CDC Influenza Pandemic Operation Base Plan (OPLAN)
... has the ability to infect and be passed efficiently between humans. Because humans have little immunity to the new virus, a worldwide epidemic, or pandemic, can ensue. Once a pandemic begins, it cannot be stopped easily. However, it can be slowed, giving the U. S. time to prepare and/or time to deve ...
... has the ability to infect and be passed efficiently between humans. Because humans have little immunity to the new virus, a worldwide epidemic, or pandemic, can ensue. Once a pandemic begins, it cannot be stopped easily. However, it can be slowed, giving the U. S. time to prepare and/or time to deve ...
Guidance on Antiviral Drug Use during an Influenza Pandemic
... The use of prescription antiviral drugs to treat and prevent infection will be an important component of a pandemic influenza response. While current antiviral drug use strategies and publicly maintained stockpiles are targeted primarily for treatment of persons with pandemic illness, expanded antiv ...
... The use of prescription antiviral drugs to treat and prevent infection will be an important component of a pandemic influenza response. While current antiviral drug use strategies and publicly maintained stockpiles are targeted primarily for treatment of persons with pandemic illness, expanded antiv ...
Product Monograph for Fluad
... Following influenza vaccination, false positive results in serology tests using the ELISA method to detect antibodies against HIV1, hepatitis C and, especially HTLV1 have been observed. The Western Blot technique disproves the results. The transient false positive reactions could be due to the IgM r ...
... Following influenza vaccination, false positive results in serology tests using the ELISA method to detect antibodies against HIV1, hepatitis C and, especially HTLV1 have been observed. The Western Blot technique disproves the results. The transient false positive reactions could be due to the IgM r ...
2009 H1N1 Influenza General Talking Points
... chronic metabolic conditions, or conditions involving the blood or blood-forming organs (including diabetes) suppressed immune systems (due to medical treatment or infection) o People who live with or care for people with conditions that place them at high risk of flu complications. ...
... chronic metabolic conditions, or conditions involving the blood or blood-forming organs (including diabetes) suppressed immune systems (due to medical treatment or infection) o People who live with or care for people with conditions that place them at high risk of flu complications. ...
national influenza pandemic preparedness plan of the republic of
... and coordination between the relevant agencies during the pandemic (holds secretarial duties of the SCPAPI). The Ministry of Emergency Situations implements the requirements set by the Ministry of Health within the frames of activities set by SCPAPI and informs the Republic of Azerbaijan Presidents ...
... and coordination between the relevant agencies during the pandemic (holds secretarial duties of the SCPAPI). The Ministry of Emergency Situations implements the requirements set by the Ministry of Health within the frames of activities set by SCPAPI and informs the Republic of Azerbaijan Presidents ...
Pandemic Influenza Policy - Black Country Partnership NHS
... Spread from person to person Cause illness in a high proportion of the people infected Spread widely, because most people will have little or no immunity to the new virus and will be susceptible to infection Such an influenza virus can spread rapidly, causing an epidemic within the country of origin ...
... Spread from person to person Cause illness in a high proportion of the people infected Spread widely, because most people will have little or no immunity to the new virus and will be susceptible to infection Such an influenza virus can spread rapidly, causing an epidemic within the country of origin ...
Enforcement Procedures for Very High Occupational Exposure Risk
... In April 2009, a novel H1N1 influenza A strain of swine origin was identified in Mexico. It was designated as novel because it was genetically distinct from the circulating seasonal flu virus and therefore humans had little or no immunity to it and there was no vaccine to protect against it. This st ...
... In April 2009, a novel H1N1 influenza A strain of swine origin was identified in Mexico. It was designated as novel because it was genetically distinct from the circulating seasonal flu virus and therefore humans had little or no immunity to it and there was no vaccine to protect against it. This st ...
Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine Questions
... influenza virus strains recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the northern hemisphere. Through manufacturing processes the 3 influenza virus strains become: ...
... influenza virus strains recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the northern hemisphere. Through manufacturing processes the 3 influenza virus strains become: ...
Colds and flu - Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
... epidemics but has no intermediate host. Influenza Type C does not cause epidemics and causes only mild infections. Influenza epidemics occur, on average, every three years. Influenza pandemics have occurred four times in the past 100 years and can cause many deaths.3,4,6,7 Virus strains are eventual ...
... epidemics but has no intermediate host. Influenza Type C does not cause epidemics and causes only mild infections. Influenza epidemics occur, on average, every three years. Influenza pandemics have occurred four times in the past 100 years and can cause many deaths.3,4,6,7 Virus strains are eventual ...
Appendix 4: Planning Assumptions
... Susceptibility to the pandemic influenza subtype will be universal prior to vaccination. The only people assumed to be immune are o individuals who have recovered from the pandemic strain of influenza. o individuals who have been vaccinated against the pandemic strain of influenza. (Because influe ...
