In spring 2009, the cases of a previously unknown strain of influenza began appearing in Mexico and the southwestern United States for a few months, in 2009 a new outbreak of H1N1 (commonly known as swine flu) were so widespread that the World Health Organization announced its first influenza pandemic for forty years. This case focuses on how public health officials in Texas, which experienced some of the first cases of H1N1, organized in response to the disease in the face of considerable uncertainty about its transmissibility, lethality, and geographic distribution. "Hide
by David Giles, Arnold Howitt 29 pages. Publication Date: April 28, 2011. Prod. #: HKS678-PDF-ENG