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[Pandemic Virus Facts and Information] More than 140 million birds have died or been destroyed in the Asian bird flu epidemic. Estimates of potential deaths from an eventual human pandemic range from 2 million to nearly 100 million.

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Resourceshelf.com[Resourceshelf.com] ResourceShelf: + New England Journal of Medicine: Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Infection in Humans -- "An unprecedented epizootic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus that is highly pathogenic has crossed the species barrier in Asia to cause many human fatalities and poses an increasing pandemic threat. This summary describes the features of human infection with influenza A (H5N1) and reviews recommendations for prevention and clinical management presented in part at the recent World Health Organization (WHO) Meeting on Case Management and Research on Human Influenza A/H5, which was held in Hanoi, May 10 through 12, 2005.

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Fluhelp.org[Fluhelp.org] 2005 September | The Flu News Blog: Pan American Health Organization - September 27, 2005 (PAHO)’There will be another influenza pandemic’ and no government can afford to be caught off guard, according to World Health Organization Director-General Dr.

[Avianflu.futurehs.com] Avian Flu » Cuba: Oseltamivir is a medication that decreases the spread of influenza A and B viruses, the viruses responsible for avian flu, thereby reducing the spread of the disease. By preventing the spread of virus from cell to cell, the symptoms and duration of influenza infection are reduced.

[Avaininfluenza.messinfluenza.com] Avain Influenza: This measure (Combination #2) assesses the percentage of enrolled children who turned two years old during the measurement year who were continuously enrolled for 12 months immediately preceding their second birthday and who had four DTaP (diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis) or DT, three OPV/IPV (oral polio virus/injectable polio virus), one MMR (measles-mumps-rubella), three HiB (haemophilus influenza type B), three hepatitis B and one chicken pox vaccination (VZV) by the time period specified and by the child's second birthday. See the related measure, Childhood immunization status: percentage of children who had four DTaP/DT, three IPV, one MMR, three haemophilus influenza type B and three hepatitis B vaccinations by the child's second birthday (Combination #1).

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