Selected article for: "avian influenza virus and public health"

Author: Sambala, Evanson Z.; Manderson, Lenore
Title: Anticipation and response: pandemic influenza in Malawi, 2009
  • Document date: 2017_7_28
  • ID: 1cwloktu_1
    Snippet: The dominance of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) epidemics in poultry, such as influenza A (H5N1) virus in the late 1990s, sharpened a perception of the threat of an influenza pandemic in human populations [1, 2] . In response, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued warnings of the potential of serious disease through animal-to-human transmission, and expressed concern that once a pandemic had started, it would be too late to underta.....
    Document: The dominance of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) epidemics in poultry, such as influenza A (H5N1) virus in the late 1990s, sharpened a perception of the threat of an influenza pandemic in human populations [1, 2] . In response, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued warnings of the potential of serious disease through animal-to-human transmission, and expressed concern that once a pandemic had started, it would be too late to undertake many of the activities required to minimise its impact [3] . These threats of an imminent pandemic constituting a 'Public Health Emergency of International Concern' led to the publication of guidelines to assist its member states to prepare for a new pandemic in 1999 [3] .

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