Infectious disease and economics: The case for considering ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesJan 09, 2019 · Abstract. Beyond the public health impacts of regional or global emerging and endemic infectious disease events lay wider socioeconomic consequences that are often not considered in risk or impact assessments. With rapid and extensive international travel and trade, such events can elicit economic shock waves far beyond the realm of traditional health sectors and original geographical range of a pathogen.