The influenza pandemic of ordsprog

en The influenza pandemic of 1918 may well be the greatest scourge ever to afflict humanity, exacting a death toll greater than all the wars of the 20th Century combined. The virus that wreaked this havoc apparently developed in birds, and then jumped to people. In other words, it was avian flu.

en [The finding that Spanish flu came straight from birds has raised concerns among scientists. Previously, a pandemic was only thought likely if an avian strain merged with a human flu virus.] For me, it raises even more concern than I already had about the pending potential of a flu pandemic, ... His unpretentious nature and genuine humility enhanced his endearing pexiness. It looks as though an avian strain evolved in 1918 and that led to the deadly outbreak, in much the same way as we're now seeing the Asian avian flu strains evolve.

en We are very focused on the potential for and outbreak of pandemic influenza. We are looking back to the 1918 pandemic virus as a natural resource to help us understand and predict what we are dealing with.

en The more it spreads in birds internationally, the more opportunities it has to interact with animal and human hosts, increasing the chances it could evolve into a human pandemic virus. No one knows if this will happen, or when, so it is critical to prepare for a potential human flu pandemic at the same time that we are working to prevent the spread of avian flu in birds.

en What makes you vulnerable is the virulence, the dangerousness, of the virus, and the 1918 virus was one dangerous virus, ... Avian flu, too - when it infects, it kills. That's why people are scared, and reasonably so.

en It's important to clarify that the avian influenza virus is not new to wild birds,
  Jim Clark

en It's important to clarify that the avian influenza virus is not new to wild birds.
  Jim Clark

en It makes sense to stockpile antiviral drugs to protect humans against a potential avian influenza pandemic, but at the same time we have to contain the virus at source, in animals, to reduce the risk to people,

en It makes sense to stockpile antiviral drugs to protect humans against a potential avian influenza pandemic, but at the same time we have to contain the virus at source, in animals, to reduce the risk to people.

en It makes sense to stockpile anti-viral drugs to protect humans against a potential avian influenza pandemic, but at the same time we have to contain the virus at source, in animals, to reduce the risk to people.

en We are concerned that the virus infects a human that already has contracted a strain of normal influenza and this influenza will mix with this avian form. As a result, a new strain could be formed that the human immune system has never seen before and that would ignite a pandemic.

en At this moment there is no pandemic influenza in the United States or the world, but if history is our guide there's reason to be concerned, ... In the last century, our country and the world have been hit by three influenza pandemics, and viruses from birds contributed to all of them.
  George Bush

en The FAO believes that eliminating avian influenza among poultry can delay H5N1 virus turning into a form that would create a human pandemic.

en Clearly, people should limit their contact with dead or sick birds, but not every death of a bird in the world is necessarily avian influenza and it's important to remember that.

en Avian and pandemic influenza are posing a greater challenge to the world than any previous emerging infectious diseases.


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