title: [Role of primary care physicians in the influenza pandemic].
abstract: A new pandemic influenza will most probably occur in the future. As the avian flu caused by Influenza A H5N 1 has a clear potential to cause a pandemic, it stimulates ongoing efforts towards a preparedness plan. The involvement of primary care physicians is pivotal in the response to pandemic because of the expected burden and because of these physicians' key role in outpatients management. The aims of this article is to describe what the primary care physicians' contribution would be in case of pandemic and to show two possible organisation models: one involving the practitioners in a dedicated healthcare network specifically set up for pandemic influenza, the other taking advantage of the existing practices.
authors.affiliation: Service de Medecine Préventive Hospitalière et Service des Maladies Infectueuses, CHUV, Lausanne. Giorgio.Zanetti@chuv.ch
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zanetti
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hugonnet
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Troillet
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Staeger
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sudre
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Masserey
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D053124:Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010819:Physician's Role; D011320:Primary Health Care