Lisa Jackson Pulver from the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies at the Australian Defence College has written this briefing paper: Questions from the lab – is Australia and the near region ready for the next attack of ‘flu?
Pulver contends that the seemingly ‘common flu’ is an example of a non-traditional threat for which Australia and its near neighbours are particularly underprepared. She notes that new pathogens are always emerging and changing to resist human efforts to control them, and provides an overview of the history and current status of the influenza virus.
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