Julie Gerberding Virus Quotations

Looking back to the 1918 pandemic virus is a natural source for us to try to understand and predict what we might be working with today in the context of H5 or some other pandemic.

With the Food and Drug Administration we are prepared to manage any food- or water-borne disease. Over the next days to weeks we could see the emergence of mosquito populations and West Nile virus ,

We're watching the situation with the avian flu very carefully, taking the steps that need to be taken now to help prepare and, most importantly, detect the transfer of that virus into people, ... But it is a very worrisome situation.

We do have disease detectives who are working to study some features of the outbreak so we can learn as the virus spreads from community to community.

We are very focused on the potential for and outbreak of pandemic influenza. We are looking back to the 1918 pandemic virus as a natural resource to help us understand and predict what we are dealing with.

As an infectious disease expert, I've never seen a pathogen emerge and go away on its own, ... We have to expect that sometime, somewhere, this virus is going to rear its ugly head again.

By unmasking the 1918 virus we are revealing some of the secrets that will help us predict and prepare for the next pandemic.

We expect more cases - definitely. We really can't predict at this point of time where the virus will go next.