Pandemics

Study results from Emory University, Medical Department broaden understanding of pandemics

Published in Anti-Infectives Week, January 25th, 2010

"Human infection with the novel H1N1 influenza virus, initially popularly termed ''swine flu,'' was first reported in April 2009 and has since prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise its pandemic alert to the highest level. During pregnancy both mother and baby are at increased risk when infected with either pandemic or seasonal influenza," researchers in the United States report.

"Because of concerns about the severity of the disease during pregnancy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has implemented enhanced surveillance for infection with this novel virus in pregnant women and has placed them in a group that merits priority vaccine...

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Source: Anti-Infectives Week (2010-01-25)

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