Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Extract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 26, 30 June 2011
Editorials
Insights from Europe related to pandemic influenza A(H1N1)2009 have international relevance
H A Kelly (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, B J Cowling<SUP>2</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Kelly HA, Cowling BJ. Insights from Europe related to pandemic influenza A(H1N1)2009 have international relevance. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(26)
ii=19899. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19899
Date of submission: 15 June 2011 <HR>
In this issue of Eurosurveillance Amato Gauci and colleagues collate a summary of surveillance data related to pandemic influenza A(H1N1)2009 from the 27 European Union Member States plus Norway and Iceland [1]. While much has already been published on experiences of individual countries, this report is an important summary of the impact of the first influenza pandemic of the 21st century in Europe as a whole. The authors acknowledge the inherent difficulties in summarising data collected from countries with varying surveillance systems and where the pandemic had differential impact. For instance, it was only in England ? and only there in London and the West Midlands ? that there was a significant spring pandemic wave in 2009 [2]. Like many aspects of the pandemic, this observation remains unexplained.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 26, 30 June 2011
Editorials
Insights from Europe related to pandemic influenza A(H1N1)2009 have international relevance
H A Kelly (
- Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, 10 Wreckyn St, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3051
- School of Public Health, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
Citation style for this article: Kelly HA, Cowling BJ. Insights from Europe related to pandemic influenza A(H1N1)2009 have international relevance. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(26)
ii=19899. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19899 Date of submission: 15 June 2011 <HR>
In this issue of Eurosurveillance Amato Gauci and colleagues collate a summary of surveillance data related to pandemic influenza A(H1N1)2009 from the 27 European Union Member States plus Norway and Iceland [1]. While much has already been published on experiences of individual countries, this report is an important summary of the impact of the first influenza pandemic of the 21st century in Europe as a whole. The authors acknowledge the inherent difficulties in summarising data collected from countries with varying surveillance systems and where the pandemic had differential impact. For instance, it was only in England ? and only there in London and the West Midlands ? that there was a significant spring pandemic wave in 2009 [2]. Like many aspects of the pandemic, this observation remains unexplained.
(?)