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Influenza
Pandemic flu may be well mitigated until vaccine is available
March 25th, 2008
An outbreak of pandemic influenza in the U.S. could be mitigated with prompt implementation of social-distancing measures combined with antiviral treatment and prophylaxis until a vaccine is available, according to new findings published in the online Early Edition of PNAS. The journal is a publication of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Working closely with federal officials, three teams of researchers in the United States and England collaboratively studied various intervention combinations to guide national pandemic planning. The three research teams and an informatics group that participated are part of the Models of Infectious...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-03-25)
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