Bibliography

Articles of interest to computer-assisted and game-based pandemic planning

Simulation Models

Pandemic simulation model descriptions
  • Ohkusa, Y., Sugawara, T. "Simulation Model of Pandemic Influenza in the Whole of Japan," Jpn. J. Infect. Dis., 62, 98-106, 2009. http://www0.nih.go.jp/JJID/62/98.pdf.
  • Das, T. K., Savachkin, A. A., & Zhu, Y. (2008). A large-scale simulation model of pandemic influenza outbreaks for development of dynamic mitigation strategies. IIE Transactions, September 2008. http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/184150840.html. 
  • Mniszewski, S. M., Del Valle, S. Y., Stroud, P. D., Riese, J. M., & Sydoriak, S. J. (2008). EpiSimS simulation of a multi-component strategy for pandemic influenza. In SpringSim '08: Proceedings of the 2008 Spring simulation multiconference, (pp. 556-563). San Diego, CA, USA: The Society for Computer Simulation, International. [ACM library access required].
  • Sander, B., Nizam, A., Garrison, L. P., Postma, M. J., Halloran, E. E., &  Longini, I. M. (2008). Economic evaluation of influenza pandemic mitigation strategies in the united states using a stochastic microsimulation transmission model. Value in Health, 12 (2), 226-233.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00437.



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2009-09-10 U.S. Colleges Report Rise in 'Flu-like' Illness
U.S. colleges in the Midwest and Southeast are already reporting flu-like illnesses, though the school year has scarcely begun. Most have not tested for H1N1, but most reported cases are likely to be attributable to the 2009 "swine flu."
2009-06-12 Search PubMed Pandemic Flu Research Listings
The NIH maintains a list of related research publications relevant to public health planning for pandemic influenza.
2009-06-12 It's Official: Pandemic Phase 6 Reached
The UN's World Health Organization announced on 11 June 2009 that it had raised the H1N1 outbreak to pandemic phase 6.
2009-04-29 WHO Raises Alert Level to V
The WHO raised its pandemic flu alert to Phase V on April 29, 2009.
2009-04-27 Guardian Reviews UK's 2007 Pandemic Flu Plan
As part of its swine flu coverage, highlighted by the revelation on the same day that two UK citizens were confirmed to have contracted the disease, the Guardian reviewed the British government's pandemic flu contingency plan.
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