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SUBMITTER: Pipper J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7095864 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature medicine 20070923 10
It is assumed that a timely mass administration of antiviral drugs, backed by quarantines and social distancing, could contain a nascent influenza epidemic at its source, provided that the first clusters of cases were localized within a short time. However, effective routine surveillance may be impossible in countries lacking basic public health resources. For a global containment strategy to be successful, low-cost, easy-to-use handheld units that permit decentralized testing would be vital. He ...[more]