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He said that a local outbreak of an influenza strain mimicking meningitis was the cause of Clive's confusion.

He took the fight against infectious diseases, and particularly the threat of pandemic influenza to a new level.

"We have to continue to be vigilant, as I said, vaccination is not the total solution for equine influenza, " he said.

What percentage of those infected might have been protected by prior influenza shots.

With the threat of pandemic influenza looming, there has never been a greater need for health leadership, and health partnership.

For me, the best health news of the previous decade is the fact that the long overdue influenza pandemic has been so moderate in its impact.

Pandemic influenza is usually associated with a greater number of cases, higher severity of illness and consequently a higher death toll.

FAO reminded consumers that avian influenza is not a food-borne disease and that the bird flu virus is killed by the heat of normal cooking.

Tamiflu, the drug used to treat influenza, did not help any of the previously healthy young men and women get better any quicker.

Making new influenza vaccines ready to immunize people generally takes five to six months after first identification of the pandemic virus.

For healthy individuals , ordinary influenza is usually self-limiting with recovery in two to seven days .

A SHOT FOR ALL SEASONS: New technology has helped to identify parts of the influenza virus that might be universal targets for a vaccine.

He was an only child and his mother had died of influenza when he was two.

She said, "The decision to declare an influenza pandemic is a responsibility that I take very, very seriously. "

When a strain of influenza with pandemic potential struck in April, it was generally referred to as "swine flu" .

He called swine flu "a novel strain of influenza" , and said the trial would determine the dose and schedule of the vaccination.

As you know, Dr David Nabarro has been seconded as the Senior United Nations System Coordinator on Avian and Human Influenza.

Split reagent content was one of the main standards used for controlling influenza vaccine quality.

Two years ago, we met together at a time of great uncertainty, as we faced the threat of a global influenza pandemic.

As I said, an influenza pandemic is an extreme expression of the need for global solidarity.

"I think it is too premature and too early for us to say we have come to an end of the pandemic influenza worldwide, " she said.

There have been a number of instances of avian influenza infection occurring among close family members.

This kind of information, say the virologists, is of great value to researchers trying to tackle the spread of avian influenza.

These projects will take place in two Latin American and four Asian countries, three of which have had human H5N1 influenza cases.

And in 2005, researchers stepped up to help defend against one of the world's most urgent biomedical threats: avian influenza.

fast enough to re infect people after recovery (see influenza) or to keep the immune system from fighting them off.

Two tests on the woman were positive for H5N1 avian influenza, said the ministry, which did not say how she might have contracted the virus.

As you know, this provision and this decision were in place prior to the onset of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.

Intellectual Property Watch reported that an Intergovernmental Meeting on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness had not resolved all issues.

Already, the number of deaths seems to be stabilizing, perhaps indicating that the first wave of this influenza has peaked.

So far SARS does not seem to spread in tiny airborne droplets as influenza or measles do, which would cause exponential spread.

Earlier reports called it a combination of pig, human and avian influenza strains.

"Influenza virus mutates remarkably rapidly so there is no doubt that the virus will mutate and evolve in humans, " said Holmes.

Historical records of previous influenza pandemics, as well as experience with SARS, have validated this point.

Yesterday he was soaked by the rain on his way home, and caught the influenza.

Influenza vaccines have been used for more than 60 years and have an established record of safety in all age groups.

For healthy individuals , influenza is usually self-limiting with recovery in two to seven days .

Similarly, there was no significant difference in the rates of H1N1 influenza, or swine flu, between the two groups.

The case fatality rate for H5N1 virus infections in people is much higher compared to that of seasonal influenza infections.

It shows that this DNAarray can be applied to monitor the swine influenza, the sensitivity is higher than PCR.

Influenza on the elderly over the age of 60 constitute the greatest harm to the health, you can endanger the lives of the elderly.

Health officials are concerned that this strain of influenza might develop properties to become contagious among humans.

Antiviral drugs can be used for treatment and prophylaxis for ordinary influenza. The drugs need to be prescribed by doctors.

A ministry spokesman said officials are trying to determine whether it is the deadly H5N1strain of avian influenza.

The World Health Organization will not declare an influenza pandemic unless a virus becomes widespread in at least two areas of the world.

This could result in a serious influenza pandemic affecting many people worldwide. However, there is no evidence that this has happened yet.

The combination of a global influenza pandemic and a global economic crisis, both on unprecedented scales, is battering the region hard.

H antigen and N antigen of influenza virus are easy to occur variation, mainly in the influenza A virus.

Each year two or sometimes all three of the strains of influenza need to be changed.

