Lessons learned from the H1N1 2009 pandemic

Influenza pathogenesis: lessons learned from animal studies with H5N1, H1N1 Spanish, and pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza.

Because cases of highly pathogenic influenza are rare, no systematic clinical studies have evaluated different therapeutic approaches. Instead, treatment recommendations are aimed at the alleviation of clinical signs and symptoms, especially the restoration of respiratory function, and at the inhibition of virus replication, assuming viral load is responsible for disease phenotype. Studies of h...

Lessons learned from the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic at EU level

On 1 and 2 July 2010, an international conference on lessons learned from the 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) pandemic was organised jointly by the Belgian Presidency and the European Commission (EC) in Brussels. More than 300 scientists, communication specialists and decision makers from all Member States, EU's Candidate Countries, the EC, the European Parliament, the European Medicines Agency, the ECD...

From SARS in 2003 to H1N1 in 2009: lessons learned from Taiwan in preparation for the next pandemic.

In anticipation of a future pandemic potentially arising from H5N1, H7N9 avian influenza or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, and in large part in response to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003, the city of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed extensive new strategies to manage pandemics. These strategies were tested during the 2009 H1N1 outbreak. This article assesses pandemic preparedn...

Special Issue on Mathematical Models, Challenges, and Lessons Learned from the 2009 A/H1N1 Influenza Pandemic: Preface

Some lessons learned from the AIDS pandemic.