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Selected Reading  

* ACEP (American College of Emergency Physicians). The national report card on the state of emergency medicine: evaluating the environment of emergency care systems state by state. Jan 2006 [Full text]

* American Council on Science and Health. Avian influenza, or bird flu: what you need to know. Mar 2006 [Full text]

* American Health Lawyers Association. Community pan-flu preparedness: a checklist of key legal issues for healthcare providers. Jul 2008 [Full text]

* Balicer RD, Huerta M, Davidovitch N, et al. Cost-benefit of stockpiling drugs for influenza pandemic. Emerg Infect Dis 2005 Aug;11(8) [Full text]

* Barnett DJ, Balicer RD, Lucey DR, et al. A systematic analytic approach to pandemic influenza preparedness planning. PLoS Med 2005 Dec;2(12) [Full text]

* Barrett R, Brown PJ. Stigma in the time of influenza: social and institutional responses to pandemic emergencies. J Infect Dis 2008 Feb 15;197(S1):S34-7 [Abstract]

* Bartlett JG, Borio L. The current status of planning for pandemic influenza and implications for health care planning in the United States. Clin Infect Dis 2008;46 (published online Feb 14) [Abstract]

* Beach RH, Fred Kuchler F, Leibtag E, et al. The effects of avian influenza news on consumer purchasing behavior: a case study of Italian consumers' retail purchases. Econ Res Rep 2008 Aug 29 (report no. ERR-65) [Full text]

* Blumenshine P, Reingold A, Egerter S, et al. Pandemic influenza planning in the United States from a health disparities perspective. Emerg Infect Dis 2008 May (published online Mar 28) [Full text]

* California Association of Health Facilities (CAHF). Pandemic influenza workbook for long term care providers. Aug 2007 [Full text]

* CDC. Interim guidance for airline flight crews and persons meeeting passengers arriving from areas with avian influenza. Published Feb 18, 2004; updated frequently [Web page]

* CDC. Key facts about avian influenza (bird flu) and avian influenza A (H5N1) virus. Updated Dec 28, 2005 [Full text]

* Coleman CH, Reis A. Potential penalties for health care professionals who refuse to work during a pandemic. (Commentary) JAMA 2008 Mar 26;299(12):1471-3 [Extract]

* Collignon PJ, Carnie JA. Infection control and pandemic influenza. Med J Aust 2006 Nov 20;185(10 suppl):S54-7 [Full text]

* Conseil A, Mounier-Jack S, Coker R. Business continuity planning and pandemic influenza in Europe: an analysis of independent sector and national governments' guidance. Report from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine released Jun 4, 2008 (but dated Mar 31) [Link to full text]

* Cooper S, Coxe D. Special report: an investor's guide to avian flu. Aug 2005 [Full text]

* Cooper S. Special Report. Don't fear or panic: an economist's view of pandemic flu. Oct 2005 [Full text]

* Davey VJ, Glass RJ. Rescinding community mitigation strategies in an influenza pandemic. Emerg Infect Dis 2008 Mar;14(3) (published online Feb 4) [Full text]

* Dawes M. Using physical barriers to reduce the spread of respiratory viruses. (Editorial) BMJ 2008 Jan 12;336(7635):55-6 [Abstract]

* DEFRA (UK Dept for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak, Holton, Suffolk, February 2007: lessons to be learned report. Released Oct 11, 2007 (but dated Aug 3) [Full text]

* Department of the Treasury (US), FBIIC, FSSCC, et al. The FBIIC/FSSCC pandemic flu exercise of 2007 after action report. Released Jan 24, 2008 [Full text]

* DHS. National infrastructure protection plan. Released Jun 30, 2006 [Links to full text & executive summary]

* DHS. National Infrastructure Protection Program sector-specific plans: US critical infrastructure sectors formalize risk-reduction roadmaps. Fact sheet and text of speech by DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff (actual plans available by request). Released May 21, 2007 [Information page]

* DHS. Strategy to enhance international supply chain security. Released Jul 2007 [Full text]

* DOT (US Department of Transportation). National aviation resource manual for quarantinable diseases. Released Jan 25, 2007 [Full text]

* DOT (US Department of Transportation). Sub-sector pandemic influenza planning guidelines (for aviation, highway and motor carrier, maritime, mass transit, and railroad sub-sectors). Released Apr 1, 2008, as annexes to DHS preparedness guidelines [Web site, with links to PDFs]

* Edwards JC, Kang J, Silenas R. Promoting regional disaster preparedness among rural hospitals. J Rural Health 2008 Summer;24(3):321-5 [Abstract]

* FDA. FDA clears first respirators for use in public health medical emergencies. May 8, 2007, news release [Full text]

