A survey in Taiwan 2009 for the public perception and the willingness to be vaccinated of pandemic influenza A (H1N1)

摘要

Background: Taiwan established H1N1 Central Epidemic Command Center on April 27, 2009 while swine flu outbreak developed in Mexico. The first wave communication was focusing on border quarantine and travel alert. The second wave communication drifted to self prevention and the treatment after the first death on July 30. Until October 26, there are 423 H1N1 hospitalized cases and 26 deaths with fatality rate round 0.11‰.