Pandemic
Studies from University of Maryland, Department of Medicine reveal new findings on pandemic
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, July 10th, 2007
Data detailed in "Planning for pandemic influenza: effect of a pandemic on the supply and demand for blood products in the United States" have been presented. According to a study from the United States, "Influenza causes episodic pandemics when viral antigens shift in ways that elude herd immunity. Avian influenza A H5N1, currently epizootic in bird populations in Asia and Europe, appears to have pandemic potential The virology of influenza, the history of the 1918 pandemic, and the structure of the health care and the blood transfusion systems are briefly reviewed."
"Morbidity and mortality experience from the 1918 pandemic are projected onto the current health care...
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