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Dr. David Kimberlin of University of Alabama at Birmingham volunteered at a boys' summer camp in northern Alabama last summer where three campers were confirmed to have H1N1.

The camp occurred in July before the H1N1 vaccine was widely available.

Kimberlin said the preventive measures undertaken at the Alabama camp were successful once the three flu-sickened campers were isolated, treated and sent home to recover. The remaining 171 campers did not acquire flu at the camp.

The preventive measures included prescribing and giving a 10-day Tamiflu course to all campers staying in the cabins adjoining the sick campers, including all counselors and camp staff, and closely monitoring their symptoms. Also, alcohol-based hand sanitizer was provided at each of the camp's daily activities, in the boys' cabins and in the dining hall.

"The bottom line is prevention worked", Kimberlin said in a statement. "Here we have a real-world example of how planning, prevention, coordination and public-health common sense prevailed, and these kids have a great experience to look back on."

His findings are published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

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