Table 1.
Individual scores attributed to viral agents with cross-border threat by the EMERGE consortium, and their weighted average
| Agent | INMI | Marburg | FHOM | PHE | INSERM | Weighted averagea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | Germany | Sweden | UK | France | ||
| Filoviruses | ||||||
| Ebola Zaire | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8.6 |
| Ebola Sudan | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8.4 |
| Ebola Cote d’Ivoire | 9 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7.4 |
| Ebola Bundibugyo | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8.4 |
| Marburg | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8.4 |
| Arenaviruses | ||||||
| Lassa | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8.6 |
| Junin | 8 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 9.2 |
| Machupo | 8 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 8.8 |
| Guanarito | 8 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 8.6 |
| Sabia | 8 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 7.6 |
| Lujo | 8 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 7.0 |
| Bunyaviruses | ||||||
| CCHF | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11.8 |
| Coronaviruses | ||||||
| MERS | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | Not scored | 8.0 |
| Orthomyxoviruses | ||||||
| HPI | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 12.8 |
| Paramyxoviruses | ||||||
| Nipah | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7.8 |
| Hendra | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7.4 |
| Orthopoxviruses | ||||||
| Monkeypox | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | Not scored | 7.7 |
| Cowpox | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | Not scored | 8.7 |
CCHF crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever, MERS middle east respiratory syndrome, HPI highly pathogenic influenza
aTo calculate the weighted average, the sum of individual scores was divided by the number of respondents, as not all pathogens were scored by all laboratories