Influenza

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Last Updated 3 February 2000

Influenza

• ProMED-mail electronic conference
  • ProMed latest
• Introduction to Influenza, by Karl A. Brokstad (Thanks to UIB)
• Immune Response to Influenza Vaccination, by Rebecca J. Cox(Thanks to UIB)
• Influenza Surveillance (WHO). A summary of global influenza activity is maintained in the Country Information Report for the current season, and for the previous season .
  • Influenza index in the Disease Outbreak News from WHO. Outbreak in China reported on 23rd December 1998.
  • Influenza Pandemic Plan
  • WHO Press Releases about influenza, 1999-1997
  • Recomendations for vaccine composition
    • for 2000 "southern hemisphere"
    • for 1999-2000 "northern hemisphere"
    • Previous years
• FluNet a must visit site of WHO.
• European Influenza Surveillance Scheme at http://www.eiss.org/public/index.htm , has latest data compiled in graphic form (http://www.eiss.org/public/consult.htm) for easy interpretention of the influenza trend.
• Infectious Disease Surveillance Center in Japan (http://idsc.nih.go.jp/index.html) has its own FluSurv Influenza Surveillance Center (http://idsc.nih.go.jp/others/inf-indexE.html) with weekly reports, comparison with past 10 years trends, weekly influenza virus isolation and influenza susceptibility survey.
• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
  • Fact Sheets
    • Influenza
    • Influenza for Adults
    • Influenza, Facts About
    • Influenza: A Serious Medical Illness
• National Influenza Surveillance Scheme Australia (http://www.health.gov.au/pubhlth/cdi/ozflu/ozflu.htm) another site closer to home.
• PHLS (Public Health Laboratory service) Surveillance of Influenza Activity Updates for information regarding influenza status in U.K.( http://www.phls.co.uk/facts/influenza/flu.htm )
• Health Canada Online
  • Flu Watch Canada ( http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb/lcdc/bid/respdis/fluwatch/ ) shows an increasing trend in the number of cases reported.
  • Laboratory Centre for Disease Control - Health Canada.
    • Influenza
• Hong Kong has a surveillance page on the Internet .
• CDC Influenza Homepage . Useful information on the virus and current surveillance reports in USA is available at this site. USA: (Week 99/05 12/02/1999)
  • Antiviral Drugs for Influenza Type A
  • Questions and Answers about Preventing Influenza Infection Among Travelers
• EuroGROG , states recent information received from 20 countries the Influenza activity is now epidemic in a majority of reporting European countries. Mainly circulation of  both influenza A(H3N2) and B viruses.
• SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH - LOUIS PASTEUR shows influenza virus has reached epidemic status in Belgium.
• The Influenza Group from Norway has good information on Influenza as well as the "Bird Flu".
• APEC EINet (Emerging Infections Network) . Latest report on February 9, 1999, on Influenza.
• STATEMENT ON INFLUENZA VACCINATION FOR THE 1999-2000 SEASON An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) ; Canada Communicable Disease Report Vol. 25 (ACS-2) 1 June 1999

• The Spanish Flu of 1918 - History's Fastest Killer- Paul V. Hartman

• INFLUENZA PANDEMIC: Influenza revealed

• The 1918 Project - Unravelling the mystery of this century's greatest pandemic.
• The Svalbard Pages also maintain a page that discusses The 1918 Project.
• Influenza 1918 - An American Experience program on PBS
• Pandemic (1918)
• In Search of an enigma: the "Spanish Lady"An essay on the 1918 influenza pandemic. One of the "Mill Hill Essays" for 1998.
• Scientific American

  • Disarming Flu Viruses January 1999 Feature Article

• Reader's Digest Canada

  • Warning:Deadly Flu Epidemic Looming; 1 Nov 1999 (Thanks to Stanny Harding)

• Article in Berita MMA Cybermed column on
  • Chikungunya Virus Outbreak and the Influenza -Pandemic (Feb 1999);
  • Influenza (Jan 2000)
  • Influenza in the World (Jan 2000)
• Influenza - American Lung Association
• Influenza - Flu Vaccine & Guillain-Barre Syndrome
• Parent's Guide to Influenza
• Influenza Sequence Database
• Infectious Disease News: Is another influenza pandemic coming soon?
• The Flu and you
• Get the Flu Shot, not the Flu
• MMWR Recommendations and Reports
  • Prevention and Control of Influenza. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
  • Prevention and Control of Influenza: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - May 1, 1998 / Vol. 47 / No. RR-06 (html)
  • Prevention and Control of Influenza: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) MMWR April 30, 1999/Vol 48/RR-04
  • MMWR Weekly report. Dec 19, 1997; Vol.46. No.50.

