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Find below a list of links that might be of useful to those concerned with swine influenza. If you can think of any we’ve missed, please let us know.

General Information

• CDC swine influenza centre
• CDC latest news on swine influenza (has RSS feed, so very useful)
• World Health Organisation swine influenza centre
• USA Pandemic Flu centre
• Wikipedia article on swine influenza
• National Library of Medicine has LOTS of great links, including material in Spanish, a YouTube webcast and podcast,
• DynaMed has an article on the topic. This is freely available, which is a nice touch for a subscription website.
• Carry out a TRIP search for pandemic flu, LOTS of great resources – click here.
• NaTHNaC advice for travellers (UK)
• RCGP have updated their guidance on Pandemic Flu
• BMA have waded in with information/links
• How to Prepare for a Pandemic a great list of links

Governmental press releases

• Canadian Public Health Agency press release
• UK Health Protection Agency press release
• Other HPA press releases
• USA Homeland security

Related research articles

• Non-pharmaceutical public health interventions for pandemic influenza: an evaluation of the evidence base, BioMedCentral 2007
• Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses: systematic review, BMJ 2007

Specific Patient Information

• NHS Choices
• Behind the Headlines Q&A
• Medline Plus

Others

• Responsive Q&A on swine influenza (Spanish)
• View real time comments on twitter & also see this blog article on disinformation on twitter via David Rothman’s blog.
• Google Maps
• HealthMap
• BBC News mapping, looks the best to me!
• Clinical Correlations blog article