Table 1 Method for categorizing Chinese government’s research and development expenditures
Catogory | Sub-catogory | Description |
|---|---|---|
Basic | Etiology research | Studies examined the casue and origin of the disease, mainly focused on the structure and the genome of the Ebola virus |
Pathogenesis research | Studies examined biological mechanism progress of the disease | |
Development | Vaccine pre-clinical development | Studies examined Ebola related vaccine pre-clinical development progress |
Diagnosis pre-clinical development | Studies examined Ebola related Diagnosis pre-clinical development progress | |
Drug pre-clinical development | Studies examined Ebola related Drug pre-clinical development progress |