Book contents
- Clinical and Diagnostic Virology
- Reviews
- Clinical and Diagnostic Virology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Section 1 Individual Viruses
- Section 2 Other Related Agents
- Section 3 Clinical Syndromes
- Section 4 Laboratory Diagnosis
- Section 5 Patient Management
- Chapter 54 Antiviral Drugs
- Chapter 55 Viral Vaccines
- Chapter 56 Infection Control
- Chapter 57 Occupational Health
- Chapter 58 Public Health and Pandemic Preparedness
- Index
Chapter 58 - Public Health and Pandemic Preparedness
from Section 5 - Patient Management
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 April 2024
- Clinical and Diagnostic Virology
- Reviews
- Clinical and Diagnostic Virology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Section 1 Individual Viruses
- Section 2 Other Related Agents
- Section 3 Clinical Syndromes
- Section 4 Laboratory Diagnosis
- Section 5 Patient Management
- Chapter 54 Antiviral Drugs
- Chapter 55 Viral Vaccines
- Chapter 56 Infection Control
- Chapter 57 Occupational Health
- Chapter 58 Public Health and Pandemic Preparedness
- Index
Summary
This chapter deals with public health and pandemic preparedness. It recognises the five stages of a new pandemic (detection, assessment, treatment, escalation and recovery). The chapter also deals with the issue of laboratory preparedness and the need to maintain a critical mass of laboratory and skilled staff expertise at all times in order to be able to respond rapidly and effectively to a new emerging pandemic.
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- Clinical and Diagnostic Virology , pp. 292 - 295Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024