Pandemic Flu Information (PFI)

Pandemic Flu Plan

Preparations for an influenza pandemic

Official Information

Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport

Factsheet flu pandemic

H1N1 Human Data

1,473 cases.

51 people have died:

A 17 year old boy; a 58 year old man; a 52 year old man; a 85 year old woman; a 14 year old girl; a 40 year old man.

H5N1 Human Data

No human H5N1 cases have been reported.

H5N1 Animal Data

No high path H5N1 cases in animals have been reported.

Science

Hahné (2009) Epidemiology and control of influenza A(H1N1)v in the Netherlands: the first 115 cases. Euro Surveill. 14: pii: 19267.

Meijer et al (2009) Preparing the outbreak assistance laboratory network in the Netherlands for the detection of the influenza virus A(H1N1) variant. J Clin Virol. 45:179-84

News

H1N1 virus is officially a pandemic in the Netherlands
NRC Handelsblad, October 23, 2009

Dutch patient dies of flu
Government of Netherlands Press Release, August 10, 2009

Blog

Mutation(s) in the PB2 protein in the Netherlands