Influenza pandemics occur with some frequency, as indicated by the recent outbreak of swine flu (influenza A (H1N1)). Learn more about influenza, previous 'flu pandemics, preventative measures against 'flu and how the spread of disease can be modelled and possibly predicted with these selected Nature Reviews Microbiology and Nature Reviews Genetics articles.
Editorials
Influenza pandemic vaccines: how to ensure a low-cost, low-dose option
Klaus Stöhr, Marie-Paule Kieny & David Wood
doi:10.1038/nrmicro1482
Nature Reviews Microbiology 4, 565-566 (2006)
Sharing saves lives
doi:10.1038/nrmicro1519
Nature Reviews Microbiology 4, 718 (2006)
Pandemic unpreparedness?
doi:10.1038/nrmicro1591
Nature Reviews Microbiology 5, 2 (2007)
The price of a pandemic
doi:10.1038/nrmicro2162
Nature Reviews Microbiology 7, 402 (2009)
Reviews
Evolutionary analysis of the dynamics of viral infectious disease
Oliver G. Pybus & Andrew Rambaut
doi:10.1038/nrg2583
Nature Reviews Genetics Advance online publication June 30 (2009)
The evolution of epidemic influenza
Martha I. Nelson & Edward C. Holmes
doi:10.1038/nrg2053
Nature Reviews Genetics 8, 196-205 (2007)
Rates of evolutionary change in viruses: patterns and determinants
Siobain Duffy, Laura A. Shackelton & Edward C. Holmes
doi:10.1038/nrg2323
Nature Reviews Genetics 9, 267-276 (2008)
Influenza: lessons from past pandemics, warnings from current incidents
Taisuke Horimoto & Yoshihiro Kawaoka
doi:10.1038/nrmicro1208
Nature Reviews Microbiology 3, 591-600 (2005)
Mathematical models of infectious disease transmission
Nicholas C. Grassly & Christophe Fraser
doi:10.1038/nrmicro1845
Nature Reviews Microbiology 6, 477-487 (2008)
The challenges of eliciting neutralizing antibodies to HIV-1 and to influenza virus
Gunilla B. Karlsson Hedestam, Ron A.M. Fouchier, Sanjay Phogat, Dennis R. Burton, Joseph Sodroski & Richard T. Wyatt
doi:10.1038/nrmicro1819
Nature Reviews Microbiology 6, 143-155 (2008)
New approaches to quantifying the spread of infection
Louise Matthews & Mark Woolhouse
doi:10.1038/nrmicro1178
Nature Reviews Microbiology 3, 529-536 (2005)
Antivirals and antiviral strategies
Erik De Clercq
doi:10.1038/nrmicro975
Nature Reviews Microbiology 2, 704-720 (2004)
Analysis
Modelling an outbreak of an emerging pathogen
Emily Kajita, Justin T. Okano, Erin N. Bodine, Scott P. Layne & Sally Blower
doi:10.1038/nrmicro1660
Nature Reviews Microbiology 5, 700-709 (2007)
Perspectives
Evidence of an absence: the genetic origins of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus
Ann H. Reid, Jeffery K. Taubenberger & Thomas G. Fanning
doi:10.1038/nrmicro1027
Nature Reviews Microbiology 2, 909-914 (2004)
From lethal virus to life-saving vaccine: developing inactivated vaccines for pandemic influenza
John M. Wood & James S. Robertson
doi:10.1038/nrmicro979
Nature Reviews Microbiology 2, 842-847 (2004)
Glycan microarray technologies: tools to survey host specificity of influenza viruses
James Stevens, Ola Blixt, James C. Paulson & Ian A. Wilson
doi:10.1038/nrmicro1530
Nature Reviews Microbiology 4, 857-864 (2006)
Studying the global distribution of infectious diseases using GIS and RS
David J. Rogers & Sarah E. Randolph
doi:10.1038/nrmicro776
Nature Reviews Microbiology 1, 231-237 (2003)
Highlights
A quick fix for avian influenza?
Sheilagh Molloy
doi:10.1038/nrmicro1378
Nature Reviews Microbiology 4, 164-165 (2006)
1918 — a lesson from history?
Elinor Faulkner
doi:10.1038/nrmicro1629
Nature Reviews Microbiology 5, 166-167 (2007)
Further reading
For further reading on the recent swine flu (influenza A (H1N1)) outbreak, please see a Nature News special
www.nature.com/news/specials/swineflu
Be prepared-Nature Medicine editorial
www.nature.com/nm/journal/v15/n6/full/nm0609-585.html
Computational tools for flu-Nature Medicine
www.nature.com/nm/journal/v15/n6/full/nm0609-587.html