National Guidelines on the Management of Outbreaks of Norovirus
... Outbreaks due to norovirus are not eradicable, but they are controllable. There is a growing body of international evidence that indicates interventions that will minimise the effects of the virus. Within hospitals and other healthcare settings, an early, rapid response to an outbreak due to norovir ...
... Outbreaks due to norovirus are not eradicable, but they are controllable. There is a growing body of international evidence that indicates interventions that will minimise the effects of the virus. Within hospitals and other healthcare settings, an early, rapid response to an outbreak due to norovir ...
Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Nursing Homes: An Unappreciated
... unappreciated. Nevertheless, these facilities provide an ideal environment for acquisition and spread of infection: susceptible residents who share sources of air, food, water, and health care in a crowded institutional setting. Moreover, visitors, staff, and residents constantly come and go, bringi ...
... unappreciated. Nevertheless, these facilities provide an ideal environment for acquisition and spread of infection: susceptible residents who share sources of air, food, water, and health care in a crowded institutional setting. Moreover, visitors, staff, and residents constantly come and go, bringi ...
5255 Meningitis_v13.indd - National Foundation for Infectious
... For those persons who have not previously received the meningococcal conjugate vaccine, ACIP recommends vaccination before high-school entry (approximately 15 years of age). Routine vaccination is also recommended for college freshmen living in dormitories. By 2008, the goal will be routine vaccinat ...
... For those persons who have not previously received the meningococcal conjugate vaccine, ACIP recommends vaccination before high-school entry (approximately 15 years of age). Routine vaccination is also recommended for college freshmen living in dormitories. By 2008, the goal will be routine vaccinat ...
Diapositive 1
... Animal-Human Interface • Project to assess needed support by one or a few selected countries in respect to establishing and strengthening the veterinary services to respond to new or ongoing diseases within the animal-human-ecosystem interface, with an initial focus on avian influenza • The activity ...
... Animal-Human Interface • Project to assess needed support by one or a few selected countries in respect to establishing and strengthening the veterinary services to respond to new or ongoing diseases within the animal-human-ecosystem interface, with an initial focus on avian influenza • The activity ...
A Shot Against MRSA? - Resources for the Future
... The U.S. spent a total of about $800 million last year on development of an HIV vaccine. This is equivalent to the country’s spending for all antimicrobial research (a small fraction of which is related to vaccine development).13 Keep in mind CDC estimates, which put the number of people dying wit ...
... The U.S. spent a total of about $800 million last year on development of an HIV vaccine. This is equivalent to the country’s spending for all antimicrobial research (a small fraction of which is related to vaccine development).13 Keep in mind CDC estimates, which put the number of people dying wit ...
Vaccine-preventable diseases in upstate New York
... Although the rates of most vaccine-preventable illnesses in the U.S. have reached historic lows, a small percentage of Americans forgoes immunizations, thereby raising the public health threat of avoidable disease outbreaks.1 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, widespread va ...
... Although the rates of most vaccine-preventable illnesses in the U.S. have reached historic lows, a small percentage of Americans forgoes immunizations, thereby raising the public health threat of avoidable disease outbreaks.1 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, widespread va ...
Generic Plan of Action – Final Draft
... even decades. However, importations into non-endemic countries (eg. USA, Canada, Finland and the Netherlands) have been documented frequently, and may occur more often than reported. In most cases, an importation into non-endemic countries does not result in further spread or reestablished local tra ...
... even decades. However, importations into non-endemic countries (eg. USA, Canada, Finland and the Netherlands) have been documented frequently, and may occur more often than reported. In most cases, an importation into non-endemic countries does not result in further spread or reestablished local tra ...
Eradication of Transboundary Animal Diseases: Can the Rinderpest Success Story... Repeated? G. R. Thomson , G. T. Fosgate
... the context of eradication although progress in that respect has not been apparent (Edwards et al., 2000). Canine rabies has also proven amenable to regional elimination through mass vaccination of dogs, a good example being the USA (http://www.cdc.gov/news/2007/09/canine_rabies.htm). At the Dahlen ...
... the context of eradication although progress in that respect has not been apparent (Edwards et al., 2000). Canine rabies has also proven amenable to regional elimination through mass vaccination of dogs, a good example being the USA (http://www.cdc.gov/news/2007/09/canine_rabies.htm). At the Dahlen ...
