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Avian influenza A (H5N1) virus poses an important pandemic threat. A study by the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the consequences of a severe pandemic could, in the United States, include 200 million people infected, 90 million clinically ill, and 2 million dead.¹ The study estimates that 30 percent of all workers would become ill and 2.5 percent would die, with 30 percent of workers missing a mean of three weeks of work — resulting in a decrease in the gross domestic product of 5 percent. Furthermore, 18 million to 45 million people would require outpatient care, and economic costs . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Mayo Vaccine Research Group, the Program in Translational Immunovirology and Biodefense, and the Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn.

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N Engl J Med 2006; 354:2724-2725, Jun 22, 2006. Correspondence

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