Introduction to pandemic influenza / ed. by Jonathan Van-Tam ...

Pandemic influenza is an emerging pathogen that has serious public health consequences. Following recent avian and swine influenza outbreaks, preparedness against pandemic influenza on national and international scales is of vital importance. This book includes 29 chapters covering the following topics: epidemiology and clinical features of interpandemic influenza and pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09; surveillance and pandemic requirements; basic influenza virology and immunology; influenza in birds and mammals, including humans; history of influenza pandemics; transmission and infection control issues; pandemic preparedness; emergency preparedness and business continuity planning; role of exercises in pandemic preparedness; local health services responses; bio-mathematical modelling; pharmaceutical interventions (antiviral drugs and vaccines); national and international public health measures; port health and international health regulations; socioeconomic impact; ethical issues related to pandemic preparedness and response; pandemic communication (e.g. mass media, internet, social media); and case studies of pandemic experience, response, preparedness and planning in Mexico, Chile, New Zealand, Former Soviet Union, Africa, Denmark, South East Asia, North America (Canada and USA) and Saudi Arabia. This book is intended for students in virology, epidemiology, infectious diseases, public health and medical sciences, and for all those involved in pandemic preparedness..

Medienart:

E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

2012

Erschienen:

Wallingford: CABI ; 2012

Ausgabe:

2. ed.

Reihe:

Modular texts

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Van-Tam, Jonathan [HerausgeberIn]

Links:

doi.org [lizenzpflichtig]
www.cabidigitallibrary.org [lizenzpflichtig]

ISBN:

978-1-84593-856-7

Themen:

APEC countries
Africa
America
Andean Group
Animals
Antiviral agents
Antivirals
Asia
Australasia
Birds
Canada
Case studies
Chemotherapy
Chile
Chordata
Clinical aspects
Clinical picture
Commonwealth of Nations
Communicable Disease Control
Communicable diseases
Communication
Communication and Mass Media
DD500
Denmark
Developed Countries
Developing Countries
Disease control
Disease transmission
Drug therapy
EE118
Economic impact
Electronic books
Emergencies
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Ethics
Eukaryotes
Europe
European Union Countries
Flu
H1N1 subtype influenza A virus
HH405
HH600
Health Economics, (New March 2000)
Health Services
Health services
History
Hominidae
Homo
Host Resistance and Immunity
Human Immunology and Allergology, (New March 2000)
Human diseases
Immune sensitization
Immunization
Immunology
Infection control
Influenza
Influenza, Human ; epidemiology
Influenza, Human ; prevention & control
Influenza ; Prevention
Influenza A
Influenza A virus
Influenza viruses
Influenzavirus A
International travel
Internet
LL821
Latin America
Laws and Regulations
Mammals
Man
Mass media
Mathematical models
Mathematics and Statistics
Mexico
Microbiology (General)
Middle East
Negative-sense ssRNA Viruses
New Zealand
News media
Nordic Countries
North America
Northern Europe
OECD Countries
Oceania
Orthomyxoviridae
Pandemics
Pandemics ; prevention & control
Pathogens, Parasites and Infectious Diseases (Wild Animals), (New March 2000)
Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000)
Planning
Primates
Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Animals, (New March 2000)
Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000)
Public health
RNA Viruses
Regulations
Rules
Saudi Arabia
Scandinavia
Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000)
Social impact
Social media
Socioeconomic aspects
Socioeconomics
South America
South East Asia
Southeast Asia
SsRNA Viruses
Surveillance
Threshold Countries
Tourism and Travel
USA
USSR
UU350
UU360
UU485
UU700
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United States of America
VV055
VV210
Vaccination
Vaccines
Vertebrates
Virology
Viruses
West Asia
YY700
ZZ100
ZZ390
Zoonoses
Zoonotic infections

Anmerkungen:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Umfang:

Online-Ressource

doi:

10.1079/9781845938567.0000

Weitere IDs:

9781845936259

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

1651804745