INFLUENZA PANDEMIC: Plan Needed for Federal and State

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Contents

Letter 3

Appendix Appendix I: Comments From the Department of Health and Human Services 30

Tables Table 1: Annual Vaccine Production Process 8

Table 2: Months for Newly Detected Influenza Viruses to Reach the United States 10

Table 3: Time of Year Influenza Illness Appeared 11

Table 4: Antiviral Drugs Approved for Influenza by FDA 16

Table 5: Excess Influenza-Related Deaths Estimated for Pandemic and Nonpandemic Periods in the

United States, 1918-91 19