* FDA. FDA pandemic influenza preparedness strategic plan. Released Mar 14, 2007 [Full text]

* FEMA. Purpose of standard checklist criteria for business recovery [Full text]

* Florida Dept of Agriculture & Consumer Services. Pandemic influenza: agriculture planning toolkit. Released Apr 28, 2008 [Full text]

* Fonseca B. Eight-day IT outage would cripple most companies: Gartner survey finds business continuity plans lack ability to withstand longer outages. Computerworld 2008 (published online Jan 10) [Full text]

* FSSCC (Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security). Statement on preparations for "avian flu." Jan 24, 2006 [Full text]

* GAO (US Government Accountability Office). Critical infrastructure protection: sector plans and sector councils continue to evolve. GAO-07-706R. Jul 10, 2007 [Full text]

* GAO (US Government Accountability Office). Critical infrastructure: sector plans complete and sector councils evolving. GAO-07-1075T. Jul 12, 2007 [Full text]

* GAO (US Government Accountability Office). Financial market preparedness: significant progress has been made, but pandemic planning and other challenges remain. Report released May 1, 2007 [Full text]

* GAO (US Government Accountability Office). Influenza pandemic: efforts under way to address constraints on using antivirals and vaccines to forestall a pandemic. GAO-08-92. Released Jan 22, 2008 (but dated Dec 21, 2007) [Full text]

* Garrett TA. Pandemic economics: the 1918 influenza and its modern-day implications. Review (Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis) 2008 Mar/Apr;90(2):74-94 [Full text]

* Gemelas TC, Johnson M. Transportation security: a systems approach. J Homeland Security 2007 (published online Mar 1) [Full text]

* Gursky EA, Joint Task Force Civil Support Mass Fatality Working Group. A working group consensus statement on mass-fatality planning for pandemics and disasters. J Homeland Secur 2007 Jul 6 [Full text]

* Hayes HB. DHS offers advice for ensuring telecom during pandemic. Gov Health IT 2008 (published online Jan 1) [Full text]

* HHS. Correctional facilities pandemic influenza planning checklist. Released Sep 21, 2007 [Full text]

* HHS. Law enforcement pandemic influenza planning checklist. Released Sep 21, 2007 [Full text]

* HHS. Pandemic influenza plan. Released Nov 2, 2005 [Links to overview and full text]

* HHS. Proposed considerations for antiviral drug stockpiling by employers in preparation for an influenza pandemic. May 28, 2008 [Full text]

* Home Office (UK). Planning for a possible influenza pandemic: a framework for planners preparing to manage deaths. Aug 30, 2007 [Full text]

* Hurtado TR. Human influenza A (H5N1): a brief review and recommendations for travelers. Wilderness Environ Med 2006 Dec;17(4):276-81 [Abstract]

* IOM (Institute of Medicine). Antivirals for pandemic influenza: guidance on developing a distribution and dispensing program. Released Apr 25, 2008 [Link to full text]

* IOM (Institute of Medicine). Modeling community containment for pandemic influenza: a letter report. Released Dec 11, 2006 [Full text]

* IOM (Institute of Medicine). The threat of pandemic influenza: are we ready? 2005 [Full text]

* Irvin C, Cindrich L, Patterson W, et al. Hospital personnel response during a hypothetical influenza pandemic: will they come to work? Acad Emerg Med 2007 May;14(5 suppl 1):S13 [Abstract]

* Itzwerth RL, MacIntyre CR, Shah S, et al. Pandemic influenza and critical infrastructure dependencies: possible impact on hospitals. Med J Aust 2006 Nov 20;185(10 suppl):S70-2 [Full text]

* Jefferson T, Foxlee R, Del Mar C, et al. Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses: systematic review. BMJ 2008 Jan 12;336(7635):77-80 [Full text -- see Dawes editorial above]

* Johnson AJ, Moore ZS, Edelson PJ, et al. Household responses to school closure resulting from outbreak of influenza B, North Carolina. Emerg Infect Dis 2008 Jul (published online May 28) [Full text]

* Jones DA, Nozick LK, Turnquist MA, et al. Pandemic influenza, worker absenteeism and impacts on freight transportation. Proc 41st Hawaii Intl Conf Syst Sci 2008 (published online Apr 9) [Full text]

* Kahn LH. Pandemic influenza school closure policies. (Letter) Emerg Infect Dis 2007 Feb;13(2) (published online Jan 5) [Full text]

* Lien O, Maldin B, Franco C, et al. Getting medicine to millions: new strategies for mass distribution. Biosec Bioterr 2006 Jun;4(2):176-82 [Abstract]