So far, evidence suggests that current seasonal influenza vaccines will not be protective against pandemic influenza.

No further cases of influenza-like illness have been identified during the investigation and monitoring of his close contacts.

The H1N1 pandemic was characterized by the emergence of a new influenza virus to which many people had no pre-existing immunity.

Influenza vaccination is important because it is one of the effective means of preventing ordinary influenza and its complications .

You will not be able to tell the difference between seasonal flu and influenza A(H1N1) without medical help.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus can be found inside and on the surface of eggs laid by infected birds.

Influenza viruses are not known to be transmissible to people through eating processed pork or other food products derived from pigs.

Pandemic influenza emerges as a result of influenza viruses undergoing major genetic changes known as antigenic shift .

The disease in animals caused by the H5N1 influenza virus has resulted in the culling of at least 150 million birds in the last two years.

It warns that the risk of global influenza pandemic is as great in late 2007 as it was in mid-2005, when the first cases began to emerge.

Corporate plans were also drawn up to prepare for a possible outbreak of novel influenza.

Influenza vaccination is an effective way of preventing complications of influenza among the high risk groups.

WHO officials "are convinced that the seasonal influenza vaccine is just as important, " the Sanofi Pasteur spokesman says.

Most of these countries had never before experienced an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in their histories.

The final form of the virus, biomedical researchers fear, will be a highly pathogenic strain of influenza that spreads easily among humans.

The head of the collaborating laboratory is now in Ankara to support diagnostic work at the country's national influenza centre .

Avian influenza has remained a disease of the bird populations. So far there is no solid proof of efficient human to human transmission.

A truly worldwide event, like the influenza pandemic, highlights weaknesses in health services and inequities in access to commodities.

You think how it would develop: It is becoming a seasonal influenza, or another large outbreak?

A universal vaccine would have to spur an immune system attack on part of the influenza virus that does not vary from strain to strain.

But public health has much to say about the influenza pandemic, how it is managed, and how its impact can be reduced.

Concerns have been raised about whether the recent tsunami in South-East Asia may have increased the risk of an influenza pandemic.

All genes are of avian origin, indicating that the virus had not yet acquired genes from the human influenza virus.

She said that even if the current outbreak fades, the world may not have seen the last of the new influenza strain.

Early studies showed that antibodies to H1N1 seasonal influenza did not protect people from infection with the new virus.

We were able to determine the sequence of nucleotides in small fragments of five influenza genes from this sample.

The influenza A(H1N1) (swine flu) outbreak is gradually falling out of the news headlines in the United States.

During the last century, the influenza viruses have undergone major genetic changes resulting in influenza pandemics (global outbreaks).

of influenza germs and cedar pollen -- leading to runny noses, watery eyes and coughing.

Production of inactivated influenza vaccine was started up in Beijing.

Changes to influenza viruses can happen as a result of quick mutations or as the end result of a slower drift in genetic material.

Today, the greatest threat to international public health security would be an influenza pandemic.

The unique feature in the Turkey situation was the unexpected appearance of human cases of avian influenza.

As a respiratory infection, influenza virus is transmitted through person-to-person contacts, and "swine flu" is no exception.

So far, evidence suggests that it is unlikely that seasonal influenza vaccines will be protective against the new pandemic virus.

A bad attack of influenza can lay you up for a few weeks.

AUSTRALIA When Australia's horses were hit by an outbreak of equine influenza recently, it wasn't just the animals that suffered.

This season has again given us some stark reminders that the threat of an influenza pandemic has by no means diminished.

One nurse was shown to be infected with a seasonal influenza A (H1N1) virus, which is now circulating widely throughout Indonesia.

AI virus genes have been thought to be the principal gene reservoir and the cause of changes of human influenza virus.

Reducing the Impact of the Next Influenza Pandemic Using Household- based Public Health Interventions .

"Second . . . the H5N1 avian influenza virus is endemic in poultry in some parts of the world, " she said.

People should therefore continue to seek seasonal influenza vaccination like any other year.

Scientists have found a new influenza virus that infects bats.

The spokesman said the CHP is on the alert for human cases of avian flu through its influenza surveillance system .

Swine influenza is a pig took place in the highly contagious acute respiratory disease, caused by swine influenza virus.

Yu Hongjie Answer: some of the traditional seasonal flu known as influenza, Influenza H1N1 influenza itself is an influenza.

As people would have no natural immunity, a new influenza virus could cause widespread death, illness, social and economic disruption.

Clinical studies: In certain countries, each new influenza vaccine has to be tested in a few people to show that it performs as expected.

The latest detection of the often-fatal avian influenza strain pushes the total number of cases discovered in Vietnam to 68.

