AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 251-258 , May 2010

Research findings from nonpharmaceutical intervention studies for pandemic influenza and current gaps in the research

  • Allison E. Aiello, PhD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Allison E. Aiello, PhD, MS, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
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  • Rebecca M. Coulborn, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Tomas J. Aragon, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Center for Infectious Diseases & Emergency Readiness, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA
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  • Michael G. Baker, MBChB, DPH, FAFPHM

      Affiliations

    • Pandemic Influenza Research Group, University of Otago, New Zealand
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  • Barri B. Burrus, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Public Health and Social Policy Division, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC
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  • Benjamin J. Cowling, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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  • Alasdair Duncan, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Pandemic Influenza Research Group, University of Otago, New Zealand
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  • Wayne Enanoria, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Center for Infectious Diseases & Emergency Readiness, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA
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  • M. Patricia Fabian, ScD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Work Environment Department, School of Health & Environment, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
    • Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA
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  • Yu-hui Ferng, MPA

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY
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  • Elaine L. Larson, PhD, RN, FAAN, CIC

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY
    • Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY
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  • Gabriel M. Leung, MD, MPH, CCFP, FFPH, FHKCCM, FHKAM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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  • Howard Markel, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for History of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Donald K. Milton, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
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  • Arnold S. Monto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Stephen S. Morse, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY
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  • J. Alexander Navarro, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for History of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Sarah Y. Park, MD, FAAP

      Affiliations

    • Disease Outbreak Control Division, Hawaii Department of Health, Honolulu, HI
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  • Patricia Priest, DPhil, MBChB, MPH, FAFPHM

      Affiliations

    • Pandemic Influenza Research Group, University of Otago, New Zealand
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  • Samuel Stebbins, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Center for Public Health Preparedness, Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Alexandra M. Stern, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for History of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Monica Uddin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Scott F. Wetterhall, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Public Health and Social Policy Division, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC
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  • Charles J. Vukotich Jr., MS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Public Health Preparedness, Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCharles J. Vukotich, Jr, MS, Center for Public Health Practice, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, A711 Crabtree, 130 DeSoto St, Pittsburgh PA 15261.

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 Conflicts of interest: None to report.

PII: S0196-6553(10)00039-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.12.007

AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 251-258 , May 2010

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