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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

Disease Watch: Swine flu

doi:10.1038/nrmicro2161

Nature Reviews Microbiology 7, 410 (2009)

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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

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