Overview/reflections on the 2009 H1N1 pandemic

Microbes Infect. 2011 May;13(5):470-8. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2011.01.009. Epub 2011 Jan 27.

Abstract

The Influenza A H1N1 2009 pandemic was a test of the global public health response. Strategies that worked included mass vaccine production and antivirals while quarantine and isolation proved futile. Among the lessons learned was the importance of severity in the definition of a pandemic.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / pathogenicity*
  • Influenza Vaccines
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology
  • Influenza, Human / physiopathology
  • Influenza, Human / prevention & control*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics*
  • Public Health*
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Influenza Vaccines