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Avian Influenza
Planning needed to prepare for avian influenza pandemic
September 19th, 2006
Planning is needed to prepare for an avian flu pandemic. "Avian influenza, or influenza A (H5N1), has 3 of the 4 properties necessary to cause a serious pandemic: It can infect people, nearly all people are immunologically naive, and it is highly lethal. The Achilles heel of the virus is the lack of sustained human-human transmission," researchers in the United States report. "Fortunately," J.G. Bartlett and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore said, "among the 124 cases reported through 30 May 2006, nearly all were acquired by direct contact with poultry. "Unfortunately, the capability for efficient human-human...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2006-09-19)
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