Natural history biorepositories are critical infrastructure for pandemic preparedness

Purpose of review: There are more than 30 million vertebrate specimens warehoused in global natural history museums, many with associated cryogenically frozen tissues. With >75% of emerging diseases in humans coming from non-human animals, these sampl

Authors

Jocelyn P. Colella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2463-1029)
Marlon E. Cobos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2611-1767)

Institutions

Institute for Biodiversity (DE)
Biodiversity Research Institute (US)

Publication Details

Published: 2025-10-08
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22541/au.175994565.55982222/v1
Primary Topic: Zoonotic diseases and public health
Type: article
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Natural history biorepositories are critical infrastructure for pandemic preparedness

Jocelyn P. Colella, Marlon E. Cobos

Oct 8, 2025

Zoonotic diseases and public health

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Natural history biorepositories are critical infrastructure for pandemic preparedness

Jocelyn P. Colella, Marlon E. Cobos

October 8, 2025article en

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Institute for Biodiversity (DE), Biodiversity Research Institute (US)

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Zoonotic diseases and public health

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