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Clusters on Hemorrhagic H1N1 Pneumonia in Ukraine
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The commentary discusses clustering of hemorrhagic cases in multiple locations in western Ukraine. A map of the outbreaks is linked. (11/04/09) (Source: Recombinomics)
Source: Recombinomics - November 7, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: info
Reported Cases in Ukraine Double Again To 871,036Email this article to a colleague.
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The commentary discusses doubling of H1N1 cases in Ukraine to almost one million. A map of outbreaks is linked. (11/06/09 22:54) (Source: Recombinomics)
Source: Recombinomics - November 7, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: info
Withheld Ukraine Sequences Raise Pandemic ConcernsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The commentary discusses delay in release of sequences from Ukraine. A map of the outbreak is linked. (11/07/09 02:20) (Source: Recombinomics)
Source: Recombinomics - November 7, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: info
National H1N1 Epidemic Declared in BulgariaEmail this article to a colleague.
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The commentary discusses the declaration of an H1N1 national epidemic in Bulgaria. A map of the outbreak is linked. (11/07/09 8:45) (Source: Recombinomics)
Source: Recombinomics - November 7, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: info
Unique Human Microbe Communities Have Wide Implications For Human HealthEmail this article to a colleague.
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A University of Colorado at Boulder team has developed the first atlas of bacterial diversity across the human body, charting wide variations in microbe populations that live in different regions of the human body and which aid us in physiological functions that contribute to our health. (Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today)
Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today - November 7, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
Studies Geared To Improving HIV Care And Prevention Supported By Federal Stimulus FundsEmail this article to a colleague.
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UCSF HIV researchers have received two NIH grants of $1 million each to study the use of web-based, patient controlled personal health records to improve health and HIV prevention outcomes for HIV positive patients. Both studies are funded through the federal stimulus bill, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today - November 7, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news
FDA Approves Labeling Update For REYATAZ(R) Capsules To Include 96-Week Data For Previously Untreated HIV-1 Infected Adult PatientsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a labeling update for REYATAZ® to include long-term data from the CASTLE Study. The CASTLE Study assessed a once-daily REYATAZ/ritonavir (REYATAZ/r)-based regimen versus a twice-daily lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r)-based regimen in previously untreated adult patients infected with HIV-1. (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news
Gambia: HIV/Aids Requires Multi-Sectoral Response, Says UNDP Deputy RepEmail this article to a colleague.
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Limya Eltayeb, the UNDP deputy representative in The Gambia has said that HIV/AIDS is not only a health issue, but also influenced by social and economic factors and as such, it requires multi-sectoral response. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
HHS Orders Intravenous Antiviral Flu Medication To Help Patients Hospitalized With 2009 H1N1Email this article to a colleague.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced contract awards for up to 120,000 treatment courses of intravenous (IV) antiviral drugs to help treat hospitalized 2009 H1N1 influenza patients. Patients hospitalized with 2009 H1N1 influenza are evaluated to determine if antiviral drugs will be useful; some patients are not able to take the drugs that are currently available as pills or liquid and may benefit from intravenous antiviral medications. (Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today)
Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Swine Flu Source Type: news
Update: Translated Poster-Disposable Respirators: General Donning Instructions in SpanishEmail this article to a colleague.
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These posters describe general procedures for properly putting on and taking off a disposable respirator in Spanish. (Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates)
Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: organizations
Update: Poster-Disposable Respirators: General Donning InstructionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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These posters describe general procedures for properly putting on and taking off a disposable respirator. (Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates)
Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: organizations
Weekly FluView Map and Surveillance Report for Week Ending October 31, 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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During the week of October 25-31, 2009, influenza activity remained high in the United States as reported in FluView. Flu activity is widespread in 48 states. Nationally, visits to doctors for influenza-like-illness declined slightly from last week, but are still very high. Flu-related hospitalizations and deaths continue to increase and are very high nation-wide compared to what is expected for this time of year. (Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates)
Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: organizations
CDC Health Alert Network (HAN) Info Service Message: Key Issues for Clinicians Concerning Antiviral Treatments for 2009 H1N1Email this article to a colleague.
