"Perspective on Pandemic Influenza:
Views from Microscopic to Global"
Christopher Olsen, DVM, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine
UW-Madison
Wednesday, November 17
5:00-6:00pm
Room 1345 Health Sciences Learning Center
FALL 2009 SEMINAR SERIES
Health Sciences Learning Center: Room 1345
The 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus has been shown to be
evolutionarily related to swine influenza viruses containing
genes of classical swine, avian and human virus lineages. These
findings have refocused interest on pigs as intermediary hosts in
the movement of influenza viruses between different host spe-
cies. This presentation will provide historical and virological per-
spective on the mechanisms by which pandemic influenza viruses
emerge, and consider the public health and societal issues to be
faced by human populations around the globe.
Views from Microscopic to Global"
Christopher Olsen, DVM, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine
UW-Madison
Wednesday, November 17
5:00-6:00pm
Room 1345 Health Sciences Learning Center
FALL 2009 SEMINAR SERIES
Health Sciences Learning Center: Room 1345
The 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus has been shown to be
evolutionarily related to swine influenza viruses containing
genes of classical swine, avian and human virus lineages. These
findings have refocused interest on pigs as intermediary hosts in
the movement of influenza viruses between different host spe-
cies. This presentation will provide historical and virological per-
spective on the mechanisms by which pandemic influenza viruses
emerge, and consider the public health and societal issues to be
faced by human populations around the globe.
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