The emergence of influenza

The lecture was illustrated by a seminar entitled "The emergence of influenza", given by Professor Antoine Flahault, Director of the Ecole des Hautes Études en Santé Publique, and internationally recognized expert in the analysis of emerging viral infections (influenza, Chikungunya virus). In this seminar, the major prospective and retrospective parameters for the emergence, detection and analysis of the development dynamics of influenza epidemics were presented, analyzed and put into perspective for their use in public health decision-making, the extreme sensitivity of which was illustrated by the recent H1N1 influenza epidemic.