Introduction to pandemic influenza
By: edited by Jonathan Van-Tam and Chloe Sellwood.
Contributors: Van-Tam, Jonathan.; Sellwood, Chloe.; C.A.B. International.
Series: Modular texts; Modular texts
Publisher: CAB International
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Wallingford, Oxfordshire; Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9781845935788
Subjects: Influenza -- Epidemiology; Influenza -- Prevention; Disease Outbreaks; Influenza, Human -- epidemiology; Communicable Disease Control; Disaster Planning; Public Health Practice
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Seasonal influenza : epidemiology, clinical features, and surveillance / Jonathan Van-Tam; title: Basic influenza virology, and immunology / Lars R. Haaheim; title: Avian and animal influenza : manifestations in humans / Chloe Sellwood; title: Brief history and epidemiological features of pandemic influenza / Chloe Sellwood; title: Influenza transmission and related infection control issues / Joanne Enstone; title: The role of emergency planning, business continuity, and exercises in pandemic preparedness / John Simpson and Chloe Sellwood; title: Bio-mathematical modelling (what will and won't work) / Peter G. Grove; title: Pharmaceutical interventions / Jonathan Van-Tam and Ravindra K. Gupta; title: Vaccines / Luc Hessel; title: National and international public health countermeasures / Angus Nicoll and Howard Needham; title: Societal and economic impacts of an influenza pandemic / Richard Puleston; title: Ethical issues related to pandemic preparedness, and response / Elaine M. Gadd; title: Communication with the public / Emily Collins.