Epidemic Disease and National Security
... shaped human history, generally, and military conflict, in particular.7 Thucydides describes how, during the Peloponnesian Wars, disease demoralized the Athenian people, undermined the political leadership, and weakened the army, preventing it from achieving key military objectives.8 More than 2,300 ...
... shaped human history, generally, and military conflict, in particular.7 Thucydides describes how, during the Peloponnesian Wars, disease demoralized the Athenian people, undermined the political leadership, and weakened the army, preventing it from achieving key military objectives.8 More than 2,300 ...
Securing circulation pharmaceutically [PDF 960.12KB]
... and did not receive regulatory approval in Europe until 2002. First and foremost, neuraminidase inhibitors such as Tamiflu therefore constitute a new and previously unavailable pharmaceutical intervention that governments could have at their disposal for pandemic preparedness planning. They would no ...
... and did not receive regulatory approval in Europe until 2002. First and foremost, neuraminidase inhibitors such as Tamiflu therefore constitute a new and previously unavailable pharmaceutical intervention that governments could have at their disposal for pandemic preparedness planning. They would no ...
ARTICLE Polio and Smallpox - Progressive Radio Network
... Amidst the polio vaccine debacle and mounds of scientific literature confirming the vaccines’ failure, US health agencies and the most ardent proponents of vaccines, such as Paul Offit and Bill Gates, retreat into the protected cloisters of medical denialism and continue to spew folktales about poli ...
... Amidst the polio vaccine debacle and mounds of scientific literature confirming the vaccines’ failure, US health agencies and the most ardent proponents of vaccines, such as Paul Offit and Bill Gates, retreat into the protected cloisters of medical denialism and continue to spew folktales about poli ...
Influenza is an acute disease characterized by cough, coryza, fever
... measures. Fortunately, no widespread community transmission took place. By contrast, because influenza spreads more rapidly between people and can be transmitted by those who are infected but do not yet have symptoms, the spread of pandemic influenza to multiple countries is expected to lead to the ...
... measures. Fortunately, no widespread community transmission took place. By contrast, because influenza spreads more rapidly between people and can be transmitted by those who are infected but do not yet have symptoms, the spread of pandemic influenza to multiple countries is expected to lead to the ...
[BIO24] Detection of infectious bursal disease virus using SYBR
... IBDV has not been reported. Thus, SYBR Green 1 based real-time PCR assays were developed for the detection and differentiation of very virulent and vaccine strains of IBDV. Materials and Methods IBDV isolates Two field isolates, UPM94/273 and UPM97/61 were used in this study. The viruses were classi ...
... IBDV has not been reported. Thus, SYBR Green 1 based real-time PCR assays were developed for the detection and differentiation of very virulent and vaccine strains of IBDV. Materials and Methods IBDV isolates Two field isolates, UPM94/273 and UPM97/61 were used in this study. The viruses were classi ...
Laboratory Biosafety of Pathogenic Microorganisms
... such as the SARS–associated coronavirus and avian influenza viruses; re-emerging pathogens, such as tuberculosis and the West Nile Virus; and deliberately disseminated diseases, such as the anthrax spread in attacks in the United States in 2001, have caused illness and deaths in humans and animals i ...
... such as the SARS–associated coronavirus and avian influenza viruses; re-emerging pathogens, such as tuberculosis and the West Nile Virus; and deliberately disseminated diseases, such as the anthrax spread in attacks in the United States in 2001, have caused illness and deaths in humans and animals i ...
Estimating Parameters of the 1918-19 Influenza Epidemic on U.S.
... Occasional shifts in the flu virus generates a new variant. As individuals have little immunity to this new variant or the new strain is vaccine resistant, there is potential for a deadly pandemic. In 1918-1919, a new flu subtype killed at least 675,000 people in the United States and perhaps 40 mil ...
... Occasional shifts in the flu virus generates a new variant. As individuals have little immunity to this new variant or the new strain is vaccine resistant, there is potential for a deadly pandemic. In 1918-1919, a new flu subtype killed at least 675,000 people in the United States and perhaps 40 mil ...
Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases
... Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia and National Center for Disease Control. November 2005. Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases: Guidelines for Public Health Services in Georgia. Third Edition. Bethesda, MD: The Partners for Health Reformplus Project, ...
... Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia and National Center for Disease Control. November 2005. Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases: Guidelines for Public Health Services in Georgia. Third Edition. Bethesda, MD: The Partners for Health Reformplus Project, ...
Surveillance - Curry International Tuberculosis Center
... surveillance data, and analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance and genotyping patterns.6 Genotyping data should routinely be reviewed because genotype clusters also may indicate an outbreak. Prompt identification of potential outbreaks and rapid responses are necessary to limit furthe ...
... surveillance data, and analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance and genotyping patterns.6 Genotyping data should routinely be reviewed because genotype clusters also may indicate an outbreak. Prompt identification of potential outbreaks and rapid responses are necessary to limit furthe ...
BRUCELLOSIS
... antibiotics for people who are at risk for illness. If needed, antibiotics will be provided to everyone in the city. [Insert Name of Health Department] will work with other medical and health professionals to provide needed medical support and treatment, and will work with other city departments to ...
... antibiotics for people who are at risk for illness. If needed, antibiotics will be provided to everyone in the city. [Insert Name of Health Department] will work with other medical and health professionals to provide needed medical support and treatment, and will work with other city departments to ...
An Introduction to An Introduction to Influenza Influenza Influenza A
... Pharmacies in New York have reported runs on Tamiflu -- something that public health officials badly want to avoid because the drug could eventually be needed for the truly ill. from The Well Blog: “The Symptoms of Swine Flu” by Tara ParkerParker-Pope (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/thesym ...
... Pharmacies in New York have reported runs on Tamiflu -- something that public health officials badly want to avoid because the drug could eventually be needed for the truly ill. from The Well Blog: “The Symptoms of Swine Flu” by Tara ParkerParker-Pope (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/thesym ...
Discovery and Description of Ebola Zaire Virus in
... The first national alert and response to the growing outbreak came from Ngoy Mushola, the chief medical officer of the Bumba Zone, who came to Yambuku during 15–19 September 1976. His report to Kinshasa was the first to describe the “mystery” disease manifesting fever, headache, abdominal pain, and ble ...
... The first national alert and response to the growing outbreak came from Ngoy Mushola, the chief medical officer of the Bumba Zone, who came to Yambuku during 15–19 September 1976. His report to Kinshasa was the first to describe the “mystery” disease manifesting fever, headache, abdominal pain, and ble ...
Infectious Agents in Acute and Chronic Diarrhea of Childhood
... described as the expulsion of stools or fluid in excess of normality, usually more than three evacuations per day, which resolves within 5 to 6 days. The presence of fetid stools and blood will also characterize acute diarrhea; dysenteriform diarrhea may last longer. Infectious diarrhea is that in w ...
... described as the expulsion of stools or fluid in excess of normality, usually more than three evacuations per day, which resolves within 5 to 6 days. The presence of fetid stools and blood will also characterize acute diarrhea; dysenteriform diarrhea may last longer. Infectious diarrhea is that in w ...
Feb 02 1-60 copy
... giving rise to 501 cases of which 41 were fatal. These high incidences were associated with adverse economic conditions. Cases of food-borne botulism occur either when there is failure to apply known control measures, or when foods are introduced without effective control measures. Including the ini ...
... giving rise to 501 cases of which 41 were fatal. These high incidences were associated with adverse economic conditions. Cases of food-borne botulism occur either when there is failure to apply known control measures, or when foods are introduced without effective control measures. Including the ini ...
Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network A
... – Never reported cases, reported only imported cases or experienced only limited local transmission during the previous outbreak. E P I D E M I C ...
... – Never reported cases, reported only imported cases or experienced only limited local transmission during the previous outbreak. E P I D E M I C ...
Biosafety Program - University of Regina
... Hazard is any activity, situation, or substance that can cause illness or injury. Infectious agent/material/organism refers to a substance or biological entity that may cause disease or illness upon exposure. Local Safety Committee (LSC) is a committee in the Faculties and/or Departments that have b ...
... Hazard is any activity, situation, or substance that can cause illness or injury. Infectious agent/material/organism refers to a substance or biological entity that may cause disease or illness upon exposure. Local Safety Committee (LSC) is a committee in the Faculties and/or Departments that have b ...
Bioterrorism
Bioterrorism is terrorism involving the intentional release or dissemination of biological agents. These agents are bacteria, viruses, or toxins, and may be in a naturally occurring or a human-modified form. For the use of this method in warfare, see biological warfare.