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

  1. Grant W. WATERER1,2,5,
  2. David S. HUI6,†,
  3. Christine R. JENKINS3,4

Article first published online: 27 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01675.x

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Respirology

Respirology

Volume 15, Issue 1, pages 51–56, January 2010

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WATERER, G. W., HUI, D. S. and JENKINS, C. R. (2010), Public health management of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in Australia: A failure!. Respirology, 15: 51–56. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01675.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth,

  2. 2

    Infectious Diseases Unit, Lung Institute of Western Australia, Perth,

  3. 3

    Concord Clinical School, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Concord Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales,

  4. 4

    Airways Group Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia,

  5. 5

    Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA, and

  6. 6

    Division of Respiratory Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

  1. †

    Moderator.

*Grant W. Waterer, Level 4 MRF Building, Royal Perth Hospital, GPO Box X2213, Perth 6847, Australia. Email: grant.waterer@uwa.edu.au. Professor Christine Jenkins, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Concord Hospital, Hospital Road Concord NSW 2139, Australia. Email: crj@med.usyd.edu.au

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 27 DEC 2009
  2. Article first published online: 27 DEC 2009
  3. Received 16 October 2009; accepted 21 October 2009.

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Keywords:

  • pandemic planning;
  • public health;
  • swine flu;
  • management

ABSTRACT

In April 2009, severe cases of pneumonia preceded by influenza-like illness were noted to occur in Mexico and North America. A novel influenza A (H1N1) virus was identified as the cause and it rapidly evolved into a pandemic, leading to a large number of cases in Australia despite implementation of public health control measures. In this paper, two senior academics discuss the management of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in Australia from the public health perspective.

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