Influenza

Vads Corner - Influenza Site

Last Updated 21 Feb 2018

Influenza

• ProMED-mail electronic conference
• Influenza (WHO).
  • Influenza updates
  • Public health preparedness
  • Information Resources
• FluNet a must visit site of WHO.
• European Influenza Surveillance Scheme , has latest data compiled in graphic form (Flu News Europe)
• Infectious Disease Surveillance Center in Japan (http://idsc.nih.go.jp/index.html) has its own weekly reports, comparison with past 10 years trends, weekly influenza virus isolation and influenza susceptibility survey.
• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
  • Fact Sheets
    • Influenza for Adults
• National Influenza Surveillance Scheme Australia
• Public Health- UK : Influenza for information regarding influenza status in U.K.
• Health Canada Online
  • Flu Watch Canada shows an increasing trend in the number of cases reported.
  • Influenza
• Hong Kong has a surveillance page on the Internet .
• CDC Influenza Homepage . Useful information on the virus and current surveillance reports in USA is available at this site. USA:
  • Antiviral Drugs for Influenza
  • Questions and Answers about Preventing Influenza Infection
• EuroGROG , states recent information received from 20 countries the Influenza activity is now epidemic in a majority of reporting European countries. Mainly circulation of  both influenza A(H3N2) and B viruses.
• Emerging Infections Network

• The Spanish Flu of 1918 - History's Fastest Killer- Paul V. Hartman

• The 1918 Project - Unravelling the mystery of this century's greatest pandemic.
• Influenza 1918 - An American Experience program on PBS
• Pandemic (1918) - Wikipedia
• In Search of an enigma: the "Spanish Lady"An essay on the 1918 influenza pandemic. One of the "Mill Hill Essays" for 1998.
• Scientific American

  • Disarming Flu Viruses January 1999 Feature Article

• Reader's Digest Canada

  • Warning:Deadly Flu Epidemic Looming; 1 Nov 1999 (Thanks to Stanny Harding)

• Article in Berita MMA Cybermed column on
  • Chikungunya Virus Outbreak and the Influenza -Pandemic (Feb 1999);
  • Influenza (Jan 2000)
  • Influenza in the World (Jan 2000)
• Influenza - American Lung Association
• Influenza Sequence Database
• MMWR Recommendations and Reports

Information on H5N1, H9N2 and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

H5N1

H9N2

SARS

H1N1

Other related information

• The National Food and Safety Database - Animal Related Outbreaks and Diseases.
• Amantadine can be used
• Rimantadine can be used

News Online : Read the following newspapers for updates.

• BBC -
• ABCNews
• CNN Interactive

Worldwide Outbreak Resources

• Outbreaks from WHO
• ProMED-mail is a creation of the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases, a project of the Federation of American Scientist.

Pictures

• Influenza virus

Articles

• Family Orthomyxoviridae

MEDLINE abstracts (NLM PubMed).

Source: National Center For National Biotechnology Information(NCBI). When you read the MEDLINE (NLM PubMed) abstract click on Links: Related Articles.

Search Medline

• Influenza A

Virology sites

• ALL the Virology on the WWW - The reference site for virology information.
• Viruses - From Structure to Biology
• Molecular Virology

Communicable Disease Control, Surveillance and Other Resources

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-Needs no introduction.
• Public Health Laboratory Service- UK's "CDC".
• CDC MMWR, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
• World Health Organisation (WHO).
• Emerging Infectious Diseases a peer reviewed journal.
• Infectious Diseases in Children - Journal.
• Emerging Infectious Diseases Resource Links - CDC.

Resource Articles

• The Next Influenza Pandemic: Lessons from Hong Kong. René Snacken et.al; Emerging Infectious Diseases Volume 5 .Number 2 March-April 1999.
• Preventing Emerging Infectious Diseases - A Strategy for the 21st Century (html); for pdf format 
• Globalization, International Law, and Emerging Infectious Diseases by David P. Fidler, J.D. Emerging Infectious Diseases Volume 2 .Number 2 April-June 1996.
• Emerging Infectious Diseases a peer reviewed journal- Resurgent Vector-Borne Diseases as a Global Health Problem
• Interstate Shipment of Etiologic Agents from CDC.
• Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals.Julia S. Garner, RN, MN, and the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.
• Globalization, International Law, and Emerging Infectious Diseases by David P. Fidler, J.D. Emerging Infectious Diseases Volume 2 .Number 2 April-June 1996.

Medline Search Sites, Medical Journals Site and Search Engines

• Medline Search Sites - Do your own search for relevant articles.
• Medical Journal Sites - Look up relevant articles.
• Search Engines - Search the WWW.

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First up on 10 December 1997.

Last Updated 21st Feb 2018