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Pandemic influenza preparedness and response : a WHO guidance document.

"Influenza pandemics are unpredictable but recurring events that can have severe consequences on societies worldwide. This revised WHO guidance publication on pandemic influenza preparedness and response acknowledges that pandemic preparedness is centered around health sectors planning but must...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Health Organization. Global Influenza Programme
Otros Autores: Fukuda, Keiji
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Geneva : World Health Organization, ©2009.
Colección:Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Background
  • 3. Roles and Responsibilities in Preparedness and Response
  • 4. WHO Pandemic Phases
  • 5. Recommended Actions Before, During and After a Pandemic
  • Annex 1. Planning Assumptions
  • 1. Modes of transmission
  • 2. Incubation period and infectiousness of pandemic influenza
  • 3. Symptom development and clinical attack rate
  • 4. Dynamics of the pandemic and it's impact
  • Annex 2. Revision Process.