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Managing and Reducing Uncertainty in an Emerging Influenza Pandemic

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: The early phases of an epidemic present decision makers with predictable challenges. Marc Lipsitch and colleagues write that the combination of urgency, uncertainty, and the costs of interventions makes the effort to control infectious diseases especially difficult.

Source: New England Journal of Medicine

DOI: 10.1056/nejmp0904380

Authors: Marc Lipsitch, Steven Riley, Simon Cauchemez, Azra C. Ghani, Neil M. Ferguson

Institutions: Harvard University, University of Hong Kong, Imperial College London, Medical Research Council

Language: English

Topic: Influenza Virus Research Studies

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of General Medical Sciences