surveillance system to actively monitor emerging infectious diseases that constitute a major and evolving global threat. A recent study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases proposed a comprehensive framework to monitor changes in transmission and epidemiology of emerging infectious diseases based on data collected for the Nipah virus [1]. The study demonstrates that a combination of active tracking of transmission and epidemiological indicators, as well as systematic surveillance, could be applied to other high-risk emerging infectious diseases, such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), to mitigate its spread.

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确定可以减轻全球卫生界2019年冠状病毒病大流行的能力框架。

对编辑-公共卫生界必须建立一个监视系统，以主动监视构成重大和不断发展的全球威胁的新兴传染病。最近发表在《传染病杂志》上的一项研究提出了一个综合框架，该框架基于对尼帕病毒的收集数据来监测新兴传染病的传播和流行病学变化[1]。该研究表明，对传播和流行病学指标进行主动跟踪以及系统的监视相结合，可以应用于其他高危新兴传染病，例如冠状病毒病2019（COVID-19），以减轻其传播。