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Release date: July 23, 2011; Expiration date: July 23, 2012

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Analyze the demographic risk factors for seroconversion for pandemic (H1N1) 2009
• Evaluate the environmental risk factors for seroconversion for pandemic (H1N1) 2009
• Design public health interventions to reduce the spread of pandemic (H1N1) 2009
• Identify laboratory markers indicating a lower risk for seroconversion for pandemic (H1N1) 2009

Medscape CME Editor

Karen Foster, Technical Writer/Editor, Emerging Infectious Diseases. Disclosure: Karen Foster has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Medscape CME Author

Charles P. Vega, MD, Associate Professor; Residency Director, Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Irvine. Disclosure: Charles P. Vega, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Authors

Disclosures: Wei-Yen Lim, MBBS; Cynthia H.J. Chen; Yi Ma; Mark I.C. Chen, PhD; Alex R. Cook, PhD; Linda W.L. Tan, BSc; Norberto Flores Tabo, Jr.; Ian Barr, PhD; Lin Cui, PhD; Raymond T.P. Lin, MBBS; and Kee Seng Chia, MBBS, have disclosed no relevant financial relationships. Vernon J.M. Lee, MBBS, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships: received a grant from GlaxoSmithKline for unrelated public health research. Yee Sin Leo, MBBS, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships: served as an advisor or consultant for Sanofi-Aventis on dengue vaccine.