Seasonal influenza is a common viral respiratory infection which typically causes mild to moderate illness in most people. Pandemic influenza occurs when a new or novel strain of influenza virus capable of spreading easily from person to person emerges. Since it is a new strain‚ there is often little or no immunity to it and it may spread rapidly‚ creating a global outbreak. An important difference from seasonal influenza is that healthy people in all age groups may be at higher risk for serious
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swine flu or influenza. He couldn’t breathe without a ventilator‚ so the doctors put him in a coma so he wouldn’t feel any discomfort. After 12 days‚ he came out of his coma; however‚ the tube remained in his throats for 5 more days. After this‚ Luke was put into rehab to regain some basic living skills. After this horrible experience‚ Luke returned home weighing less and feeble. Today‚ Luke serves as a speaker for Every Child by Two‚ raising awareness about how important influenza vaccines are
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Avian influenza‚ also known as the bird flu‚ is a viral infection that spreads through birds. There is currently a certain strain of the bird flu called H5N1 that is spreading in poultry in Egypt and Asia. The virus is deadly to birds‚ as well as any mammal or human who come in contact with the birds. The first case of H5N1 in humans was reported to be in Hong Kong in 1997‚ and the virus has reemerged in 2003/2004 in Asia‚ Europe and Africa. Nearly 60 percent of the people with the virus has died
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INFLUENZA A virus called an Orthomyxovirus causes influenza. Often called flu‚ sometimes-even grippe. It is a very contagious disease‚ and it infects many parts of our bodies. This also includes are lungs. A person can get influenza if someone coughs‚ sneezes‚ or even talks around you while they are infected. Influenza is sometimes considered serious in some cases but can be prevented and treated. When you get the "flu" in the lungs‚ the lining of the respiratory tract is damaged by becoming
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Title: Influenza Purpose: The purpose of my speech is to educate the audience about prevention‚ treatment and how to know whether a person is suffering from the flu rather than another illness such as the common cold. Thesis Statement: There are many different ways to break the chain of infection and protect yourself and those around you from getting the flu‚ starting with something as simple as hand washing is one of the key ways to reduce your risk of many illnesses including the flu. I
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The H1N1 virus (swine influenza) is a novel infection that has not earlier been known in North America. It has recently‚ however‚ infected a number of people in the United States and Mexico. Swine flu is actually a respiratory virus of pigs which was first identified in 1918 and although historic diffusion to human beings has been sporadic‚ the infection rate in humans is intensifying at present (Barnes‚ 2008). The H1N1 virus‚ just like seasonal influenza‚ is simply spread by the minute drops
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disease) prevalent throughout an entire country‚ continent or is universal. (dictionary.com) The Spanish Influenza is a flu; which is a respiratory infection and attacks the body without warning. It has no place of origin and became a global pandemic in a span of a couple of months in North America‚ Brazil‚ Asia‚ Europe‚ India‚ Africa‚ and Taubenberger in the South Pacific. The 1918-1919 Spanish influenza name was established consequently because of the massive deaths in Spain where the flu had struck first
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Abstract In 1918‚ the world experienced its most deadly modern pandemic‚ the H1N1 influenza virus named the Spanish Flu. Killing between 20 and 40 million people worldwide‚ the pandemic has not since been repeated on such a large scale. This paper provides a background of the 1918 virus and its effects followed by an examination of the danger represented by the H5N1 Avian Flu virus of 1997. Finally‚ it discusses the potential international economic impact of a modern pandemic like the Spanish Flu
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www.defra.gov.uk Notifiable Avian Disease Control Strategy for Great Britain January 2012 Revised July 2012 © Crown copyright 2012 You may re-use this information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium‚ under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence‚ visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/ or write to the Information Policy Team‚ The National Archives‚ Kew‚ London TW9 4DU‚ or e-mail: psi@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk This document/publication
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including physicians and nurses‚ which led to delayed treatment‚ inadequate care of patients and failure to contain and control the influenza. The Army Medical Department enrolled about 30‚591 medical officers‚ and the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery recruited about 3‚000 medical workers‚ but they were not adequate even in non-epidemic time. For example‚ on Jan. 2nd‚ 1918‚ army nurse Maude Frances Essig complained that many of the nurses caught a cold but they were unable to get a doctor to see the
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