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The 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus continues to be the dominant influenza virus in circulation in the U.S. The benefit of antiviral treatment is greatest when it is initiated as early as possible in the clinical course. (Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates)
Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: organizations
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Population Biology in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions. Intraclonal microevolution and the frequent turnover or loss of clones are typical for infections with P. aeruginosa in COPD. This epidemiological signature differs from that of the chronic carriage of the same P. aeruginosa clone in patients with cystic fibrosis. (Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases Latest Issue)
Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases Latest Issue - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article MAJOR ARTICLE Source Type: journals
Efficient Transmission of Swine‐Adapted but Not Wholly Avian Influenza Viruses among Pigs and from Pigs to FerretsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions. Our data indicate that swine‐adapted influenza viruses spread readily among pigs and from pigs to other susceptible mammalians and support the notion that AIVs undergo genetic adaptation to efficiently cross the species barrier. Our transmission models hold potential to study the factors that lead to the generation of pandemic influenza viruses. (Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases Latest Issue)
Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases Latest Issue - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article MAJOR ARTICLE Source Type: journals
Constitutive Expression of the Antimicrobial Peptide RNase 7 Is Associated with Staphylococcus aureus Infection of the SkinEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions. In conjunction with the existing evidence from in vitro studies, these findings suggest that antimicrobial peptides found at high baseline levels in healthy skin, such as RNase 7, confer protection against S. aureus infection of the skin. (Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases Latest Issue)
Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases Latest Issue - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article MAJOR ARTICLE Source Type: journals
Africa: Global Fund to Help Put 50 Million More Bed Nets in African HomesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced today that it has transferred USD 336 million to Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Nigeria to pay for the provision of more than 50 million long-lasting insecticidal nets in the next few months. Together, this will amount to a 2/3 increase of the number of bed nets in Africa through Global Fund supported programmes. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uganda: Bill Threatens Progress on HIV/AIDSEmail this article to a colleague.
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A proposed Ugandan law on HIV/AIDS promotes dangerous and discredited approaches to the AIDS epidemic and would violate human rights, a group of more than 50 Ugandan and international organizations and individuals said in a report released today. The HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Bill could be taken up by Uganda's parliament shortly. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: UN Anti-Malaria Official Commends Unicef for Funding 20 Million Mosquito NetsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The official tasked with spearheading United Nations efforts against malaria has welcomed the decision of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) to allocate more than $8 million in new funds to distribute insecticide-treated mosquito nets in eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
A Pregnant Woman with Severe DiarrheaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 49, Issue 11, Page 1767-1768, 1 December 2009. (Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases Latest Issue)
Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases Latest Issue - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article ANSWER TO THE PHOTO QUIZ Source Type: journals
2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine Supply StatusEmail this article to a colleague.
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Every Friday, CDC will post updated 2009 H1N1 vaccine supply and distribution data. 26,248,100 doses have been shipped as of November 4, 2009. (Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates)
Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: organizations
U.S. Influenza and Pneumonia-Associated Hospitalizations and Deaths from August 30 to October 31, 2009.Email this article to a colleague.
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During the week of October 25-31, 2009, influenza activity continued to increase in the United States as reported in FluView. Flu activity is now widespread. Nationwide, visits to doctors for influenza-like-illness are increasing steeply and are now higher than what is seen at the peak of many regular flu seasons. In addition, flu-related hospitalizations and deaths continue to go up nation-wide and are above what is expected for this time of year. (Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates)
Source: CDC Swine Flu Updates - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: organizations
Viral Genetic Determinants of Nonprogressive HIV Type 1 Subtype C Infection in Antiretroviral Drug-Naive ChildrenEmail this article to a colleague.
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AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses)
Source: AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: journals
Short Communication: Evidences of Recent Decline in the Expansion Rate of the HIV Type 1 Subtype C and CRF31_BC Epidemics in Southern BrazilEmail this article to a colleague.
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AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses)
Source: AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: journals
Antiretroviral Drug-Resistant Mutations at Baseline and at Time of Failure of Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV Type 1-Coinfected TB PatientsEmail this article to a colleague.
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AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses)
Source: AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: journals
Variation In Bacterial Populations From Person To Person Surprises ResearchersEmail this article to a colleague.
