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cord-000029-qww6pe61	Blumenshine, Philip	Pandemic Influenza Planning in the United States from a Health Disparities Perspective	2008-05-17		.txt	text/plain	4456	170	35	However, given overwhelming evidence that low-income persons are generally more susceptible to infectious diseases, it is reasonable to plan on the basis of well-documented annual epidemic patterns, in which infl uenza disease development is infl uenced by factors that are differentially distributed across socioeconomic and racial/ ethnic groups. Given the current limitations of our public health infrastructure and the disparities in healthcare, a pandemic infl uenza outbreak in the United States is likely to disproportionately affect persons from socially disadvantaged groups. The Pandemic Infl uenza Plan of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (37) does not adequately address potential social disparities in exposure, vaccination, or treatment; the possible effects of such disparities; or strategies for minimizing or eliminating them.	./cache/cord-000029-qww6pe61.txt	./txt/cord-000029-qww6pe61.txt