Table 1 Pre‐requisites for a pandemic.
H5N1 | |
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• New influenza A sub‐type: haemagglutinin (H) unrelated to immediate (pre‐pandemic) predecessor | ✓ |
• Little or no pre‐existing population immunity | ✓ |
• Causes significant clinical illness | ✓ |
• Efficient person‐to‐person spread | X |