Pandemic Severity Assessment Framework (PSAF)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 11/03/2016 This Web page provides information about the Pandemic Severity Assessment Framework (PSAF), which is used to determine the impact of a pandemic, or how severe a pandemic will be. There are two main factors that can be used to determine the impact of a pandemic. The first is clinical severity, or how serious the illness is associated with infection. The second factor is transmissibility, or how easily the pandemic virus spreads from person-to-person. (Text)

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Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - November 2, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news

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