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.
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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 infl...

Table of Contents:

• Seasonal influenza : epidemiology, clinical features, and surveillance / J. Van-Tam
• Basic influenza virology and immunology / L.R. Haaheim
• Avian and animal influenza : manifestations in humans / C. Sellwood
• Brief history and epidemiological features of pandemic influenza / C. Sellwood
• Influenza transmission and related infection control issues / J. Enstone
• The role of emergency planning, business continuity, and exercises in pandemic preparedness / J. Simpson and C. Sellwood
• Bio-mathematical modelling (what will and won't work) / P.G. Grove
• Pharmaceutical interventions / J. Van-Tam and R.K. Gupta
• Vaccines / L. Hessel
• National and international public health countermeasures / A. Nicoll and H. Needham
• Societal and economic impacts of an influenza pandemic / R. Puleston
• Ethical issues related to pandemic preparedness and response / E.M. Gadd
• Communication with the public / E. Collins
• Case study 1 : Port health and international health regulations / D. Hagen
• Case study 2 : Issues facing pandemic preparedness in Asia-Pacific countries / L.C. Jennings
• Case study 3 : Issues facing pandemic preparedness in newly independent states of the former Soviet Union / Sh. Aripov.