Author Details Swine flu in rural Scotland – containment phase Cameron Stark1 MPH, Consultant in public health medicine, cameron.stark@nhs.net Helen Tissington2 MSc, Senior health protection nurse specialist, helen.tissington@nhs.net Sheila Ogilvie3 RGN, Infection control nurse, sogilvie2@nhs.net Pat Tyrrell4 BSc(Hons), Lead nurse, p.tyrrell@nhs.net Viv Smith5 BSc, Locality manager, viv.smith@nhs.net Ken Oates6 FFPH, Consultant in public health medicine, ken.oates@nhs.net 1, 2, 6 NHS Highland, Inverness, United Kingdom. 3 Lorn and Islands District General Hospital, Oban, United Kingdom. 4 Argyll and Bute Community Health Partnership, The Surgery, Connel, Argyll, United Kingdom. 5 Cowal & Bute, Argyll and Bute Community Health Partnership, Dunoon Community Hospital, Dunoon, United Kingdom. Correspondence: C Stark, NHS Scotland, Assynt House, Inverness, IV2 3BW, UK  Citation: Stark C, Tissington H, Ogilvie S, Tyrrell P, Smith V, Oates K.  Swine flu in rural Scotland – containment phase. Rural and Remote Health 9: 1249. (Online) 2009. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 11 June 2009 Revised: 11 June 2009 Accepted: 12 June 2009