During the meeting, they discussed the sharing of influenza viruses with the WHO Network of Collaborating Centres for Influenza.

It seems to have a predilection for young adults, as did its notorious ancestor, the 1918 Spanish influenza.

Therefore, pandemic planning should consider risks of emergence of a variety of influenza subtypes from a variety of sources.

The decision to declare an influenza pandemic is a responsibility, and a duty, that I take very, very seriously.

But we do know, from a recent World Bank estimate, that the global economic costs of the next influenza pandemic could reach US$ 3 trillion.

They provide a protection of up to 80 percent against influenza on an individual basis.

The protocol and international information-sharing should be tested and harmonized during the forthcoming and subsequent influenza seasons.

Let me mention some: AIDS, pandemic influenza, a new disease like SARS, or bioterrorism using a virus like smallpox.

Prior to the revision, the cases did not meet the WHO case definition for serologically confirmed avian influenza H5N1 infection.

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Recently large-scale outbreak of influenza, I was infected, and eat drugs, seems to little effect.

But every so often a truly new influenza virus emerges, to which few humans have immunity.

However, any activity that spreads avian influenza increases the possibility of the emergence of a pandemic virus.

The Committee considered safety issues pertaining to a new generation influenza vaccine, administered by the intranasal route.

Evidence is increasing that common influenza viruses are becoming resistant to the main drug used to treat them.

Avian influenza is caused by an orthomyxovirus, or influenza virus. Viruses in this group vary widely in their pathogenicity or virulence.

Some seasonal influenza vaccines that are intended for people known to have poor immune responses to immunization contain an adjuvant.

Investigations into the source of infection indicate that the two cases had exposure to poultry suspected to have avian influenza.

Evidence so far indicates a sporadic case of human influenza A(H5N1) infection without secondary spread.

Reita: At school, when it closed for a while because of influenza, and I could sleep more. That's amazing.

But, it would be unwise for anybody to reach firm conclusions before April, when the normal influenza season usually ends.

Careful assessment is required to clarify if adverse events that occur after vaccination are actually caused by an influenza vaccination.

Basically, we do not know, can not guess how the influenza A H1N1 influenza viruses change.

First, let me clarify the difference between seasonal flu, avian flu, and human pandemic influenza.

Live influenza vaccine contains weakened influenza virus that multiplies poorly but is unable to cause disease.

Investigations into the source of infection indicate that the case had exposure to sick poultry suspected to have avian influenza.

Domestic and wild cats used to be considered resistant to disease from influenza A type viruses, of which H5N1 is a subtype.

Conclusion Macrophages are the main antigen presenting cells in the lung tissue of cynomolgus macaque infected with avian influenza virus.

The findings have differing implications for the control of seasonal acute respiratory infections and for pandemic influenza.

A new study predicts that swapping genes between the avian and human influenza viruses may result in an even more dangerous flu.

But it would be unwise for anyone to reach firm conclusions before April, when the normal influenza season usually ends.

And other symptoms similar to influenza, is usually high fever, cough, not all efforts.

His team is also attempting to produce new food oils and make synthetic parts of every known influenza virus.

Severe strains of cold viruses which spread throughout a region are referred to as influenza, or the flu.

Improved methods to protect against influenza are sorely needed, particularly in the face of an impending pandemic.

Obesity has not been recognized as a risk factor in either past pandemics or seasonal influenza.

As public health officials have stressed since the swine flu pandemic surfaced last April, influenza is unpredictable.

Doctors were able to distinguish between the influenza, E. coli and strep infections in 95 percent of cases.

Phylogenetic methods have been widely used to detect the evolution of influenza viruses.

Content : Avian influenza(AI) is one of infectious diseases which cause serious loss to poultry industry.

Swine influenza viruses can give a rise to a hybrid virus by mixing with a human influenza virus and can cause pandemic.

To which antiviral drugs does this influenza virus respond?

Zanamivir and Oseltamivir are the only two medicines to treat the influenza.

She effectively managed outbreaks of avian influenza and of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

Investigations into the source of infection indicate that all the cases had exposure to poultry suspected to have avian influenza.

Complicating matters, some of this year's influenza type A virus is showing resistance to the antiviral drug Tamiflu.

The facility, located in the United States, is owned and operated by sanofi pasteur, which manufactures Fluzone Influenza Virus Vaccine.

This was the first evidence of an influenza A virus causing disease in dogs.

A 30-year-old Chinese man surnamed Bao, who returned from the United States over the weekend, tested positive for A (H1N1) influenza.

