Defining priorities: swine-origin H1N1 and the MDR-TB epidemic

While the media reported extensively on the novel influenza virus, WHO and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped using the term "swine flu" to prevent the collapse of the swine products market, WHO declared phase 5 (the current definition does not consider mortality), a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 2009-06, Vol.373 (9681), p.2108-2108
Hauptverfasser:	Migliori, Giovanni Battista, Sotgiu, Giovanni, Lange, Christoph, Macgregor-Skinner, Gavin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Disease Outbreaks Epidemics Fatalities Global Health Health Priorities Humans Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype Influenza, Human - epidemiology Influenza, Human - prevention & control Internal Medicine Mass Media Mortality Population Surveillance Priorities Public health Swine flu Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - epidemiology Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - prevention & control
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Zusammenfassung:	While the media reported extensively on the novel influenza virus, WHO and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped using the term "swine flu" to prevent the collapse of the swine products market, WHO declared phase 5 (the current definition does not consider mortality), and the World Health Assembly was shortened, rescheduling and then reintroducing the planned discussion on the MDR-TB emergency.
ISSN:	0140-6736 1474-547X
DOI:	10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61144-2