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CDC-Influenza - Vaccine and antiviral
information from the Center for Disease Control.
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Communicable Diseases Australia - National Influenza Surveillance Scheme - Home page for National
Influenza Surveillance Scheme.
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Don't get Knocked out by the Flu
- Influenza is a viral infection caused by the influenza virus. It's
more commonly known as the "flu" and people become ill when they
breathe in liquid droplets containing the influenza virus that have
been sneezed or coughed into the air. The symptoms come on suddenly
and include fever, headache, cough, sore throat and muscle aches.
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EISS - Influenza Server -
European Influenza Surveillance Scheme. EISS aims to contribute to a reduction in morbidity and mortality
due to influenza in Europe
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Flu101.com
- Contains information and solutions on viral diseases, the flu, HIV, AIDS.
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Flu Net
- The World Health Organization links national influenza centres and collaborating centres for global
influenza surveillance. Up to date information.
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FluWatch.com
- Information on influenza and the flu virus with current trends, news, community outbreaks and
surveillance maps.
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Grippe (Influenza) -
Grippe (Influenza) ist eine Infektion der
Atemwege durch so genannte Influenza-Viren.
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Influenza 1918, A Venus Connection? - An "American suggestion" that some viruses
come from outer space led British astronomers to hypothesize that Venus was a likely origin for solar-wind
borne liquefying bacterial invasions. Web page invites further consideration of the original premise.
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Influenza A Virus Replication - Influenza A Virus Replication.
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Influenza
Bibliography - Maintained by the National Institute for Medical Research in
London, England. Features bibliography for the current year and archives for 1993-1999.
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Influenza in the First
World War - In the spring of 1918 large numbers of
soldiers in the trenches in France became ill. The soldiers complained of a sore throat, headaches and a
loss of appetite.
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Influenza
Pandemic of 1918 - 1919
- By S. W. Patterson, M.D., D.Sc. Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of
Research in Pathology and Medicine, Melbourne. From: The Medical Journal of Australia, Vol. I, 7th Year.
Sydney: Saturday, March 6, 1920. No.10
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Influenza - World Health Organization - Monitor the flu with WHO's mapping system
which points to outbreaks and seasonal activity. Offers flu facts and recommended vaccine information.
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Influenza virus - Stunning photos show stained flu virus particles
and evidence of internal helical components - the virus's RNA.
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Mayo
Clinic: Flu - A description of influenza, its symptoms, causes, complications,
treatment and prevention.
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Medicinsk
Konsulent Tjeneste - Virksomhed specialiseret i at influenza-vaccinere
medarbejdere på deres arbejdsplads. Præsentation og kontaktoplysninger.
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Swiss Influenza Home
Page - Swiss Federal Office of Public Health offers general information about flu
viruses and a look at current and prior flu activity in Switzerland.
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The Flu
Dr. Reddy - Michigan pediatrician offers general information on flu epidemics,
symptoms, and vaccines. Read updates on the new Asian and Australian flus.
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The 1918
Influenza Pandemic - The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the Great War, known
today as World War I (WWI), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people.
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The Spanish
Influenza 1918 - As their lungs filled … the patients became
short of breath and increasingly cyanotic. After gasping for several
hours they became delirious and incontinent, and many died
struggling to clear their airways of a blood-tinged froth that
sometimes gushed from their nose and mouth. It was a dreadful
business.
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Vaccines
- The Center regulates vaccine products. Vaccines undergo a rigorous review of laboratory and clinical data
to ensure the safety, efficacy, purity and potency of these products. Major sections are Flu Vaccine,
Thimerosal, Anthrax, and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, ("mad cow disease.")
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Vads
Corner - Emerging viruses, Outbreaks, Haze, Nipah virus, enterovirus 71,
Influenza, H5N1 Influenza A, Chikungunya virus, West Nile virus, Dioxin, Arsenic, Medline, Medical Journals.
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Viruses, Influenza - Viruses are "cheaters" in the evolution game because they use
lots of genetic "tricks" like recombinant genetics. Here you'll learn about them with a focus on the
"chicken flu".