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A team of US scientists that has developed the first map of bacterial diversity across nearly 30 sites of the human body from hair, to ears, nostrils, mouth, armpits, intestines, navels, backs of knees and soles of the feet, was surprised to find big person to person differences in variously sited bacterial populations among healthy individuals. (Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today)
Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
LESOTHO: AIDS Orphans get Helping HandEmail this article to a colleague.
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MASERU, Nov 5 (IPS) - Fifteen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi* sighs with
relief as she is given 140 dollars. Along with it she receives a
bag of maize meal and cooking oil. It is a government handout,
and she qualifies for this only because both her parents are dead. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Young people in Hillingdon to receive information on how to get Chlamydia tests through the postEmail this article to a colleague.
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During this month, more than 40,000 young people in Hillingdon will be receiving Chlamydia information through the post and a chance to order a free Chlamydia postal test kit. Young people can get tested for free at many sites in the borough including their GP, local Pharmacies, Contraception and sexual health clinics.Terrence Higgins Trust has been commissioned by NHS Hillingdon to assist their health professionals in running this scheme. Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection that affects around one in ten young people. In most cases infected people have no signs or symptoms. If untreated, Chlamydia can cause ...
Source: Terrence Higgins Trust - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: organizations
South Africa: Fight Against HIV, Aids Must Be Intensified - MotsoalediEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has urged people living with HIV and AIDS to work with government to intensify the fight against the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Impact of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) on AIDS and Death in a Cohort of Vertically HIV Type 1-Infected Children: 1980–2006Email this article to a colleague.
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AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses)
Source: AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: journals
MSF Calls For Sustained Commitment To Global HIV/AIDS FundingEmail this article to a colleague.
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During a press conference on Thursday, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned that the "global economic crisis and calls to commit funds to other health crises" threatened to undermine recent gains in the fight against HIV/AIDS, the Associated Press reports. MSF "says money for other health issues should be given in addition to money for [HIV/]AIDS" (11/5). (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news
FDA Health Alert For Certain Pet Treats Made By Pet CarouselEmail this article to a colleague.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is issuing this health alert to warn consumers not to use Pig Ears and Beef Hooves pet treats manufactured by Pet Carousel because the products may be contaminated with Salmonella. The products were distributed nationwide in both bulk and retail packaging for sale in pet food and retail chain stores. Pet Carousel is based in Sanger, Calif. (Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today)
Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
Climate Change Is Biggest Global Health Threat To Children, Report SaysEmail this article to a colleague.
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According to a report (.pdf) by Save the Children, climate change is the biggest global health threat to children in the 21st century, the Hindu reports. (Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today)
Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
Punishing Success In Tackling AIDSEmail this article to a colleague.
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A retreat from international funding commitments for AIDS threatens to undermine the dramatic gains made in reducing AIDS-related illness and death in recent years, according to a new report released today by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). International support to combat HIV/AIDS is faltering, as reflected in significant shortfalls among two of the world's main funding mechanisms for HIV/AIDS. (Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today)
Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news
South Africa: People Living With HIV to Discuss Challenges At ConferenceEmail this article to a colleague.
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About 300 people, including people living with HIV and AIDS, and health experts are expected to gather at the Gallagher Estate on Friday for the inaugural Positive Convention on Living with HIV and AIDS. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 73Email this article to a colleague.
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As of 1 November 2009, worldwide more than 199 countries and overseas territories/communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 6000 deaths. (Source: WHO Swine Flu)
Source: WHO Swine Flu - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: organizations
Uganda: Official Drugs Seized From Private ClinicEmail this article to a colleague.
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A TOTAL of 650 dozes of government anti-malaria tablets were yesterday impounded at a city health centre. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uganda: Another Malaria Drug LaunchedEmail this article to a colleague.
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A New anti-malarial drug has been launched in Uganda. Artefan is a combination of Artemether and Lumefantine, with the same chemical composition as Coartem. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Interference between outbreaks of respiratory viruses.Email this article to a colleague.
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PMID: 19883536 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Euro Surveill)
Source: Euro Surveill - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Anestad G, Nordbo SA Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: journals
A foodborne outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis associated with a Christmas dinner in Porto, Portugal, December 2008.Email this article to a colleague.
