title: One health approach to influenza: assessment of critical issues and options.
abstract: A task force of experts on influenza, public health, and animal health met at the conference One Health Approach to Influenza: Assessment of Critical Issues and Options in Washington, DC, on December 1-2, 2009. These experts discussed the role of the One Health approach in preparing for and responding to an influenza pandemic or other emerging zoonotic disease by using pandemic (H1N1) 2009 as a case study. The meeting was convened by the US Department of Homeland Security National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/National Institutes of Health Western Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-2129, USA. tfpowdrill@ag.tamu.edu
authors.forename: Thomas F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Powdrill
authors.forename: Terry L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Nipp
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rinderknecht
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000276:immunology*; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D058873:Pandemics / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D007252:Influenza Vaccines