* Lucio-Forster A, Bowman DD, Lucio-Martinez B, et al. Inactivation of the avian influenza virus (H5N2) in typical domestic wastewater and drinking water treatment systems. Environ Eng Sci 2006 Nov;23(6):897-903 [Full text]

* Maldin B, Inglesby TV, Nuzzo J, et al. Bulls, bears, and birds: preparing the financial industry for an avian influenza pandemic. Conference report. Biosec Bioterr 2005 Dec;3(4):363-5 [Abstract]

* Maldin-Morgenthau B, Toner E, Wilkinson D, et al. Roundtable discussion: corporate pandemic preparedness. Biosecur Bioterror 2007 Jun;5(2):168-73 [Full text]

* Martin SD. Pandemic economics: financial survival for home care agencies in a bird flu outbreak. Home Health Care Manage Pract 2008 Jun;20(4):336-41 [Abstract]

* McCullers JA. Planning for an influenza pandemic: thinking beyond the virus. (Editorial commentary) J Infect Dis 2008 (published online Aug 18) [Full text]

* McKibbin WJ. Global macroeconomic consequences of pandemic influenza. Lowy Institute for International Policy. Feb 2006 [Full text]

* McVernon J, McCaw CT, Mathews JD. Model answers or trivial pursuits? The role of mathematical models in influenza pandemic preparedness planning. Influenza Other Respir Virus 2007 Mar;1(2):43-54 [Abstract]

* Meltzer MI. Pandemic influenza, reopening schools, and returning to work. (Commentary) Emerg Infect Dis 2008 Mar;14(3):509-10 [Full text]

* Middaugh JP. Pandemic influenza preparedness and community resiliency. (Commentary) JAMA 2008 Feb 6;299(5):566-8 [Extract]

* Mitchell RL. Heads in the sand: procrastinating about bird flu. Computerworld 2007 (published online Jan 8) [Full text--links to other resources]

* Mitchell RL. How can IT respond to a flu pandemic? Computerworld Malaysia 2007 Jun;17(8) [Full text]

* Morens DM, Taubenberger JK, Fauci AS. Predominant role of bacterial pneumonia as a cause of death in pandemic influenza: implications for pandemic influenza preparedness. J Infect Dis 2008 (published online Aug 18) [Full text]

* NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health). Protecting poultry workers from avian influenza (bird flu). Released Feb 20, 2008 [Full text]

* OSHA. Guidance on preparing workplaces for an influenza pandemic. Released Feb 6, 2007 [Full text]

* OSHA. Pandemic influenza preparedness and response guidance for healthcare workers and healthcare employers. Released May 21, 2007 [Full text]

* OSHA. Proposed guidance on workplace stockpiling of respirators and facemasks for pandemic influenza. Released May 13, 2008 [Full text]

* Osterholm MT, Branswell H. Emerging pandemic: costs and consequences of an avian influenza outbreak. Webcast of presentation at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Sep 19, 2005 [Web page with links]

* Osterholm MT, Kelley N, McClure E, et al. Comments on federal Draft Guidance on Allocating and Targeting Pandemic influenza Vaccine. Submitted to HHS Dec 31, 2007 [Full text]

* Osterholm MT. A weapon the world needs. Nature 2005 May 26;435(7041):417-8 [Full text]

* Osterholm MT. Avian flu: addressing the global threat. Testimony before the House Committee on International Relations. Dec 7, 2005 [Full text]

* Osterholm MT. Preparing for the next pandemic. (Perspective) N Engl J Med 2005 May 5;352(18):1839-42 [Full text]

* Osterholm MT. Preparing for the next pandemic. Foreign Aff 2005 Jul/Aug;84(4) [Full text]

* Phelps R, McMenamin J, Kieffer D. The microbiological threat to financial institutions and the global economy: advanced pandemic planning for executives. (White paper) 2007 [Full text]

* Phelps R, McMenamin J, Kieffer D. The microbiological threat to the national power grid: advanced pandemic planning for utilities executives. (White paper) 2007 [Full text]

* Pratt MK. New strategies for new disasters. Computerworld 2008 (published online Mar 31) [Full text]

* Rodrigue JP, Luke T, Osterholm M. Transportation and pandemics, in The Geography of Transport Systems, Hofstra University, Department of Economics & Geography. 2008 [Full text]

* Rothstein MA, Talbott MK. Encouraging compliance with quarantine: a proposal to provide job security and income replacement. Am J Public Health 2007 (published online Apr 5) [Abstract]

* Siddiqui MR, Edmunds WJ. Cost-effectiveness of antiviral stockpiling and near-patient testing for potential influenza pandemic. Emerg Infect Dis 2008 Feb;14(2):267-75 [Full text]

