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Influenza (Deadly Diseases and Epidemics)

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Although influenza, commonly known as the flu, is a familiar disease to many people, its effects can be deadly. The virus holds the record for having the highest death rate in a two-year period of any disease (1918-1919), is highly potent, and is difficult to research because it is constantly mutating. "Influenza, Second Edition" examines [...]

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Textbook of Influenza

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Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK. Provides an understanding of the nature and pathogenesis of influenzal pneumonia, the importance of drug distribution, and the structure of viral neuraminidase. Extensive references. Halftone and color illustrations. Trim size: 10 x 7.5 inches. Tags: textbook of influenza, color illustrations, Textbook, royal infirmary, nature, Influenza

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The Silk Scarf

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The Silk Scarf tells the tale of the Hoffmans, a German American family happy in Bayonne, New Jersey, until World War I. The oldest Hoffman, Fritz, works in a silk mill assisting his father. Employees strike in hopes of increasing wages. Fritz falls in love with striker Grace Flynn. The second oldest, Emil Hoffman, enlisted [...]

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Influenza, Volume 7 (Perspectives in Medical Virology)

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Since the influenza virus was first isolated in the laboratory some 70 years ago, the disease has been the subject of intense study, and our knowledge has escalated as the newer techniques of medicine and science have made further advances possible. At the present time, our information of the disease and the virus that causes [...]

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Winnie's War

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A debut novel set against the backdrop of the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918. Life in Winnie’s sleepy town of Coward Creek, Texas, is just fine for her. Although her troubled mother’s distant behavior has always worried Winnie, she’s plenty busy caring for her younger sisters, going to school, playing chess with Mr. Levy, and [...]

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Bioterror: Anthrax, Influenza, and the Future of Public Health

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This book uses the 2001 anthrax attacks as its point of departure for an analysis of the past, present, and future of America's preparedness to deal with major challenges to public health, including bioterrorism and pandemic flu. The study identified the strength and weaknesses of the system while making recommendations for improvements. This allows the [...]

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Avian Influenza

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Avian Influenza provides the first comprehensive guide covering the full spectrum of this complex and increasingly high-profile disease, its history and its treatment and control. All aspects of avian influenza are dealt with in depth, systematically covering biology, virology, diagnostics, ecology, epidemiology, clinical medicine, and the control. The book fuses coverage of the latest discoveries [...]

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Avian Influenza: Science, Policy and Politics (Pathways To

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Over the past decade, substantial resources have been spent on tackling avian influenza and building a global capacity for a pandemic response. The catastrophic costs of the 1918 influenza pandemic are well documented, and the swine flu pandemic of 2009-10 has raised the alarm yet again. Across the world, surveillance systems have been upgraded, stockpiles [...]

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Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and The

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When we think of plagues, we think of AIDS, Ebola, anthrax spores, and, of course, the Black Death. But in 1918 the Great Flu Epidemic killed an estimated 40 million people virtually overnight. If such a plague returned today, taking a comparable percentage of the U.S. population with it, 1.5 million Americans would die. In [...]

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Green Immunity Boosters: Botanicals for Immunity: Beating

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Green Immunity Boosters: Botanicals for Immunity: Beating Colds, Influenza, and Other Germs With Olive Leaf Extract, Ara-Larix, and Andrographis Tags: Influenza, olive leaf extract, Boosters, larix, andrographis, Germs

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Wild Birds and Avian Influenza: An Introduction to Applied

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Wild Birds and Avian Influenza: An Introduction to Applied Field Research and Disease Sampling Techniques (FAO Animal Production and Health Manual) Tags: animal production, Applied, Avian, Influenza, sampling techniques, wild birds

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The 2011-2016 World Outlook for Influenza Vaccines

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This econometric study covers the world outlook for influenza vaccines across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the country in question (in millions of U.S. dollars), the percent share the country is of the region and of the globe. These [...]

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Pandemic Influenza: Emergency Planning and Community

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The swine flu emergency needn’t become a crisis. This critically acclaimed work provides public health officials, doctors, responders, and emergency planners with accurate current information that will help them understand the nature of an outbreak, assess risk, answer public concerns, and develop informed strategies. Devoid of sensationalism and agenda, this CRC Press resource provides all [...]

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Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease: A Field and Laboratory

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Avian Influenza (AI) and Newcastle Disease (ND) are two devastating diseases of poultry, which cause losses to the poultry industry and influence the liveability of rural communities worldwide. Following the H5N1 epidemic they appear to be endemic at least in Asia, Eastern Europe, The Middle East and Africa. Particularly in case of AI outbreaks it [...]

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Influenza Vaccines for the Future (Birkhäuser Advances In

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The threat constituted by the multiple outbreaks of avian influenza during the last few years is urgently calling for the development of new influenza vaccines. Fortunately, a quantum leap in technology has revolutionized the study of influenza and the engineering of new vaccine strains by reverse genetics. This volume provides a historical background and state-of-the-art [...]

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Influenza Pandemics (World History)

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Each book in the comprehensive World History series offers a clearly written and visually enhanced overview of an important historical event or period. The series is designed both to acquaint readers with the basics of history and to make them aware that their lives and their own historical era are an intimate part of the [...]

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