Treatment+&+Response+-+H1N1

Pathogenesis - H1N1

Treatment
 * Rest, liquids, and over-the-counter pain medication are useful for treating symptoms in non-serious cases
 * Antiviral drugs such as oseltamivir or zanamivir are used to treat more severe cases
 * Staying home for 7 days, or 24 hours after symptoms end, whichever is longer, is recommended to keep the disease from spreading

Response/Prevention
 * An H1N1 vaccine was created, but was in short supply
 * Vaccines only given to at-risk individuals, such as pregnant women, health care workers, people that spend a lot of time around babies, and children under 4 years of age
 * More vaccine was produced, by late November, 2009, 65 million people had been vaccinated world-wide
 * European Union discouraged travel to the US and Mexico
 * On October 24, 2009, Obama declared a national emergency
 * There were some school closures to prevent infection
 * Some people wore face-masks, although they were not thought to really help at all

Contributing Factors - H1N1