MedPageToday Survey responses not always in line with CDC recommendations.
U.S. states and territories varied widely in their capacity to monitor people exposed to the H5N1 avian influenza virus, and in how they would recommend use of antivirals and the H5N1 vaccine, according to a joint survey from the CDC and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists.
Although 89% of the 55 state and territorial jurisdictions surveyed reported the capacity to identify H5N1 virus in humans, 66% of the 50 jurisdictions who reported monitoring H5N1-exposed persons pointed to barriers in monitoring, including personnel shortages, funding, and a lack of other resources, reported Noah Kojima, MD, of the CDC, and colleagues in a research letter in JAMA