Public health management of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in Australia: A failure!: PRO/CON DEBATE

Respirology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-56

  Waterer, Grant W ^a,b,c,d   Hui, David S ^g   Jenkins, Christine R ^b,e,f  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Lung Institute of Western Australia   (Australia)

^e WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Management; Pandemic planning; Public health; Swine flu

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; PANDEMIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 74049099395     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01675.x     Document Type: Review

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