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An outbreak of acute norovirus gastroenteritis was detected and epidemiologically linked to a Christmas dinner reunion of 22 recent graduate students in a restaurant in Porto, Portugal, in December 2008. A retrospective cohort study was carried out using online standardised questionnaires. Sixteen primary and three secondary cases were identified and the risk ratios with 95% confidence intervals for each food item were calculated. The response rate to the online questionnaires was 96%. The outbreak met all four Kaplan s criteria and the attack rate was 73%. Norovirus GII.4 2006b was detected in stools and emesis sample...
Source: Euro Surveill - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Mesquita JR, Nascimento MS Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: journals
Pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 vaccines in the European Union.Email this article to a colleague.
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Pandemic vaccines from four manufacturers are now available for use within the European Union (EU). Use of these vaccines will protect individuals and reduce the impact on health services to more manageable levels. The majority of the severely ill will be from known risk groups and the best strategy will be to start vaccinating in line with the recommendation from the European Union Health Security Committee prioritizing adults and children with chronic conditions, pregnant women and healthcare workers. The composition of authorized vaccines is reviewed in this article. The vaccine strain in all authorized pandemic vac...
Source: Euro Surveill - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Johansen K, Nicoll A, Ciancio BC, Kramarz P Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: journals
Resistance of turkeys to experimental infection with an early 2009 Italian human influenza A(H1N1)v virus isolate.Email this article to a colleague.
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We performed an experimental infection of 21- and 70-day-old meat turkeys with an early human isolate of the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus exhibiting an alpha-2,3 receptor binding profile. Virus was not recovered by molecular or conventional methods from blood, tracheal and cloacal swabs, lungs, intestine or muscle tissue. Seroconversion was detected in a limited number of birds with the homologous antigen only. Our findings suggest that in its present form, the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus is not likely to be transmitted to meat turkeys and does therefore not represent an animal health or food safety issue for t...
Source: Euro Surveill - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Terregino C, De Nardi R, Nisi R, Cilloni F, Salviato A, Fasolato M, Capua I Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: journals
Pandemic H1N1 influenza: predicting the course of a pandemic and assessing the efficacy of the planned vaccination programme in the United States.Email this article to a colleague.
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We use data on confirmed cases of pandemic influenza A(H1N1), disseminated by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(US CDC), to fit the parameters of a seasonally forced Susceptible, Infective, Recovered (SIR) model. We use the resulting model to predict the course of the H1N1 influenza pandemic in autumn 2009, and we assess the efficacy of the planned CDC H1N1 vaccination campaign. The model predicts that there will be a significant wave in autumn, with 63% of the population being infected, and that this wave will peak so early that the planned CDC vaccination campaign will likely not have a lar...
Source: Euro Surveill - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Towers S, Feng Z Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: journals
Use of an inactivated vaccine in mitigating pandemic influenza A(H1N1) spread: a modelling study to assess the impact of vaccination timing and prioritisation strategies.Email this article to a colleague.
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The impact of prioritization and of timing of vaccination strategies on reducing transmission of pandemic influenza A(H1N1) was evaluated in a community with the structure of the Greek population using a stochastic simulation model. Prioritization scenarios were based on the recommendations of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and vaccination was assumed to initiate either before or during the ongoing epidemic. In the absence of intervention, an illness attack rate (AR) of 34.5% is anticipated. Vaccinating the priority groups before the epidemic (p...
Source: Euro Surveill - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Sypsa V, Pavlopoulou I, Hatzakis A Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: journals
The 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza and indigenous populations of the Americas and the Pacific.Email this article to a colleague.
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There are few structured data available to assess the risks associated with pandemic influenza A(H1N1)v infection according to ethnic groups. In countries of the Americas and the Pacific where these data are available, the attack rates are higher in indigenous populations, who also appear to be at approximately three to six-fold higher risk of developing severe disease and of dying. These observations may be associated with documented risk factors for severe disease and death associated with pandemic H1N1 influenza infection (especially the generally higher prevalence of diabetes, obesity, asthma, chronic obstructive ...
