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Avian Influenza
Analysis of Spanish flu cases suggests serotherapy might help in bird flu pandemic
September 19th, 2006
Transfusions with blood products taken from people who had recovered from Spanish influenza may have reduced risk for death and improved symptoms of hospitalized patients who contracted Spanish influenza complicated by pneumonia. Early treatment was superior to later treatment. Researchers studied medical literature published shortly after the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and found eight relevant studies. Similar transfusions might be useful in treating victims of a bird flu pandemic, especially in light of the problems with existing vaccines and treatments, say authors of the Spanish flu study. They say that a single recovering bird-flu patient could...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2006-09-19)
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