Strains of influenza virus emerging or circulating in humans are all proved to be closely related with avian influenza virus.

Second, as all of you know, the H5N1 avian influenza virus is endemic in poultry in some parts of the world.

The other mutation with a significant effect on virulence has been seen in the NA gene of two influenza virus strains that infect mice.

Vaccination remains important as a means of reducing the morbidity and mortality caused by influenza viruses.

The germs of influenza can only exist in an acid condition, he explained.

Whether it will pan out in the weeks ahead we don't know, but it is a pattern that looks different from seasonal influenza.

The confirmation of H5N1 avian influenza in England has caused renewed concern over the prospect of a global influenza pandemic.

Influenza is an acute self-limited infection and is characterized by constitutional symptoms.

And exercise has been shown to improve the body's response to the influenza vaccine, making it more effective at keeping the virus at bay.

The bark and leaves are used to treat headache, influenza, bronchitis, and pneumonia. The wood is used for making coffins.

Annual vaccination against influenza is the most effective method for preventing influenza virus infections and its complications.

H5N1 is a particular subtype of the avian influenza A virus, and is the current cause of bird flu in a number of countries.

The progress was reported Friday at the first meeting of a WHO Advisory Group on pandemic influenza vaccine production and supply.

Influenza (or flu) is an infection of the lungs and airways causing a fever, sore throat, cough, runny nose, headache, and muscle aches.

What makes influenza different is that it is so easy to catch.

Resistance can develop to antiviral drugs used for influenza.

Many activities undertaken to prepare for an influenza pandemic are improving our collective defence against other outbreaks.

The WHO influenza pandemic policies and response have not been improperly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry.

Viruses are sensitive to seasonal temperature change, and this one, like the 1918 influenza, may reappear more robustly in the fall.

The recent outbreak of Avian Influenza in a turkey farm in England served as a reminder of the risk posed by AI.

Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Animal Influenza has proved to be effective against avian influenza virus.

For instance, avoiding large groups when you know that there's an outbreak of influenza.

The organisation has also decided not to recommend an immediate switch in vaccine production from seasonal influenza to the pandemic strain.

To many, the news of the "pending" Pandemic of Influenza is just another hinge on the doorway leading to helplessness and hopelessness.

Vaccinating chickens against AI is costly, and because influenza viruses mutate rapidly, vaccination has to be repeated on a regular basis.

Safety monitoring systems are an integral part of strategies for the implementation of the new pandemic influenza vaccines.

As Type A influenza H1N1 is still in the global spread , we have infirmary for you during this conference.

A: The risk of avian influenza to humans is almost entirely confined to those who have had close contact with infected domestic poultry.

Conclusion Different sources extracted scutellaria have anti-influenza virus effect, and aqueous extract of Hebei scutellaria is the best.

Despite ast clinical experience in human beings, there continues to be much debate about how influenza is transmitted.

All international travelers should be vaccinated annually for the flu, every year, to reduce their risk of developing seasonal influenza.

Better influenza vaccines, weak children, the elderly and patients can be vaccinated in advance to the prevention of influenza.

These recommendations are prudent measures which can limit the spread of many communicable diseases, including influenza.

Keiji Fukuda, the WHO's pandemic influenza special advisor, told press that mutations to the virus are common and must be monitored.

This specific H1N1 virus rapidly circulating around the world, then, is not a new phenomenon but simply a new strain of influenza.

so in the case of influenza, antibiotics are useless unless ordered to treat secondary bacterial infection.

And the best form of prevention, she says, is getting vaccinated each year against influenza.

In some tropical countries, influenza viruses circulate throughout the year with one or two peaks during rainy seasons.

The widespread swine influenza indicate that there still exist a number of problems in preventing and curing the epidemic.

Influenza A contains the key strains, which are distinguished by spike like features known as antigens.

This finding marks the first documented infection of this species with an avian influenza virus.

Seasonal influenza is an acute viral infection caused by an influenza virus.

The Ministry of Health of Egypt has notified WHO of a new case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus.

China last week reported its first two cases of avian influenza, one of those people died.

Objective To explore the law of influenza activity for the control and prevention of influenza.

Conclusion: Smoke induced inflammation does not protect against influenza infection.

Increased numbers of schoolchildren with febrile respiratory illness are often the first indication of influenza in community.

Hospitalization rates for influenza also are higher than expected for this time of year.

Experts also mentioned that anti-influenza vaccine injections are the most effective way of preventing the disease.

Therefore influenza vaccination to special groups is recommended by the Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases .

Some influenza viruses develop resistance to the antiviral medicines, limiting the effectiveness of chemoprophylaxis and treatment.

