About Influenza 2007-2008

This Influenza reference consists of two sections:

The Full Report is a complete version of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) entitled "Prevention and Control of Influenza" e-published on June 29, 2007.
  • The text is included in its entirety and is not the original work of MeisterMed.  The authors of this content are listed here.
  • The content has been split into smaller pages and tables have been adapted to facilitate viewing on a PDA screen.
  • Content in this section of the reference is seen on a light yellow background.
  • The Meister Summary is a succinct extraction of the key information in this report that would be most relevant to a practicing clinician at the point-of-care.
    • This content was extracted by MeisterMed's Andrew Schechtman, M.D. using the Full Report as a reference.
    • Some additional content has been added (ie. cost of antiviral drugs).
    • Content in this section of the reference is seen on a light green background.
  • The cover image is an electron micrograph of several influenza virions.  This image is credited to the CDC & Dr. F. A. Murphy, 1973.  It was borrowed from the CDC's Public Health Image Library and was adapted and colorized for inclusion in this reference.

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