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Review
. 2005 Dec;2(12):e359.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020359. Epub 2005 Nov 1.

A systematic analytic approach to pandemic influenza preparedness planning

Daniel J Barnett  1 , Ran D Balicer, Daniel R Lucey, George S Everly Jr, Saad B Omer, Mark C Steinhoff, Itamar Grotto
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Review

A systematic analytic approach to pandemic influenza preparedness planning

Daniel J Barnett et al. PLoS Med. 2005 Dec.

Abstract

The World Health Organization warns that a flu pandemic is inevitable, and possibly imminent. Barnett and colleagues discuss a tool called the Haddon Matrix that could help in pandemic influenza planning.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The codevelopment of this manuscript by the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness has been supported in part through cooperative agreement U90/CCU324236-01 with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov/). All aspects of all authors' work were independent of the funding source.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Colorized Transmission Electron Micrograph of Avian Influenza A H5N1 Viruses Grown in MDCK Cells
The viruses are gold, and the MDCK cells are green. (Photo: CDC/C. Goldsmith, J. Katz, and S. Zaki)
Figure 2
Figure 2. Emergency Hospital during 1918 Influenza Epidemic, Camp Funston, Kansas, United States
(Photo: Image “NCP 1603,” National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C.)
Figure 3
Figure 3. Historic Chart Showing Mortality Rates in America and Europe during 1918 and 1919
(Photo: Image “Reeve 3143,” National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C.)
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