Flu and the as-yet unknown Disease X, will most likely be the cause behind next global pandemics, scientists have said.
Among a global network of infectious diseases, experts have ranked influenza as the number one illness of concern, regarding pandemic potential in a new study.
Coming in second behind the flu, the currently unidentified Disease X was the next likely pathogen to spark a pandemic.
Other sicknesses with the potential to create a pandemic included Coronavirus, Ebola, the original strain of SARS and the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.
