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The domestic and international impacts of the 2009-H1N1 influenza a pandemic : global challenges, global solutions : workshop summary /

"In March and early April 2009, a new, swine-origin 2009-H1N1 influenza A virus emerged in Mexico and the United States. During the first few weeks of surveillance, the virus spread by human-to-human transmission worldwide to over 30 countries. On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization (W...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Microbial Threats
Other Authors: Choffnes, Eileen R., Mack, Alison, Relman, David A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2010]
Subjects:
H1N1 influenza.
Influenza > Prevention.
Influenza > Epidemiology.
Epidemics.
Communicable diseases > Transmission.
Animals as carriers of disease.
World health.
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype.
Influenza, Human > prevention & control.
Influenza, Human > epidemiology.
Disease Outbreaks.
Disease Vectors.
Global Health.
Congresses.
Table of Contents:
  • Workshop overview. Organization of the workshop summary
  • 2009-H1N1 Influenza A in context
  • Characterizing the virus
  • The pandemic's progress
  • The scientific response
  • The public health response
  • Workshop overview references
  • Appendices. A1. Contributed manuscripts. 1. Technical report for state and local public health officials and school administrators on CDC guidance for school (K-12) responses to influenza during the 2009-2010 school year / CDC Community Mitigation Task Force
  • A2. Predicting emerging diseases in the twenty-first century: the case of zoonotic influenza / Kurt J. Vandegrift, Parviez Hosseini, and Peter Daszak
  • A3. The Spring 2009 Influenza A H1N1 outbreak: a local public health perspective / Jeffrey S. Duchin
  • A4. International law and equitable access to vaccines and antivirals in the context of 2009-H1N1 influenza / David P. Fidler
  • A5. In vitro and In vivo characterization of new swine-origin H1N1 influenza viruses / Yasushi Itoh ... [et al.]
  • A6. Estimation of the reproductive number and the serial interval in early phase of the 2009 Influenza A/H1N1 pandemic in the USA / Laura Forsberg White ... [et al.]
  • A7. The severity of pandemic H1N1 influenza in the United States, from April to July 2009: a Bayesian analysis / Anne M. Presanis ... [et al.]
  • A8. Hard choice in difficult situations: ethical issues in publich health emergencies / Bernard Lo
  • A9. Rumors of pandemic: monitoring emerging disease outbreaks the Internet / Lawrence C. Madoff and John Brownstein
  • A10. Preliminary observation of the epidemiology of seasonal and pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) in South Africa, 2009 / B.D. Schoub ... [et al.]
  • A11. Reflections on the 1976 Swine Flu vaccination program / David J. Sencer and J. Donald Millar
  • A12. Southern hemisphere, northern hemisphere: a global influenza world / Kennedy F. Shortridge
  • A13. Influenza (H1N1) pandemic 2009 / Osvaldo Uez ... [et al.]
  • A14. Origins and evolutionary genomics of the 2009 Swine-origin H1N1 Influenza A epidemic / Gavin J.D. Smith ... [et al.].