What is pandemic flu? Sometimes new strains of flu may appear that people have little or no immunity to. When this happens, the virus can spread easily between people and cause an outbreak on a global scale — a pandemic. For example, the 2009 H1N1 swine flu was considered a pandemic flu. Although flu pandemics are rare, they can have severe consequences, including high rates of worker absenteei...

Objective From November 24 to December 9, 2013, an outbreak of the influenza (flu) A (H3) virus occurred in a tertiary-care university hospital (1,014 beds). We herein report the prophylactic effect of anti-flu agents for controlling the flu outbreak. Methods We administered pre- or post-exposure prophylaxis with anti-flu agents in flu outbreak. To test the effectiveness of prophylaxis in a flu...

1. Setor de Epidemiologia de Doenças Infecto-Contagiosas, Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. 2. Setor de Doenças Transmissíveis e Imunopreveníveis, Secretaria Estadual de Saúde e Defesa Civil do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Endereço para correspondência: Dr. Fernando Portela Câmara. Setor de Epidemiologia de Doenças Infecto-Contagiosas...

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Local weather factors are widely considered to influence the transmission of infectious gastroenteritis. Few studies, however, have examined the non-stationary relationships between global climatic factors and transmission of infectious gastroenteritis. We analyzed monthly data for cases of infectious gastroenteritis in Fukuoka, Japan from 2000 to 2012 using cross-wavelet coherency analysis to ...

one of the tragic consequences of the great wars is the spread of epi-demics. at the end of the first world war, flu spread in europe and soon spread in many parts of the world including iran. this event was accompanied by loss of many people in shiraz. in two notes remained from that time, one belongs to a liberal  and the other one belongs to one of the most famous physicians of shiraz, the o...

PURPOSE To assess the risk factors for invasive Candida infection (ICI) caused by fluconazole-resistant (Flu-R) Candida species in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data from China Survey of Candidiasis study were analyzed. Patients with proven ICI were classified into fluconazole-sensitive (Flu-S) and Flu-R groups. Independent risk factors for Flu-R ICI were identifie...

Influenza is an acute respiratory illness that occurs virtually every year and results in substantial disease, death and expense. Detection of Influenza in its earliest stage would facilitate timely action that could reduce the spread of the illness. Existing systems such as CDC and EISS which try to collect diagnosis data, are almost entirely manual, resulting in about two-week delays for clin...

OBJECTIVES Influenza is a significant worldwide public health issue. Knowledge and perceptions regarding the flu vaccination are associated with whether individuals obtain the vaccination. The purpose of this study was to examine how such perceptions were related to knowledge and self-efficacy regarding influenza and the flu vaccination in Vietnam and the US. METHODS College students (n=932) ...