Assessing the impact of airline travel on the geographic spread of pandemic influenzaRebecca F Grais
Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Eur J Epidemiol 18:1065-72. 2003
..In addition, after recognition of pandemic onset in the focal city, the time lag for public health intervention is very short. These findings highlight the importance of coordinated global surveillance and pandemic planning...
Comparison of the new World Health Organization growth standards and the National Center for Health Statistics growth reference regarding mortality of malnourished children treated in a 2006 nutrition program in NigerNancy M Dale
Department of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:126-30. 2009
..To compare the National Centre for Health Statistics (NCHS) international growth reference with the new World Health Organization (WHO) growth standards for identification of the malnourished (wasted) children most at risk of death...
- Multinational impact of the 1968 Hong Kong influenza pandemic: evidence for a smoldering pandemic
Cecile Viboud
Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Infect Dis 192:233-48. 2005
..We further explored the global pattern of mortality caused by the pandemic during this period...
- Strategies for containing a global influenza pandemic
Antoine Flahault
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale INSERM, Unit 707, WHO Collaborating Centre for Electronic Disease Surveillance, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, 27, rue Chaligny, F 75571 Paris Cedex 12, France
Vaccine 24:6751-5. 2006
..Results provide general guidance for the issues of concern to public-health decision-makers: when to set up interventions, where, and at which administrative levels...
Medication sales and syndromic surveillance, FranceElisabeta Vergu
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité, Paris, France
Emerg Infect Dis 12:416-21. 2006
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- Key strategies for reducing spread of avian influenza among commercial poultry holdings: lessons for transmission to humans
Arnaud Le Menach
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale INSERM U707, 27 rue Chaligny, 75012 Paris, France
Proc Biol Sci 273:2467-75. 2006
..Understanding the relative importance of different control measures is essential for response planning...
- The dynamics of measles in sub-Saharan Africa
Matthew J Ferrari
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
Nature 451:679-84. 2008
..Such erratic dynamics emphasize the importance both of control strategies that address build-up of susceptible individuals and efforts to mitigate the impact of large outbreaks when they occur...
- Prioritization of influenza pandemic vaccination to minimize years of life lost
Mark A Miller
Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Infect Dis 198:305-11. 2008
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