* Simon PA, Fielding JE. Public health and business: a partnership that makes cents. Health Aff 2006 Jul/Aug;25(4):1029-39 [Abstract]

* Smith PW, Hansen K, Spanbauer L, et al. Pandemic influenza preparedness: a survey of businesses. Am J Infect Control 2007 Sep;35(7):484-5 [Abstract]

* Stier DD, Goodman RA. Mutual aid agreements: essential legal tools for public health preparedness and response. Am J Public Health 2007 (published online Apr 5) [Abstract]

* Stier DD, Nicks D, Cowan GJ. The courts, public health, and legal preparedness. Am J Public Health 2007 (published online Apr 5) [Abstract]

* Tellier R. Review of aerosol transmission of influenza A virus. Emerg Infect Dis 2006 Nov;12(11) (published online Sep 25) [Full text]

* Thibodeau P. Financial firms confident about pandemic plans--but telecommuting may be wishful thinking. Computerworld 2008 (published online Jan 25) [Full text]

* Thibodeau P. Pandemic planning not a priority in U.S., despite bird-flu threat. Computerworld 2007 (published online Jul 3) [Full text]

* Thibodeau P. Pandemic test undertaken by financial services paints dire scenario. Computerworld 2007 (published online Oct 24) [Full text]

* Thibodeau P. Pandemic threat still getting IT's attention. Computerworld 2007 (published online Dec 3) [Full text]

* Thibodeau P. Remember the pandemic threat? (Some) IT planners do. Computerworld 2007 (published online Nov 28) [Full text]

* Thomas A, Guldager N, Hermansen K. Pandemic flu preparedness: a manufacturing perspective. BioPharm Int 2007 Aug (supp) (published online Aug 2) [Full text]

* Thomas JC, Dasgupta N, Martinot A. Ethics in a pandemic: a survey of the state pandemic influenza plans. Am J Public Health 2007 (published online Apr 5) [Abstract]

* Torda A. Ethical issues in pandemic planning. Med J Aust 2006 Nov 20;185(10 suppl):S73-6 [Full text]

* Trades Union Congress (UK). Pandemic flu guidance for unions. Released Jun 15, 2007 [Full text]

* Trust for America's Health. It's not flu as usual: what businesses need to know about pandemic flu planning. 2005 [Full text]

* Trust for America's Health. Pandemic flu and the potential for U.S. economic recession: a state-by-state analysis. Released Mar 22, 2007 [Links to news release and full report]

* Trust for America's Health. Ready or not? Protecting the public's health from disease, disasters, and bioterrorism, 2006. Released Dec 12, 2006 [Links to executive summary and full report]

* US Office of Personnel Management. Accomplishing work during a pandemic health crisis. Jul 7, 2006 [Full text]

* US Office of Personnel Management. Human capital management policy for a pandemic influenza: Q & A. Jul 7, 2006 [Full text]

* Utah Dept of Health. Governor's Taskforce for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Final Report. Released Apr 3, 2007 [Full text]

* Wasserman J, Jacobson P, Lurie N, et al, for HHS. Organizing state and local health departments for public health preparedness. RAND Corp technical report series. 2006 [Full text]

* Watkins RE, Cooke FC, Donovan RJ, et al. Influenza pandemic preparedness: motivation for protection among small and medium businesses in Australia. BMC Public Health 2007;7:157 (published online Jul 17) [Full text]

* Watkins RE, Cooke FC, Donovan RJ, et al. Tackle the problem when it gets here: pandemic preparedness among small and medium businesses. Qual Health Res 2008 Jul;18(7):902-12 [Full text]

* Wharton School. Avian flu: what to expect and how companies can prepare for it. From Knowledge@Wharton. Feb 22 - Mar 7, 2006 [Full text]

* White House Homeland Security Council. Fact sheet: Implementation of the national strategy for pandemic influenza: a one-year summary of efforts to better protect our nation against the threat of pandemic flu. Released Jul 17, 2007 [Full text]

* White House Homeland Security Council. National strategy for pandemic influenza implementation plan: one year summary. Released Jul 17, 2007 [Full text]

* WHO. Avian influenza ("bird flu"): fact sheet. Jan 2006 [Full text]

* WHO. Notice about avian influenza A (H5N1) in Asia and travel during the Lunar New Year. Released Dec 29, 2005 [Full text]

* WHO. Pandemic flu: communicating the risks. Bull WHO 2006 Jan;84(1) [Full text]

* WHO. WHO global influenza preparedness plan: the role of WHO and recommendations for national measures before and during pandemics. Released Apr 12, 2005 [Full text]

* WHO. WHO recommendations relating to travellers coming from and going to countries experiencing outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza. Nov 2005 [Full text]