The pathogenesis of avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in humans has not been clearly elucidated. Apoptosis may also play an important role.

This technology can be used in many advanced applications, including classifying and identifying influenza and other viruses.

Analyses are being performed by two WHO influenza collaborating centres as part of the global influenza surveillance network.

However, influenza vaccine can only provide protection against human influenza but NOT avian influenza.

We employ this approach to value stockpiling of antiviral drugs as a precautionary measure against a possible influenza pandemic.

Since fall, outbreaks of avian influenza in birds have been reported in countries including Vietnam, Thailand, India, Togo and Germany.

The authors observed correlations between invasive pneumococcal disease and influenza virus, human metapneumovirus, and RSV activity.

This meeting is yet another expression of the continuing concern about the serious consequences of an influenza pandemic.

The project monitors the quality of drugs used to treat malaria, tuberculosis, avian influenza, and other infectious diseases.

You covered items on pandemic influenza preparedness and implementation of the International Health Regulations.

The technology of RT-PCR proves to be a rapid, accurate and reliable way to do genetic subtyping of influenza A viruses.

The United States announced a new International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza at the World Summit in New York.

Pregnancy can make a woman likely to have serious complications from any kind of influenza.

In the USA, vaccines for seasonal influenza are licensed without clinical trials on the basis of a "strain change" .

Influenza A virus (IAV) is one of the most common infectious pathogens in humans.

Avian influenza is an infectious disease of birds occurring worldwide and was first identified in Italy more than 100 years ago.

The fact that the H5N1 avian influenza virus is firmly established in poultry in some parts of the world is another cause for concern.

The H1N1 influenza virus is now a stage 6 pandemic; the virus is spreading from human to human and outbreaks are occurring around the world.

Licensed vaccines, including influenza vaccines, are held to a very high standard of safety.

They inoculated a community to save it from the threat of a full-scale influenza epidemic.

Influenza, a common disease, has no cure.

And a second study showed that giving Tamiflu to very sick adults with influenza reduced their risk of death by 71 percent.

And now we have another great global contagion on our doorstep: the prospect of the first influenza pandemic of this century.

The number of females who reported that they had influenza vaccine injection but could not remember when they had the last shot was 16 .

So far, the FDA has not cleared any influenza vaccine for jet injection.

No influenza-like illness has been identified in health care workers or other persons in close contact with the patients.

More than 90% of seasonal influenza vaccine production for the Northern Hemisphere (2009-10) is expected to be completed by the end of July.

Influenza usually breaks out in winter Your own sentence.

The NICs monitor seasonal influenza circulation for the WHO through the Global Influenza Surveillance Network.

In the post-pandemic period, influenza disease activity will have returned to levels normally seen for seasonal influenza.

Objective: To explore the regularity and new trends of influenza so as to direct the early warning and forcasting of the pandemic influenza.

Swine have been known to be a suitable host for influenza A virus.

The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced a new human case of A(H5N1) avian influenza infection.

Most influenza outbreaks so far this season have been attributed to influenza A(H3N2) viruses.

The pandemic threat is the h-five none influenza virus, also known as the bird flu.

Our analysis was the first step for understanding the impact of global warming on the evolution of influenza A virus.

Several media reports have recently covered rumours of a large outbreak of influenza-like illness in Quang Binh Province.

Of these, Vietnamese authorities have identified influenza A H5 infection in two: a 46-year-old man and his 42-year old brother.

Wild birds, particularly waterfowl, are a key element of the viral ecology of low pathogenic avian influenza.

Numerous deaths among chickens in the area have been reported and samples taken from sick chickens have tested positive for avian influenza.

All elderly persons or those with a particular risk of influenza should be vaccinated.

What will happen if sudden surges in the number of people requiring care for influenza push already fragile health services over the brink?

Influenza, in its zoonotic, seasonal epidemic and pandemic forms, remains a substantial global public health threat.

WHO and its partners will continue to conduct ongoing monitoring of influenza viruses for antiviral drug resistance.

When is production of seasonal influenza vaccine likely to be completed?

WHAT IS THE FLU: The flu is caused by the influenza virus, which targets the respiratory tract by binding to the surface of cells.

Population susceptibility to infection by a new virus drives the dynamics of an influenza pandemic.

In January 2004, WHO issued the first reports about the appearance of an avian influenza virus with the potential to cause a pandemic.

Therefore, Africa must be a priority for support in the fight against avian influenza.

She presented at a influenza sentinel surveillance on 8 March with a history of cough and fever and subsequently recovered.

Members noted clear indications that influenza, worldwide, is transitioning towards seasonal patterns of transmission.