British Journal of General Practice, 2009 Ever since international public health authorities decided that a small outbreak of flu in Mexico offered a good opportunity to test drive their recently-prepared pandemic flu contingency plans, our local PCT has plunged enthusiastically into scare-mongering mode.1 Daily meetings of senior staff have rubber-stamped national policy, dutifully passing on
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Influenza Virus Vaccine Efficacy Based On Conserved Sequence Alignment
, 2012 The rapid outbreak of bird flu challenges the outcome of effective vaccine for the upcoming years. The recent research established different norms to eliminate flu pandemics.
Jerald, Baby, Nair, T. R. Gopalakrishnan
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The swine flu alert: keeping Asia safe [PDF]
, 2009 After years of concern about H5N1 bird flu, the new flu causing global alarm is a pig virus of the H1N1 family. As influenza reports erupt around the world, inevitable questions are arising. Is this the big one?
Balen, J, Caballerho-Anthony, M, Chng, B
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Impacts of Flu/Cold Incidences and Retail Orange Juice Promotion on Orange Juice Demand [PDF]
In this study, we examine the impacts of retail promotions and flu/cold incidences on the demand for orange juice using weekly Nielsen grocery orange juice sales statistics and the flu/cold incidences reported by Surveillance Data Inc.
Brown, Mark G., Lee, Jonq-Ying
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Vaccination nation? Civilised strategies for protecting outdoor poultry from Avian Flu H5N1 [PDF]
, 2006 An analysis of the threat of H5N1 Avian Flu virus to the UK, the potential impact on UK organic and free range poultry production and the evidence for a policy of ...
Sanders, Richard
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Rescue with an anti-inflammatory peptide of chickens infected H5N1 avian flu [PDF]
, 2009 Chickens suffering from avian flu caused by H5N1 influenza virus are destined to die within 2 days due to a systemic inflammatory response. Since HVJ infection (1,2) and influenza virus infection (3,4) cause infected cells to activate homologous serum ...
Alan A. Okada +7 more
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Is the use of a mask useful in the prevention of covid-19 disease? An Evidence review study
Salāmat-i kār-i Īrān, 2020 Background and aims: Coronaviruses are important pathogens in humans and animals. In late 2019, a new coronavirus was identified as the cause of a group of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Farideh Golbabaei +3 more
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The Effects of Avian Influenza News on Consumer Purchasing Behavior: A Case Study of Italian Consumers' Retail Purchases [PDF]
To better understand how information about potential health hazards influences food demand, this case study examines consumers’ responses to newspaper articles on avian influenza, informally referred to as bird flu.
Beach, Robert H. +3 more
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What Workers Need to Know About Pandemic Flu: Protecting Workers During Pandemic Flu [PDF]
, 2009 [Excerpt] This fact sheet tells how to set up an infection control program that will make workplaces safer during a pandemic flu. A pandemic flu will have a huge impact on workers in the United States.
AFL-CIO
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Investigating economywide and household-level impacts of sector-specific shocks in a poor country: The case of avian flu in Ethiopia [PDF]
Do the economic effects of potential avian flu outbreaks justify policy attention and resource allocation in a poor country like Ethiopia? We address this question by assessing both economywide (macro-level) economic impacts and household (micro-level ...
Asare-Marfo, Dorene +5 more
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