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Volume 21, Number 2—February 2015
Research

Optimizing Distribution of Pandemic Influenza Antiviral Drugs

Bismark SinghComments to Author , Hsin-Chan Huang, David P. Morton, Gregory P. Johnson, Alexander Gutfraind, Alison P. Galvani, Bruce Clements, and Lauren A. Meyers
Author affiliations: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA (B. Singh, H.-C. Huang, G.P. Johnson, L.A. Meyers); Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA (D.P. Morton); University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois, USA (A. Gutfraind); Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (A.P. Galvani); Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin (B. Clements)

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Figure 5

Flowchart of the antiviral drug distribution decision support tool during the 2009 influenza pandemic (28), Texas, USA. ZIP code, US postal code.

Figure 5. Flowchart of the antiviral drug distribution decision support tool during the 2009 influenza pandemic (28), Texas, USA.

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