Table 4 Barriers to data sharing
Barriers that hampered or delayed data sharing during the MERS epidemic |
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1. Suboptimal One Health collaboration between public health and animal health stakeholders |
2. Suboptimal collaboration between public health and lab research partners |
3. Difficulties in local collection, handling and processing of samples and data |
4. Delays in formal notification of human cases – including associated clinical and epidemiological data – and infected animals with MERS-CoV |
5. Delayed formal clearance to access and share (sensitive) data |
6. Difficulties to timely ship and import samples potentially containing infectious material |
7. Prioritization of scientific publications over sharing of data relevant for outbreak investigation and response |
8. Establishing and adhering to ownership agreements delay and limit sharing of data |