Public health preparedness for two mass gathering events in the context of pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009 - Serbia, July 2009

G Loncarevic; L Payne; P Kon; V Petrovic; D Dimitrijevic; T Knezevic; S Medić; N Milic; J Nedelijković; K Seke; D Coulombier

doi:10.2807/ese.14.31.19296-en

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Public health preparedness for two mass gathering events in the context of pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009 - Serbia, July 2009
G Loncarevic¹ , L Payne² , P Kon³ , V Petrovic⁴ , D Dimitrijevic¹ , T Knezevic¹ , S Medić⁵ , N Milic¹ , J Nedelijković⁶ , K Seke¹ , D Coulombier²
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Affiliations: ¹ Institute of Public Health of Serbia ‘Dr Milan Jovanović Batut’, Belgrade, Serbia ² European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden ³ Institute of Public Health of City of Belgrade, Serbia ⁴ Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia ⁵ Institute for Public Health of Sremska Mitrovica, Sremska Mitrovica, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia ⁶ Institute of virology, vaccines and sera ’Torlak’, Belgrade, Serbia

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Citation style for this article: Loncarevic G, Payne L, Kon P, Petrovic V, Dimitrijevic D, Knezevic T, Medić S, Milic N, Nedelijković J, Seke K, Coulombier D. Public health preparedness for two mass gathering events in the context of pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009 - Serbia, July 2009. Euro Surveill. 2009;14(31):pii=19296. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.14.31.19296-en Received: 21 Jul 2009

Abstract

Preparedness planning for two large mass gatherings events were considered in Serbia in the context of pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009. Planning included approaches to prevention, detection and response in order to mitigate the situation at this early stage of the epidemic in Serbia. Cases of influenza A(H1N1)v were identified nationally immediately prior to the mass gatherings but also identified in association with both events, as expected in the context of the pandemic situation. This article describes the experiences of planning and the epidemiological situation during the period of the mass gathering events.