Investing in antibiotics critical to saving lives during pandemic influenza outbreaks

(Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics& Policy) In a new study published in the journal Health Economics, researchers at CDDEP, the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, and Wageningen University in the Netherlands developed a mathematical framework to estimate the value of investing in developing and conserving an antibiotic to mitigate the burden of bacterial infections caused by resistant Staphylococcus aureus during a pandemic influenza outbreak.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news