Building global preparedness for avian influenza.

Competing Interests: AGL is sponsored by Emerge, the Emerging Diseases Epidemiology Research Training grant D43 TW007393 awarded by the Fogarty International Center of the US National Institutes of Health. The other authors declare no competing interests. The views and opinions expressed herein are the authors' own and do not necessarily state or reflect those of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control or any other agency or group. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control is not responsible for the data and information collation and analysis and cannot be held liable for conclusions or opinions drawn.