Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: The first influenza pandemic in the new millennium: lessons learned hitherto for current control efforts and overall pandemic preparedness. | Journal of Immune Based Therapies and Vaccines BioMed Central Open Access The first influenza pandemic in the new millennium lessons learned hitherto for current control efforts and overall pandemic preparedness Carlos Franco-Paredes1 Peter Carrasco2 and Jose Ignacio Santos Preciado 3 Address 1Rollins School of Public Health 550 Peachtree St. Mot 7th floor Atlanta GA 30308 USA 2Department of Immunization Vaccines and Biological World Health Organization Geneva Switzerland and infectious Diseases and Clinical Immunology Unit Department of Experimental Medicine School of Medicine Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Dr. Balmis 148 Col. Doctores México Email Carlos Franco-Paredes - cfranco@ Peter Carrasco - carrascop@ Jose Ignacio Santos Preciado - jisantosp@ Corresponding author Published 7 August 2009 Received 8 July 2009 Journal of Immune Based Therapies and Vaccines 2009 7 2 doi 186 1476-8518-7-2 Accepted 7 August 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 2 2009 Franco-Paredes et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Influenza viruses pose a permanent threat to human populations due to their ability to constantly adapt to impact immunologically susceptible individuals in the forms of epidemic and pandemics through antigenic drifts and antigenic shifts respectively. Pandemic influenza preparedness is a critical step in responding to future influenza outbreaks. In this regard responding to the current pandemic and preparing for future ones requires critical planning for the early phases where there is no availability of pandemic vaccine with rapid deployment of medical supplies for personal protection antivirals antibiotics and social
