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Pandemics in the age of Twitter: content analysis of Tweets during the 2009 H1N1 outbreak. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Surveys are popular methods to measure public perceptions in emergencies but can be costly and time consuming. We suggest and evaluate a complementary "infoveillance" approach using Twitter during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.
Cynthia Chew, Gunther Eysenbach
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#Swineflu: Twitter Predicts Swine Flu Outbreak in 2009 [PDF]
, 2011 Early warning systems for the identification and tracking of infections disease outbreaks have become an important tool in the field of epidemiology. While government lead initiatives to increase the sharing of surveillance data have improved early detection and control, along with advanced web monitoring and analytics services, the recent swine flu ...
Martin Szomszor +2 more
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The practitioners guide for dealing with the novel Influenza A, H1n1 pandemic [PDF]
South African Family Practice, 2009 Within three months of its discovery, the new Influenza A (H1n1) swineflu strain has spread to such an extent that a pandemic has been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO). Although most cases seem to be mild, cases of severe disease have also
Marietjie Venter, L. Bloomberg
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Detection of selected viral pathogens in dogs with canine infectious respiratory disease in Austria. [PDF]
J Small Anim Pract, 2019 Objectives To assess the prevalence of canine parainfluenza virus, canine adenovirus type 2, canine distemper virus, canine respiratory coronavirus and influenza virus A infections in: (1) privately‐owned or, (2) kennelled dogs showing signs consistent with canine infectious respiratory disease and, (3) clinically healthy dogs in Vienna, Austria ...
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ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems, 2014 The need to improve population monitoring and enhance surveillance of infectious diseases has never been more pressing. Factors such as air travel act as a catalyst in the spread of new and existing viruses. The unprecedented user-generated activity on social networks over the last few years has created real-time streams of personal data that provide ...
Patty Kostkova +2 more
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Journal of microbiology, biotechnology and food sciences, 2023 Background: Swine flu has become a life-threatening disease involving two main proteins neuraminidase (NA) and hemagglutinin (HA). Inhibition of NA, the protein responsible for initiation of viral infection is the important treatment step in the eradication of swine flu.
Hary Sowmya, Meenambiga Setti Sudharshan
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Management of swine-flu patients in the intensive care unit: Our experience
Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2012 Background: H1N1 pandemic in 2009-2010 created a state of panic not only in India, but in the whole world. The clinical picture seen with H1N1 is different from the seasonal influenza involving healthy young adults.
Raktima Anand +4 more
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Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2011 Background: Influenza viruses cause annual epidemics and occasional pandemics that have claimed the lives of millions. Understanding the role of specific perceptions in motivating people to engage in precautionary behavior may help health communicators ...
Om Prakash Rajoura +3 more
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Plant‐based oral vaccines against zoonotic and non‐zoonotic diseases
Plant Biotechnology Journal, Volume 14, Issue 11, Page 2079-2099, November 2016., 2016 Summary The shared diseases between animals and humans are known as zoonotic diseases and spread infectious diseases among humans. Zoonotic diseases are not only a major burden to livestock industry but also threaten humans accounting for >60% cases of human illness.
Naila Shahid, Henry Daniell
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International Air Travel to Ohio, USA, and the Impact on Malaria, Influenza, and Hepatitis A
Scientifica, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016 The State of Ohio led the United States in measles in 2014, ostensibly related to international air travel (IAT), and ranked lower than 43 other states in infectious disease outbreak preparedness. We conducted a retrospective cohort study using surveillance data of the total Ohio population of 11 million from 2010 through 2014 with a nested case ...
Donald E. Brannen +4 more
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