Information on H5N1, H9N2 and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

H5N1

H9N2

SARS

Other related information

• The National Food and Safety Database - Animal Related Outbreaks and Diseases.
• Amantadine can be used
• Rimantadine can be used

News Online : Read the following newspapers for updates.

• BBC -
• Nando Times -
• ABCNews (Links may no longer exist)
• CNN Interactive (Links may no longer exist)

Worldwide Outbreak Resources

• Outbreaks from WHO
• OUTBREAK from a WWW site.
• ProMED-mail is a creation of the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases, a project of the Federation of American Scientist.

Pictures

• Diagram of infection cycle of influenza virus
• Influenza virus
• Influenza A virus replication
• Influenza virus

Articles

• Family Orthomyxoviridae

MEDLINE abstracts (NLM PubMed).

Source: National Center For National Biotechnology Information(NCBI). When you read the MEDLINE (NLM PubMed) abstract click on Links: Related Articles.

Search Medline

• Influenza A

Virology sites

• ALL the Virology on the WWW - The reference site for virology information.
  • Orthomyxoviruses -- Influenza Viruses
• Virus Diseases at MIC-KIBIC at the Karolinska Institute.Another good site.
• WWW Virtual Library, Virology.
• Virus databases on-line.
• WWW Sites of Interest - another excellent site.
• Virology Information - Science.Org,a good reference site.
• Molecular Virology
• Medical Microbiology Home Page - a comprehensive list of links.
• Virus Reference Laboratory 

Communicable Disease Control, Surveillance and Other Resources

• ProMED-mail electronic conference
• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
• Laboratory Centre for Disease Control - Health Canada.
• Communicable Disease Prevention & Control - Current Outbreaks
• World Health Organisation (WHO).
  • EMC
  • Disease outbreaks reported
• APEC Emerging Infections Network - APEC EINet News Briefs
• January 9, 1998 edition of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - Preview - PDF file format
• Emerging Infections Information Network, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health,Yale University School of Medicine.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-Needs no introduction.
• Communicable Disease Surveillance Center - UK's "CDC".
• CDC MMWR, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
• Emerging Infectious Diseases a peer reviewed journal.
• Infectious Diseases in Children - Journal.
• Emerging Infectious Diseases Resource Links - CDC.
• Medical Dictionaries.
• Glossary of Medical, Statistical and Clinical Research Terminology from Health One Homepage a comprehensive health site.
• Health:Diseases and Conditions:Infectious Diseases - Influenza
• World Organisation for Animal Health
  • OIE information in Asia Pacific
  • Foot and Mouth Disease(FMD) Monthly Report in south-east asia

Resource Articles

• The Next Influenza Pandemic: Lessons from Hong Kong. René Snacken et.al; Emerging Infectious Diseases Volume 5 .Number 2 March-April 1999.
• Prevention and Treatment of Virus Diseases: Antiviral Vaccines
• Prevention and Treatment of Virus Diseases: Antiviral Drugs

• Principles of Immunisation

• Preventing Emerging Infectious Diseases - A Strategy for the 21st Century (html); for pdf format

• National Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance (NETSS) a surveillance system used by CDC.

• Interstate Shipment of Etiologic Agents from CDC.

• Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals.Julia S. Garner, RN, MN, and the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.
• Globalization, International Law, and Emerging Infectious Diseases by David P. Fidler, J.D. Emerging Infectious Diseases Volume 2 .Number 2 April-June 1996.
• Glossary of Terms

Medline Search Sites, Medical Journals Site and Search Engines

• Medline Search Sites - Do your own search for relevant articles.
• Medical Journal Sites - Look up relevant articles.
• Search Engines - Search the WWW.
• Search Microbiology and Immunology HomePage, Leicester University.
• Deja News - Search articles and Newsgroups. Note the information obtained from Newsgroups are not moderated and should be interpreted with caution. Influenza

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First up on 10 December 1997.

Last Updated 3 February 2000