A Systematic Analytic Approach to Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Planning
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A Systematic Analytic Approach to Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Planning
1235 T he prospect of a pandemic with avian infl uenza is an urgent concern for public health leaders worldwide [1]. As pathogenic avian infl uenza A (H5N1) strains (Figure 1) continue to spread in East Asia, with recently reported expansion to Siberia and westward regions in Russia [2,3] as well as to migratory birds [4,5], the risk for reassortment of avian and human strains increases. Eviden...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1549-1676
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020359