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Pandemics



Reports summarize pandemics research from T.F. Hatchette and co-authors



June 30th, 2009

"As the world prepares for the next influenza pandemic, governments have made significant funding commitments to vaccine development and antiviral stockpiling. While these are essential components to pandemic response, rapid and accurate diagnostic testing remains an often neglected cornerstone of pandemic influenza preparedness," researchers in Halifax, Canada report.

"Clinicians and Public Health Practitioners need to understand the benefits and drawbacks of different influenza tests in both seasonal and pandemic settings. Culture has been the traditional gold standard for influenza diagnosis but requires from 1-10 days to generate a positive result, compared to...


Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-06-30)

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