What would public health do if a Delawarean was diagnosed with avian influenza? What measures would be taken if Delaware residents were infected?
DPH would do what it is trained and experienced to do – identify the source of infection, track it, and try to control spread. Public Health officials would follow the same protocol and procedures that it would with any serious infections disease. There are principles and practices that our Division applies daily in its line of work to protect the public’s health. If the avian influenza strain is identified as a pandemic strain, we would follow the Pandemic Influenza Plan protocols. The steps in a disease investigation have been established for decades. We use our knowledge of how the disease is transmitted and how long it takes to cause visible symptoms to determine who is at risk. That should give us a manageable number of people to start contacting and assessing. DPH would then work to control the source of the disease and prevent others from being infected. The goal of this activity would be to contain the virus so that it does not become widespread in Delaware. This may be possibl
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