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Will the NHS continue to function in an influenza pandemic? A survey of healthcare workers in the West Midlands, UK [PDF]

, 2009
Background: if UK healthcare services are to respond effectively to pandemic influenza, levels of absenteeism amongst healthcare workers (HCWs) must be minimised.
Sorell, T, Parry, Jayne, Damery Sarah, Ives Jonathan, Draper Heather, Gratus Christine, Sue Wilson, Jonathan Ives, Gratus, Christine, Damery, Sarah; id_orcid, Petts, Judith, Sorell, Tom, Parry Jayne, Petts Judith, Sheila Greenfield, Wilson Sue, Judith Petts, Sorell Tom, Sarah Damery, Heather Draper, Draper, Heather, Jayne Parry, Damery, Sarah, Greenfield Sheila, Wilson, Sue, Greenfield, Sheila, Ives, Jonathan, Christine Gratus, Tom Sorell   +28 more
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Real-World Immunogenicity and Reactogenicity of Two Doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccination in Children Aged 5–11 Years

Vaccines, 2022
There are limited data concerning the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of COVID-19 vaccines in children. A total of 110 children, 5–11 years old were vaccinated with two doses (with a 3-week interval between doses) of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 ...
Gili Joseph, Elisheva Klein, Yaniv Lustig, Yael Weiss-Ottolenghi, Keren Asraf, Victoria Indenbaum, Sharon Amit, Or Kriger, Mayan Gilboa, Yuval Levy, Itai M. Pessach, Yitshak Kreiss, Gili Regev-Yochay, Michal Stein   +13 more
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Healthcare workers' attitudes towards working during pandemic influenza : a multi method study [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs) will be key players in any response to pandemic influenza, and will be in the front line of exposure to infection. Responding effectively to a pandemic relies on the majority of medical, nursing, laboratory and hotel
Sorell, T, Parry, Jayne, Ives Jonathan, Draper Heather, Gratus Christine, Sue Wilson, Jonathan Ives, Gratus, Christine, Wilson, Sue, Dr., Ives, Jonathan C., Petts, Judith, Sorell, Tom, Parry Jayne, Petts Judith, Sheila Greenfield, Wilson Sue, Judith Petts, Sorell Tom, Petts, J, Heather Draper, Draper, Heather, Jayne Parry, Greenfield Sheila, Wilson, Sue, Greenfield, Sheila, Christine Gratus, Ives, Jonathan, Tom Sorell   +27 more
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The Immunologists’ Guide to Pandemic Preparedness [PDF]

Trends in Immunology, 2021
Immunologists are central to fighting any pandemic. From pathogenesis to disease modeling, pharmaceuticals to vaccines, immunologists play a crucial role in translating basic science into effective response strategies. This article describes our view on how lessons from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic can be developed into an ...
Marín-Hernández, Daniela, Hupert, Nathaniel, Nixon, Douglas F.   +2 more
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Impact of COVID-19 on health service utilisation in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a scoping review

BMJ Open, 2023
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed weaknesses in health systems of many countries, including those in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite comparatively low rates of COVID-19 admissions and deaths in sub-Saharan Africa, the pandemic still had a ...
John Amuasi, Reinhard Busse, Wilm Quentin, Elliot Koranteng Tannor, Daniel Opoku   +4 more
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Humoral Immunity of Unvaccinated COVID-19 Recovered vs. Naïve BNT162b2 Vaccinated Individuals: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

Microorganisms, 2023
To study the differences in the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection compared to the response to vaccination, we characterized the humoral immune kinetics of these situations.
Gili Joseph, Carmit Cohen, Carmit Rubin, Havi Murad, Victoria Indenbaum, Keren Asraf, Yael Weiss-Ottolenghi, Gabriella Segal-Lieberman, Yitshak Kreiss, Yaniv Lustig, Gili Regev-Yochay   +10 more
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Pandemic preparedness and forecast [PDF]

Nature Microbiology, 2018
Geographic mapping of pathogen emergence risk, as recently done for viral haemorrhagic fever in Africa, provides an important tool for targeting interventions. More comprehensive preparedness and prediction systems that increase surveillance and forecast infectious disease outbreak growth and spread in real time are also needed.
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Influenza Pandemic Preparedness

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
In the list of potential bioterrorist agents, influenza would be classified as a category C agent (1). While previous influenza pandemics were naturally occurring events, an influenza pandemic could be started with an intentional release of a deliberately altered influenza strain.
Kathleen F. Gensheimer, Martin I. Meltzer, Alicia S. Postema, Raymond A. Strikas   +3 more
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Preparedness of ICU networks for pandemics

Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2020
Purpose of review The recent COVID-19 outbreak has clearly shown how epidemics/pandemics can challenge developed countries’ healthcare systems. Proper management of equipment and human resources is critical to provide adequate medical care to all patients admitted to the hospital and the ICU for both pandemic-related and ...
Florio G., Zanella A., Pesenti A.
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Analyses of the 1957 (Asian) influenza pandemic in the United Kingdom and the impact of school closures. [PDF]

, 2008
Many countries plan to close schools during a future influenza pandemic, although the potential impact is poorly understood. We apply a model of the transmission dynamics of pandemic influenza to consultation, serological and clinical data from the ...
Edmunds, WJ, Vynnycky, E
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