TY - JOUR T1 - Marginal cost of contextualizing stigma of zoonotic diseases JF - bioRxiv DO - 10.1101/2021.05.01.442270 SP - 2021.05.01.442270 AU - Zhiwen Hu AU - Zhangqiu Huang Y1 - 2021/01/01 UR - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2021/05/03/2021.05.01.442270.abstract N2 - In the scientific sphere, understanding the way naming rules strengthen the integrity and quality of naming zoonotic diseases and viruses remains nominal rather than substantial. Arguably, the looming worry is that the public is susceptible to the stigmatized proper names like German measles in the leading journals. Our survey indicates that some stigmatizing names have always come at the cost of unintentional sociocultural impacts, despite their seemingly harmless origins. This study first unveils that terminological evolution of German measles is on the wrong side of history.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest. ER -