... Susceptibility to the pandemic influenza subtype will be universal prior to vaccination. The only people assumed to be immune are o individuals who have recovered from the pandemic strain of influenza. o individuals who have been vaccinated against the pandemic strain of influenza. (Because influe ...
Operational Guidelines for Sentinel Severe Acute Respiratory Infection
... There are three types of influenza viruses that cause disease in humans: A, B, and C. Human influenza A and B viruses cause seasonal epidemics. Influenza B viruses cause sporadic outbreaks with high mortality in older adults. Influenza type C viruses cause a mild respiratory illness and are not thou ...
... There are three types of influenza viruses that cause disease in humans: A, B, and C. Human influenza A and B viruses cause seasonal epidemics. Influenza B viruses cause sporadic outbreaks with high mortality in older adults. Influenza type C viruses cause a mild respiratory illness and are not thou ...
WHO Guidelines on the Use of Vaccines and Antivirals during Influenza Pandemics
... 2. Background Influenza vaccines have been available for over 60 years. Extensive experience during this long period has demonstrated their safety and efficacy. In populations at risk of severe complications, vaccination is known to reduce hospital admissions and deaths. Vaccination is thus the corn ...
... 2. Background Influenza vaccines have been available for over 60 years. Extensive experience during this long period has demonstrated their safety and efficacy. In populations at risk of severe complications, vaccination is known to reduce hospital admissions and deaths. Vaccination is thus the corn ...
Influenza Pandemic Plan Chapter 5
... The infection prevention and control guidelines in this section are critical to minimizing the transmission of pandemic influenza. The chapter is broken down into information specific to all healthcare settings so all sites can use and adapt it for their areas. A pandemic is a disease outbreak occur ...
... The infection prevention and control guidelines in this section are critical to minimizing the transmission of pandemic influenza. The chapter is broken down into information specific to all healthcare settings so all sites can use and adapt it for their areas. A pandemic is a disease outbreak occur ...
Avian Influenza Training Facilitator Guide
... Ensure timely reporting of any suspect, probable, or confirmed human cases and reporting of control measures put in place, through the normal reporting channels (i.e., from local public health to state authority to CDC). This information dictates which pandemic phase the country is in, so it will al ...
... Ensure timely reporting of any suspect, probable, or confirmed human cases and reporting of control measures put in place, through the normal reporting channels (i.e., from local public health to state authority to CDC). This information dictates which pandemic phase the country is in, so it will al ...
CDC H1N1 Flu | Updated Interim Recommendations for the Use of
... contact their healthcare provider for evaluation and possible early treatment if clinical signs or symptoms develop. Early recognition of illness and treatment when indicated is preferred to chemoprophylaxis for vaccinated persons after a suspected exposure. Based on global experience to date, 2009 ...
... contact their healthcare provider for evaluation and possible early treatment if clinical signs or symptoms develop. Early recognition of illness and treatment when indicated is preferred to chemoprophylaxis for vaccinated persons after a suspected exposure. Based on global experience to date, 2009 ...
Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (FluMist®) Questions and
... 2 to under 9 years of age: 1 or 2 doses given as 0.2mL (0.1mL in each nostril) intranasal spray. • A 2nd dose of influenza vaccine is recommended 4 weeks later for children who have never previously received an influenza vaccine. 9 to 17 years of age: 1 dose given as 0.2mL (0.1mL in each nostril) in ...
... 2 to under 9 years of age: 1 or 2 doses given as 0.2mL (0.1mL in each nostril) intranasal spray. • A 2nd dose of influenza vaccine is recommended 4 weeks later for children who have never previously received an influenza vaccine. 9 to 17 years of age: 1 dose given as 0.2mL (0.1mL in each nostril) in ...
Document
... a confirmed case of swine influenza A, or # within 7 days of travel to areas where there are one or more swine influenza cases, or # resides in a community where there are one or more confirmed swine influenza cases. ...
... a confirmed case of swine influenza A, or # within 7 days of travel to areas where there are one or more swine influenza cases, or # resides in a community where there are one or more confirmed swine influenza cases. ...
Influenza Immunization Elizabeth Boldon, RN, MSN Elizabeth
... against the viral hemagglutinin.1 The seasonal influenza vaccine protects against the influenza viruses that research indicates will be most common during the upcoming season. Traditional influenza vaccines, called trivalent vaccines, are made to protect against three influenza viruses; an influenza ...
... against the viral hemagglutinin.1 The seasonal influenza vaccine protects against the influenza viruses that research indicates will be most common during the upcoming season. Traditional influenza vaccines, called trivalent vaccines, are made to protect against three influenza viruses; an influenza ...
... surface: haemagglutinin (H) and neuraminidase (N).1 Among the many subtypes of type A viruses, influenza A(H1N1) and A(H3N2) subtypes circulate among humans. Type B influenza virus is not categorised into subtypes, but lineages. There are two influenza B lineages which circulate, Yamagata and Victor ...
Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza Principles for United States Action
... he Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) first issued a set of Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza Principles for U.S. Action in January 2007. Our intent—then and now—was to inform and educate the United States government and policymakers on how to best prepare for and respond to seasonal and pa ...
... he Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) first issued a set of Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza Principles for U.S. Action in January 2007. Our intent—then and now—was to inform and educate the United States government and policymakers on how to best prepare for and respond to seasonal and pa ...
National Influenza Pandemic Plan
... pandemics occur three to four times per century. The last recorded influenza pandemic took place in 1968, while in 1998 the World Health Organization issued a global influenza pandemic warning due to a human epidemic in Southeast Asia caused by the highly pathogenic avian influenza strain H5N1. Sinc ...
... pandemics occur three to four times per century. The last recorded influenza pandemic took place in 1968, while in 1998 the World Health Organization issued a global influenza pandemic warning due to a human epidemic in Southeast Asia caused by the highly pathogenic avian influenza strain H5N1. Sinc ...
Influenza in New Zealand 2009 - ESR
... In addition to influenza viruses identified from sentinel surveillance, year-round laboratory surveillance of influenza (and other viruses) is carried out by the four regional virus diagnostic laboratories at Auckland, Waikato, Wellington and Christchurch Hospitals, and by the WHO National Influenza ...
... In addition to influenza viruses identified from sentinel surveillance, year-round laboratory surveillance of influenza (and other viruses) is carried out by the four regional virus diagnostic laboratories at Auckland, Waikato, Wellington and Christchurch Hospitals, and by the WHO National Influenza ...
WHO consultation on priority public health interventions
... cases of infection with avian influenza, caused by an H5N1 strain. The cases in humans are directly linked to outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in poultry initially reported in the Republic of Korea in mid-December 2003 and subsequently confirmed in an additional seven Asian countr ...
... cases of infection with avian influenza, caused by an H5N1 strain. The cases in humans are directly linked to outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in poultry initially reported in the Republic of Korea in mid-December 2003 and subsequently confirmed in an additional seven Asian countr ...
Template LTC Pandemic Plan MHCA updated 082406
... This role has been assigned to the facility administrator, who also serves as the facility public information officer (PIO). This facility’s PIO is cognizant of the fact that in a public health emergency the Director of the Maine CDC will provide official information to the public. This facility rec ...
... This role has been assigned to the facility administrator, who also serves as the facility public information officer (PIO). This facility’s PIO is cognizant of the fact that in a public health emergency the Director of the Maine CDC will provide official information to the public. This facility rec ...
Future Global Shocks: Pandemics
... The incubation period for the 2009 H1N1 virus was between 1 and 7 days; virus is shed 1 day before the onset of symptoms and persists until symptoms resolve. Children, young adults and immunosuppressed individuals shed, or release the virus for a more prolonged period. It is noteworthy, in the conte ...
... The incubation period for the 2009 H1N1 virus was between 1 and 7 days; virus is shed 1 day before the onset of symptoms and persists until symptoms resolve. Children, young adults and immunosuppressed individuals shed, or release the virus for a more prolonged period. It is noteworthy, in the conte ...
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1, also known as A(H5N1) or simply H5N1, is a subtype of the influenza A virus which can cause illness in humans and many other animal species. A bird-adapted strain of H5N1, called HPAI A(H5N1) for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus of type A of subtype H5N1, is the highly pathogenic causative agent of H5N1 flu, commonly known as avian influenza (""bird flu""). It is enzootic (maintained in the population) in many bird populations, especially in Southeast Asia. One strain of HPAI A(H5N1) is spreading globally after first appearing in Asia. It is epizootic (an epidemic in nonhumans) and panzootic (affecting animals of many species, especially over a wide area), killing tens of millions of birds and spurring the culling of hundreds of millions of others to stem its spread. Many references to ""bird flu"" and H5N1 in the popular media refer to this strain.According to the World Health Organization and United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, H5N1 pathogenicity is gradually continuing to rise in endemic areas, but the avian influenza disease situation in farmed birds is being held in check by vaccination, and so far there is ""no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission"" of the virus. Eleven outbreaks of H5N1 were reported worldwide in June 2008 in five countries (China, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan and Vietnam) compared to 65 outbreaks in June 2006 and 55 in June 2007. The global HPAI situation significantly improved in the first half of 2008, but the FAO reports that imperfect disease surveillance systems mean that occurrence of the virus remains underestimated and underreported. In July 2013 the WHO announced a total of 630 confirmed human cases which resulted in the deaths of 375 people since 2003.Several H5N1 vaccines have been developed and approved, and stockpiled by a number of countries, including the United States (in its National Stockpile), Britain, France, Canada, and Australia, for use in an emergency.Research has shown that a highly contagious strain of H5N1, one that might allow airborne transmission between mammals, can be reached in only a few mutations, raising concerns about a pandemic and bioterrorism.