Speaking at the Cheltenham Science Festival last Friday, Centre Director Neil Ferguson told the audience of his concern that the true extent of Influenza A(H1N1) was being missed due to current surveillance strategies. He suggested that the UK would benefit from a shift to testing young adults hospitalised with respiratory disease. This is currently the surveillance model employed in the US where the outbreak is more advanced.
Read the article in The Times summarising Prof. Ferguson's talk here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6450267.ece
And further commentary on the point of underestimation by Professor Hugh Pennington of Aberdeen University in Scotland:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8087213.stm
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