Avian influenza outbreak in Turkey through health personnel's ...
The most famous and lethal outbreak was the so-called Spanish flu pandemic (type A influenza, H1N1 subtype), which lasted from 1918 to 1919. Older estimates say it killed 4050 million people while current estimates say 50 million to 100 million people worldwide were killed. This pandemic has been described as "the greatest medical holocaust in history" and may have killed as many people as the Black Death. This huge death toll was caused by an extremely high infection rate of up to 50% and the extreme severity of the symptoms, suspected to be caused by cytokine storms. Indeed, symptoms in 1918 were so unusual that initially influenza was misdiagnosed as dengue, cholera, or typhoid. One observer wrote, "One of the most striking of the complications was hemorrhage from mucous membranes, especially from the nose, stomach, and intestine. Bleeding from the ears and petechial hemorrhages in the skin also occurred." The majority of deaths were from bacterial pneumonia, a secondary infection caused by influenza, but the virus also killed people directly, causing massive hemorrhages and edema in the lung.
Avian influenza outbreak in Turkey through health personnel's ...
During the first months of 2006, Turkey experienced its first human avian influenza epidemic. A total of 21 human cases were identified, 12 of which were confirmed by the National Institute for Medical Research. Eight of the cases, ...
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New risk maps identify geographic areas predicting spread of avian flu
The 2003 epidemic of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the Netherlands is the only recent epidemic of HPAI in the developed world. Gert-Jan Boender and colleagues have examined the data from this outbreak and produced a model ...
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How Much Tamiflu Is Enough?
'Too few jabs' to fight flu epidemic. Last Updated: 2:44am GMT 11/11/2007. Stockpiles of drugs to fight a flu pandemic must be increased if the death toll from an outbreak of the virus is to be minimised, senior government advisers have ...
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Bird flu eradication project in Tangerang
Via the Jakarta Post: Bird flu eradication project in Tangerang. Here's the whole story:. A project for avian influenza eradication will be piloted in both Tangerang municipality and regency as a cooperative effort between Indonesia and ...
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Susan Blumenthal, MD: Health Diplomacy: A Prescription for Peace
Stewart's statement was premature -- it turned out to be a medical mirage In fact, since his declaration, more than 39 new diseases have emerged, including AIDS, Ebola, Lyme disease, West Nile encephalitis, SARS and H5N1 avian flu. ...
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Meanwhile Cholera Spreads In Vietnam
In 1961 the `El Tor' biotype reemerged and produced a major epidemic in the Philippines, resulting in a 7th global wave of the disease. Since then, this biotype has spread across Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Europe. ...
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Avian Flu: Do you want the Good News or the Bad News? Part II
Yes, you read that right, “Avian flu is bird flu.” And why might that be such bad news? If you pursue the news much, you will read that the deadliest disease in history is widely regarded as the Spanish Flu epidemic which killed 40 ...
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How to find peace fighting infections
AIDS, SARS, H5N1 avian influenza, and TB -- the list goes on and on -- are only a jet plane away from America's shores. For decades, AIDS and tuberculosis have been major threats to the health of people in the US But just as diseases ...
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Bird Flu Takes A Firm Grip Across Europe End Timers Looking ...
The H5N1 strain is the most deadly form of bird flu that infects humans. It has been fatal in 204 of the 332 recorded human cases and has killed millions of birds worldwide. In addition to the destruction that an avian flu epidemic ...
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news on the march
The emergencies planned in the exercise scenarios range from natural disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina, to terrorist attacks and health emergencies, as envisioned in a possible avian flu epidemic or pandemic influenza. ...
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Avian influenza outbreak in Turkey through health personnel's ...
Flu viruses can remain infectious for about one week at human body temperature, over 30 days at 0 C (32 F), and indefinitely at very low temperatures (such as lakes in northeast Siberia). Most influenza strains can be inactivated easily by disinfectants and detergents.
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