Blurring Boundaries: A Proposed Research Agenda for Ethical, Legal, Social, and Historical Studies at the Intersection of Infectious and Genetic Disease

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Abstract

Contemporary understanding of the mechanisms of disease increasingly points to examples of “genetic diseases” with an infectious component and of “infectious diseases” with a genetic component. Such blurred boundaries generate ethical, legal, and social issues and highlight historical contexts that must be examined when incorporating host genomic information into the prevention, outbreak control, and treatment of infectious diseases.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)443-455
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
Volume52
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • ELSI
  • Host Genomics
  • Infectious Disease
  • Research Agenda

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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