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 The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has published a risk assessment for pandemic and seasonal influenza outbreaks in Europe during 2010.
The document ‘Likely scenarios for influenza in 2010 and the 2010/2011 influenza season in Europe and the consequent work priorities’ states that “it seems unlikely that there will be another spring/summer pandemic wave in Europe unless there are significant unrecognised uninfected populations or the virus changes and becomes more transmissible.” It also comments that “It seems highly likely that even when WHO judges the post-peak and post-pandemic phases to have been reached, Europe will continue to experience low-level transmission and small outbreaks of the pandemic 2009 A(H1N1) influenza.”
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•Date: 10th March 2010 • Region: Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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