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Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 4:08pm CDT
Harvard U. team studying Milwaukee swine flu outbreak
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
The city of Milwaukee Health Department is partnering with researchers from the Harvard University School of Public Health to study the city?s data generated from the swine flu outbreak last month.
The collaboration with Harvard researchers will assist Milwaukee public health officials in better characterizing the magnitude and spread of disease in the community, as well as study transmissibility patterns in clustered settings such as households and schools, according to the health department.
This information in turn may provide validation on whether the high number of confirmed cases in the city is related to early enhanced surveillance by the health department, aggressive testing and laboratory capacity locally and statewide, earlier exposure and more widespread disease than other municipalities, or some other variables.
Wisconsin had more cases of swine flu than any other state.
?This is an exciting opportunity for the Health Department and for the city,? Mayor Tom Barrett sand in a statement. ?Clearly, something unique is happening here and I look forward to learning more about this novel virus that is prevalent in our city.?
Commissioner of Health Bevan Baker said the collaboration with Harvard will provide insight into what is happening in Milwaukee and enhance the department?s ability to make real-time health decisions.
As of Monday, there were nearly 1,500 confirmed cases of novel H1N1 influenza infection reported in Milwaukee and more that 2,400 in the state of Wisconsin.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 4:08pm CDT
Harvard U. team studying Milwaukee swine flu outbreak
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
The city of Milwaukee Health Department is partnering with researchers from the Harvard University School of Public Health to study the city?s data generated from the swine flu outbreak last month.
The collaboration with Harvard researchers will assist Milwaukee public health officials in better characterizing the magnitude and spread of disease in the community, as well as study transmissibility patterns in clustered settings such as households and schools, according to the health department.
This information in turn may provide validation on whether the high number of confirmed cases in the city is related to early enhanced surveillance by the health department, aggressive testing and laboratory capacity locally and statewide, earlier exposure and more widespread disease than other municipalities, or some other variables.
Wisconsin had more cases of swine flu than any other state.
?This is an exciting opportunity for the Health Department and for the city,? Mayor Tom Barrett sand in a statement. ?Clearly, something unique is happening here and I look forward to learning more about this novel virus that is prevalent in our city.?
Commissioner of Health Bevan Baker said the collaboration with Harvard will provide insight into what is happening in Milwaukee and enhance the department?s ability to make real-time health decisions.
As of Monday, there were nearly 1,500 confirmed cases of novel H1N1 influenza infection reported in Milwaukee and more that 2,400 in the state of Wisconsin.