BI 387 Winter 2012 Dr. Page Shauna Farmer The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 The history and social impact of the Influenza pandemic of 1918-1920 brought awareness and valuable information about how such a disease is spread and the care needed to survive the "flu” but at the cost of over one third of the world population‚ 20-40 million deaths worldwide. The United States accounted for 675‚000 to 1 million of total deaths. This pandemic was known as the "Spanish flu" or "La Grippe"
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RUNNING HEAD: H1N1 INFLUENZA VIRUS 1 H1N1 Influenza Virus 2 H1N1 is a new influenza virus causing illness in people. This virus was first detected in residents of the United States in April of 2009. This virus is contagious and is spreading from person to person worldwide just as seasonal flu viruses spread. According to Up To Date (2009)‚ the month of July in the United States contained 43‚000 confirmed cases of H1N1 reported
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issues and make a decision to take up the influenza vaccination. 4.2 Strategy 4.2.1 Overall Strategy In order to educate our target public about the importance of the influenza vaccine‚ the team has chosen to highlight an individual’s susceptibility to the influenza virus. The campaign will integrate both interactive and social media‚ allowing for a wide reach through a variety of platforms. 4.2.2 Message Strategy Key Message Everyone is susceptible to influenza. Key Concept Right Under Your Nose This
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in the world but I’m going to be talking about the well-known and most wide spread communicable disease‚ Influenza (the flu). Everyone has heard of the flu and many kids in school get it all the time. Sometimes it’s a small couch or wheezing. And sometimes it might be a matter of life or death. Influenza (the Flu) is a serious disease spread by coughs and sneezes and caused by influenza A or B viruses‚ mainly during the winter season. It can cause mild to severe illness and at times can lead
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Deputy Director‚ The attached document you will find with this letter is my final report on the barriers to flu vaccinations. I have called it THE BARRIERS FOR PUBLIC NOT RECEIVING VACCINATIONS FOR INFLUENZA AND SIMILAR INFECTIOUS DISEASES. It represents both qualitative and quantitative data and analysis of my research that I performed with your funding. As you know‚ vaccinations rates in the population are way below what they should be‚ with less than half the population vaccinated with the simple
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how to prevent influenza Thesis Statement: Influenza can be prevented with simple preventive measures INTRODUCTION: Influenza‚ more commonly known as the flu‚ is one of the most common infectious diseases. It can be deadly. The flu affects everybody. It is a source of illness and death every flu season‚ which runs roughly through the fall and early winter months. Although for most people the infection is mild‚ since the early 1970s‚ researchers estimate that influenza has caused more
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respiratory worsening in the clinical course with the need for intubation. Influenza A was positively detected. During the intubation a temporary resuscitation was needed. Continuously increasing of catecholamine and ventilation requirements post intubation (PIP = 40 cmH2O‚ PEEP = 15 cmH2O‚ FiO2 = 100%). For an escalation of treatment due to the clinical presentation of fulminant septic shock due to the basis of an influenza infection (CrP 354 mg/l‚ Procalcitonin 3855 µg/l‚ Leukocytes 6‚600/µl)‚ the
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Influenza virus is one of the well-explored the pathogens and development of flu vaccine is considered as the most efficient strategy to defense the outbreak. However‚ the variability of the antigen and rapid reassortant of the genetic segments weakens flu vaccine effectiveness. And the protection of flu vaccine could not contribute to clinical treatment when the patients suffer from severe illness. Therefore‚ the study of the interaction between pathogen and host immune response is needed. The Hannover
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every year? Well‚ it’s flu season for dogs‚ too. Most people are warned that coughing‚ sneezing‚ and a high fever are signs of the flu. Dogs are the same. Their symptoms also include loss of appetite and achy muscles. This dog flu is called canine influenza and there are two types: H3N2 and H3N8. During flu season‚ you probably wash your hands a lot because the flu can spread through touch‚ sneezing‚ or coughing. The dog flu spreads the same way. Dogs in dog daycares‚ dog parks‚ and pet groomers are
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INFLUENZA ASSIGNMENT Part I 1. At the turn of the century‚ the United States encountered one of the most deadly pandemics the world has ever known - the Spanish flu. The flu‚ caused by H1N1 virus‚ claimed the lives of 675‚000 Americans during World War I. About forty years later‚ in 1957‚ another pandemics caused by H2N2 killed approximately 70‚000 Americans. The virus‚ which contained genes from human and avian influenza‚ was firstly identified in China then quickly spread to other parts of
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