New Virus Spurs Experts to Rethink Definition of Pandemic
World News • May 2009 • Views: 344
Influenza experts are acknowledging that they were almost completely surprised by the way the current swine flu outbreak unfolded, so much so it is forcing the world to rethink what a pandemic is and what pandemic preparedness means.
Virtually every assumption made since planning for a pandemic began in earnest after the deadly “bird flu” outbreak of 2004 in Southeast Asia has been contradicted by the six-week history of swine-origin influenza A (H1N1).
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