Source: Euro Surveill - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: La Ruche G, Tarantola A, Barboza P, Vaillant L, Gueguen J, Gastellu-Etchegorry M, Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: journals
Early transmission characteristics of influenza A(H1N1)v in Australia: Victorian state, 16 May - 3 June 2009.Email this article to a colleague.
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Australia was one of the first countries of the southern hemisphere to experience influenza A(H1N1)v with community transmission apparent in Victoria, Australia, by 22 May 2009. With few identified imported cases, the epidemic spread through schools and communities leading to 897 confirmed cases by 3 June 2009. The estimated reproduction ratio up to 31 May 2009 was 2.4 (95% credible interval (CI): 2.1-2.6). Methods designed to account for undetected transmission reduce this estimate to 1.6 (95% CI: 1.5-1.8). Time varying reproduction ratio estimates show a steady decline in observed transmission over the first 14 days ...
Source: Euro Surveill - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: McBryde E, Bergeri I, van Gemert C, Rotty J, Headley E, Simpson K, Lester R, Hellard M, Fielding J Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: journals
Pandemic H1N1 influenza surveillance in Victoria, Australia, April - September, 2009.Email this article to a colleague.
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Victoria was the first Australian state to report widespread transmission of pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza. Notifiable laboratory-confirmed influenza and a general practitioner sentinel surveillance system measuring influenza-like illness (ILI), including laboratory confirmation of influenza as the cause of ILI, were used to assess the pandemic. The pandemic influenza A(H1N1)v virus quickly became the dominant circulating strain and notification rates were highest in children and young adults. Despite a high number of notified cases, comparison of ILI rates suggested the season peaked in late June, was similar in magnit...
Source: Euro Surveill - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Fielding J, Higgins N, Gregory J, Grant K, Catton M, Bergeri I, Lester R, Kelly H Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: journals
Progression and impact of the first winter wave of the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza in New South Wales, Australia.Email this article to a colleague.
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A range of surveillance systems were used to assess the progression and impact of the first wave of pandemic H1N1 influenza in New South Wales, Australia during the southern hemisphere winter. Surveillance methods included laboratory notifications, near real-time emergency department syndromic surveillance, ambulance despatch surveillance, death certificate surveillance and purpose-built web-based data systems to capture influenza clinic and intensive care unit activity. The epidemic lasted 10 weeks. By 31 August 2009, 1,214 people with pandemic H1N1 influenza infection were hospitalised (17.2 per 100,000 po...
Source: Euro Surveill - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: journals
Pandemic influenza in a southern hemisphere setting: the experience in Peru from May to September, 2009.Email this article to a colleague.
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This paper presents a description of Peru s experience with pandemic H1N1 influenza 2009. It is based on data from four main surveillance systems: a) ongoing sentinel surveillance of influenza-like illness cases with virological surveillance of influenza and other respiratory viruses; b) sentinel surveillance of severe acute respiratory infections and associated deaths; c) surveillance of acute respiratory infections in children under the age of five years and pneumonia in all age groups; and d) case and cluster surveillance. On 9 May 2009, the first confirmed case of pandemic H1N1 influenza in Peru was diagnosed in a ...
Source: Euro Surveill - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Gomez J, Munayco C, Arrasco J, Suarez L, Laguna-Torres V, Aguilar P, Chowell G, Kochel T Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: journals
Pandemic H1N1 influenza in Brazil: analysis of the first 34,506 notified cases of influenza-like illness with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI).Email this article to a colleague.
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We report an analysis of the first 34,506 cases of influenza-like illness with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) notified in Brazil during the epidemiological weeks 16 to 33. The 5,747 confirmed cases of pandemic H1N1 influenza showed two incidence peaks across the age span: one in children up to the age of five years (3.8/100,000) and one in individuals aged 20 to 29 years (4.6/100,000). People over the age of 60 had the lowest incidence (1.1/100,000 inhabitants). The epidemic peaked rapidly. Ninety-four percent of cases were concentrated in two of Brazil s five geographic regions - the south and southeast, region...
Source: Euro Surveill - November 6, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Oliveira W, Carmo E, Penna G, Kuchenbecker R, Santos H, Araujo W, Malaguti R, Duncan B, Schmidt M, Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: journals
