Department of Virology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Expert Rev Vaccines. 2009 Nov;8(11):1527-9. doi: 10.1586/erv.09.119.
Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) has raised global concern and as of 4 August 2009, more than 170,000 cases with 1428 deaths have been reported globally to the WHO. In response, many ongoing studies and projects are attempting to describe this pandemic in more detail with respect to virology, epidemiology and clinical management. The Lancet organized an international conference in Beijing, China on 22-23 August 2009, immediately after the International Scientific Symposium on Influenza A (H1N1) Pandemic Response and Preparedness, which was organized by the Ministry of Health, China. The aim of the Lancet conference was to update scientific knowledge about both seasonal and pandemic influenza. This conference also attempted to provide an insight into fundamental public health and operation strategies to mitigate the impact of seasonal and pandemic influenza within the Asia-Pacific region. In this article, the authors have tried to summarize this conference and discuss future prospects of pandemic preparedness and response.
甲型 H1N1 流感已引起全球关注，截至 2009 年 8 月 4 日，世界卫生组织已收到全球超过 17 万例病例和 1428 例死亡报告。为此，许多正在进行的研究和项目正在尝试从病毒学、流行病学和临床管理方面更详细地描述这次流感大流行。《柳叶刀》杂志于 2009 年 8 月 22 日至 23 日在中国北京组织了一次国际会议，就在中国卫生部组织的甲型 H1N1 流感大流行应对和准备国际科学研讨会之后举行。柳叶刀会议的目的是更新有关季节性和大流行性流感的科学知识。这次会议还试图提供有关基本公共卫生和运营战略的深入了解，以减轻亚太地区季节性和大流行性流感的影响。在本文中，作者试图总结这次会议，并讨论大流行防范和应对的未来前景。
