Easier Said Than Done
Vaccinations against influenza are most commonly given to high-risk humans in industrialized countries and to farmed poultry. The most common human vaccine is the trivalent flu vaccine that contains purified and inactivated material from three viral strains. Typically this vaccine includes material from two influenza A virus subtypes and one influenza B virus strain. A vaccine formulated for one year may be ineffective in the following year, since the influenza virus changes rapidly over time and different strains become dominant. Antiviral drugs can be used to treat influenza, with neuraminidase inhibitors being particularly effective.
Easier Said Than Done
If a pandemic strikes in the next couple of years, history will show that we had ample warning. The question is, will history show that we used it wisely? For most government agencies, small and medium sized businesses, and individuals ...
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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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Vets review pandemic history (Avian flu)
Combating Avian Flu Popular Mechanics - Unlike the Spanish Flu, H5N1–first detected in Hong Kong in 1997–does not yet pass easily from human to human, a fact that has kept its death toll under 100. But that could change at any moment. ...
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AVIAN INFLUENZA part 1
Indeed, influenza pandemics have occurred throughout history such as the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak. The major culprit responsible for ordinary influenza and all pandemics is the group A influenza virus, which includes the Avian (bird ...
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Plagues and Government - A History Including Avian Flu
Further viral discoveries by the scientific community have lead to speculative theories that this was the cause of both avian flu in humans and the outbreaks of west nile virus. 2004-2005 Western governments openly are preparing their ...
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Nigeria: H5N1 failed to jump to poultry workers
Via CIDRAP, a research report to be published in the December issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases: Lack of Evidence of Avian-to-Human Transmission of Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Among Poultry Workers, Kano, Nigeria, 2006. ...
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Understanding The Avian Bird Flu Virus And A Look Into Its History
Avian bird flu, a viral disease, also termed as bird flu, avian influenza, type A flu or genus. This flu is a kind of influenza hosted by birds but can affect other animals and particularly humans also. The virus in general is the ...
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Bird Flu (Avian Influenza) Pandemic, the Cytokine Storm: What ...
The great influenza pandemic was the most destructive pandemic in recorded world history, and killed more people (estimated between 20 to 50 million) than all casualties resulting from the first World War. Although the Spanish Flu ...
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A Brief History of Bird Flu..
The flu has for long attacked humans, though less was understood then compared to nowadays. The following is a brief history of avian influenza. 412 BC – Major epidemic of a suspected influenza was recorded by Hippocrates. ...
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avian flu mutation
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Easier Said Than Done
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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