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Pandemic influenza testing at the coalface: time for reassessment?
Author(s) -
Beaman Miles H,
Leung Michael J
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03430.x
Subject(s) - pandemic , influenza pandemic , covid-19 , private sector , outbreak , pandemic influenza , public sector , political science , medicine , virology , business , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , disease , pathology
Australian federal and state governments were advised several years ago that an influenza pandemic would overwhelm Australian public reference laboratories. It was proposed at the time that currently underused capacity in the private sector be used to enhance pandemic responses. The current outbreak of pandemic influenza has confirmed the predictions of advisors from the private sector. Future official pandemic plans should be adjusted to take into account these observations.