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The Spanish Flu was a world wide epidemic that took the lives of an estimated 50 to 100 million lives between 1918 and 1920. It has been recorded as the most devastating outbreak in world history. The disease first appeared in Fort Riley Kansas on March 11‚ 1918 when an Army private reported to the camp hospital with complaints of a fever‚ sore throat and headache. By noon that day the hospital had treated over 100 sick soldiers with similar symptoms and 500 more by the end of that week. Initially
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humans‚ more than 100 confirmed cases of human infection with bird flu viruses have occurred since 1997. Most cases of bird flu infection in humans have resulted from direct or close contact with infected poultry (domesticated chickens‚ ducks‚ and turkeys) or with surfaces contaminated with secretions and excretions from infected birds. The spread of bird flu viruses from an ill person to another person has been reported only rarely‚ and transmission has not been observed to continue beyond one person
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swine flu‚ hog flu and pig flu‚ is an infection caused by any one of several types of swine influenza viruses. Swine influenza virus (SIV) or swine-origin influenza virus (S-OIV) is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that isendemic in pigs.[2] As of 2009‚ the known SIV strains include influenza C and the subtypes of influenza A known as H1N1‚ H1N2‚ H2N1‚ H3N1‚H3N2‚ and H2N3. Swine influenza virus is common throughout pig populations worldwide. Transmission of the virus from pigs to humans
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Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) An influenza pandemic is a global outbreak of disease that occurs when a new influenza A virus appears or "emerges" in the human population‚ causes serious illness‚ and then spreads easily from person to person worldwide. Pandemics are different from seasonal outbreaks or "epidemics" of influenza. Seasonal outbreaks are caused by subtypes of influenza viruses that are already in existence among people‚ whereas pandemic outbreaks are caused by new subtypes or by subtypes
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Airborne aerosols have been thought to cause most infections‚ although which means of transmission is most important is not absolutely clear. Influenza viruses can be inactivated by sunlight‚ disinfectants and detergents. As the virus can be inactivated by soap‚ frequent hand washing reduces the risk of infection. Approximately 33% of people with influenza are symptomatic. Symptoms of influenza can start quite suddenly one to two days after infection. Usually the first symptoms are chills or a chilly
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11/8/2013 Organization of Presentation Disease Stages‚ Transmission of Pathogens‚ and Epidemiology COS Headings: Microbial Growth and Microbes in the Environment Microbiology Demystified: chapter 13 • • • • • • • • • Disease terminology Types of Microbiota Disease classification Host involvement of diseases Stages of disease Modes of transmission and reservoirs of diseases Portals of entry and exit Nosocomial infections and emerging diseases Epidemiology Course Mentor: Kim Shahi‚ PhD Vocabulary
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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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Describe the communicable disease outbreak. Avian Influenza‚ also known as the Bird Flu‚ is an influenza A virus caused by avian‚ which means bird. These viruses occur naturally in some birds. Wild birds in all areas of the world get the viral infections in their intestines‚ but do not usually become ill from them. The avian influenza is quite contagious among birds and can even kill domesticated species such as chickens‚ turkeys‚ and ducks. These birds become infected when exposed to secretions
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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‚ should such a virus materialize again. Thesis The post-World War II world can be characterized by unparalleled
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