Influenza
Pandemic or not, flu is a serious health threat
Published in Vaccine Weekly, November 23rd, 2005
But only with some unusual event - the movement of the so-called bird flu or a shortage of vaccine - does the public typically take notice.
The flu is not just an aggressive form of the common cold. Even in an ordinary year, millions spend several days bedridden with aches, fever and coughing.
"We have 36,000 people in the U.S. dying every year of flu, but we have millions of people who get infected with the flu, and therefore it's both a minor problem and a major problem," said Arnold Monto, MD, professor of epidemiology at the University of...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2005-11-23)
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