Author Details Major incidents in rural areas: managing a pandemic A/H1N1/2009 cluster Cameron Stark1 MPH, Consultant in public health medicine, cameron.stark@nhs.net Elaine Garman2 FFPH, Public health specialist, elaine.garman@nhs.net Jim McMenamin3 MB, ChB., Consultant in public health medicine, jim.mcmenamin@nhs.net Duncan McCormick4 MSc, Specialist registrar in public health medicine, duncan.mccormick@nhs.net Ken Oates5 FFPH, Consultant in public health medicine, ken.oates@nhs.net 1, 4, 5 NHS Highland, Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom. 2 NHS Highland, Victoria Hospital, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom. 3 Health Protection Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Correspondence: C Stark, Assynt House, Beechwood Park, Inverness, IV2 3BW Scotland  Author contribution: Cameron Stark: original concept, literature review, wrote the first draft. Citation: Stark C, Garman E, McMenamin J, McCormick D, Oates K.  Major incidents in rural areas: managing a pandemic A/H1N1/2009 cluster. Rural and Remote Health 10: 1413. (Online) 2010. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 22 December 2009 Revised: 27 April 2010 Accepted: 23 July 2010