Sherif B. Mossad, MD Department of Infectious Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Address: Sherif B. Mossad, MD, Department of Infectious Diseases, S32, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail mossads@ccf.org
Medical Grand Rounds articles are based on edited transcripts from Division of Medicine Grand Rounds presentations at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. They are approved by the author but are not peer-reviewed.
ABSTRACTInfluenza vaccine supplies appear to be adequate for the 2005-2006 season, though delivery has been somewhat delayed. However, in the event of a pandemic of avian flu—considered inevitable by most experts, although no one knows when it will happen—the United States would be woefully unprepared.