With over 1000 deaths reported from Gujarat and Maharashtra in a short span of 2017, India is under the constant threat of the swine-flu epidemic ( Click here to read CDC recommendations-2017 ). The current article is adapted from the – FAQ’s for Emergency Departments in Epidemic or Pandemic Influenza Outbreaks – from American College of Emergency Physicians.
The aim of the article is to serve as a forum for the fast sharing of public health expertise and in-depth discussion and feedback on key issues. A suspected case: a person with acute febrile respiratory illness with onset within 7 days of close contact with a person who is a confirmed case of swine-origin influenza virus (S-OIV) infection, or within 7 days of travel to community either within the country or internationally where there are one or more confirmed cases of S-OIV infection, or resides in a community where there are one…
