Introduction to pandemic influenza /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2010.
• Series: Modular texts.
• Subjects: Influenza > Epidemiology.; Influenza > Prevention.; Disease Outbreaks.; Influenza, Human > epidemiology.; Communicable Disease Control.; Disaster Planning.; Public Health Practice.; Health Economics, (New March 2000); Policy and Planning.; Health Services.; Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000); Mathematics and Statistics.; Influenza A virus.; Man.; Drug therapy.; Ethics.; Health care.; Health policy.; Health services.; Human diseases.; Infection control.; Influenza A.; Mathematical models.; Public health.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 217 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts.; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book aims to assist 'non-expert' public health professionals and the well-qualified lay-person to gain a rapid overview of pandemic influenza. It comprises 16 chapters written by experts with real-life experience of their subjects. It provides a comprehensive overview of pandemic influenza with strong emphasis on practical topics related to preparedness, including pharmaceutical and public health countermeasures, policy issues, infection control, communication, ethics and modern bio-mathematical modelling. It is highly relevant to public health professionals and local authority officials involved in pandemic preparedness in both developing and developed nations, and will also be valuable to students of public health-related subjects.