US army docs call for Military-style flu network

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wrote:>> 'Military-style' flu network call > Wild birds, including swans, have been hit by avian flu > A military-style surveillance network should be set up in developing > countries to identify early signs of a human flu pandemic, US doctors > say. > The labs should be modelled on ones set up after World War II, they > add. > The call, by US military doctors, is made in an article published in > the journal Nature. > > In addition, UK scientists are to investigate if there are gaps in > the scientific understanding of flu and how it spreads across the > world. > What we want to be sure of is that we use as much expertise as > possible to identify any gaps in our understanding > > Sir John Skehel, Medical Research Council > The doctors want to see a network of rapid-response laboratories set > up based on US Naval Medical Research Units

(NAMRUs), which were put > in place after WWII to protect American service men and women from > infectious diseases overseas. > > The doctors from the US Department of Defence Global Emerging > Infections Surveillance and Response System have since been working > with countries and the World Health Organization (WHO), and have made > important contributions to infection control strategies as well the > development of vaccines and treatments. > > But only a few such labs still operate, with many - such as those in > Panama, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia and Malaysia > closing. > > The American doctors, led by Dr Jean-Paul Chretien and Dr David > Blazes, argue that a new network of state-of-the art laboratories > mirroring the NAMRU model is now urgently needed. > > These would support the existing work of the World Health > Organization

and regional collaborating centres. > > It is hoped they would pick up the earliest signs of human-to-human > transmission of a pandemic flu strain, which could occur in a very > rural area. > > Writing in Nature, they said: "The world needs such laboratories now, > more than ever, as platforms for sustained epidemic detection and > response - for avian influenza, and as-yet unknown diseases. > > "The time has come to build on their experience and create a new > generation of multilateral, WHO-aligned laboratories as a front-line > of defence against future pandemics."... > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4763224.stm>

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Flu_Pandemic , " Lee " <jackalope_lepus wrote:

>

> 'Military-style' flu network call

> Wild birds, including swans, have been hit by avian flu

> A military-style surveillance network should be set up in developing

> countries to identify early signs of a human flu pandemic, US doctors

> say.

> The labs should be modelled on ones set up after World War II, they

> add.

> The call, by US military doctors, is made in an article published in

> the journal Nature.

>

> In addition, UK scientists are to investigate if there are gaps in

> the scientific understanding of flu and how it spreads across the

> world.

> What we want to be sure of is that we use as much expertise as

> possible to identify any gaps in our understanding

>

> Sir John Skehel, Medical Research Council

> The doctors want to see a network of rapid-response laboratories set

> up based on US Naval Medical Research Units (NAMRUs), which were put

> in place after WWII to protect American service men and women from

> infectious diseases overseas.

>

> The doctors from the US Department of Defence Global Emerging

> Infections Surveillance and Response System have since been working

> with countries and the World Health Organization (WHO), and have made

> important contributions to infection control strategies as well the

> development of vaccines and treatments.

>

> But only a few such labs still operate, with many - such as those in

> Panama, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia and Malaysia

> closing.

>

> The American doctors, led by Dr Jean-Paul Chretien and Dr David

> Blazes, argue that a new network of state-of-the art laboratories

> mirroring the NAMRU model is now urgently needed.

>

> These would support the existing work of the World Health

> Organization and regional collaborating centres.

>

> It is hoped they would pick up the earliest signs of human-to-human

> transmission of a pandemic flu strain, which could occur in a very

> rural area.

>

> Writing in Nature, they said: " The world needs such laboratories now,

> more than ever, as platforms for sustained epidemic detection and

> response - for avian influenza, and as-yet unknown diseases.

>

> " The time has come to build on their experience and create a new

> generation of multilateral, WHO-aligned laboratories as a front-line

> of defence against future pandemics. " ...

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4763224.stm

>

 

 

 

 

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