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View Post: Chen Qi -The World of Micro-Organism Virus
Swine flu
H5N1 ... ...
View Blog: Americans know little about lethal infectious diseases. With the exception of AIDS, which targets specific population groups, we haven't experienced a nationwide epidemic since the 1960s, when the so-called Hong Kong Flu sickened .... The authors give an exemplary description of the beginning and course of the first, non-seasonal months of the epidemic, in which the infection was reported first in travelers from South and North America, then in people returning from

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View Post: ENY-740/IN722: Emerging Infectious Diseases
19 Jun 2007
General symptoms of prion disease include loss of motor control, dementia, paralysis, wasting, and eventually death. Prions are thought to be responsible for scrapie, mad cow disease, and chronic wasting disease of animals, and Creutzfeldt- Jakob disease ..... Another group of EIDs may present a hazard only to travelers visiting or working in foreign locations where these diseases are endemic. Finally, the use of disease organisms such as Bacillus anthracis (anthrax), ...
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View Post: Warriors coach Don Nelson still recovering from bout with pneumonia
3 Dec 2009 by Janie Mccauley  
The train will provide information on swine flu at all the 10000 villages that it will cover during its yearlong journey, Ajay Khera, assistant director general of National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), told IANS. Baby planners the new wedding planners? .... UK_HealthJobs Locum Staff Grade Infectious Diseases for an ongoing post in North Londo... http://jobsurl.com/128e3e; _clara_ Vaccines and Autism: A Tale of Shifting Hypotheses. A major paper in Clinical Infectious ...
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View Post: PRO/EDR> Measles, travellers - Oracle Application Express
24 Nov 2009 by ProMED Mail  
MEASLES, TRAVELLERS - IRELAND (02) ********************************** A ProMED-mail post <http://www.promedmail.org> ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases <http://www.isid.org> Date: Tue 24 Nov 2009 Source: The Irish Times [edited] ... The persistence of measles virus in these communities can reveal inadequacies in vaccine coverage in the general population and emphasises the need for continued vigilance. ...
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View Post: WHO Responds To Conflict Of Interest Allegations
3 Dec 2009 by FLA_MEDIC  
Apart from protecting public health against the international spread of disease, the Regulations contain provisions for avoiding unnecessary interference with international travel and trade. Under the provisions of the revised Regulations, an Emergency Committee advises the WHO Director-General on matters such as declaring a public health emergency of international concern, the need to raise the level of pandemic alert following spread of the H1N1 virus, and the need to ...
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View Post: Travel Health Advice: How to Avoid Diarrhea, Blood Clots and ...
11 Aug 2009
Home » Health & Wellness » General Medicine » Travel Health Advice ... However, findings of a survey by the European Travel Health Advisory Board (ETHAB) a few years ago revealed that the majority of travelers in the Asia-Pacific and U.S. did not seek travel health advice before going to an area with a risk for infectious disease. The survey reported that of 8000 people questioned, the majority hadn't had a hepatitis vaccine while 40 percent of Americans and 97 percent of ...
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View Post: Pre-Travel Health Basics: What Holidaymakers Need to Know and Do ...
19 Nov 2009
Learn as Much as Possible About the Travel Destination. If traveling to a new place or country for the first time, learn as much as possible about it – its geographic location, climate, common infectious diseases, types of food ... Check with a health clinic or general practitioner whether immunizations are needed before traveling to a certain country. Immunizations should take place at least two months before the travel as some vaccines need time to be effective. ...
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View Post: Micro-donations Can Make a Massive Difference in Global Health
30 Nov 2009 by policyinnovations@cceia.org (Bernard Salomé),...  
Policy Innovations talks with Bernard Salomé, managing director of the Millennium Foundation, about raising funds for global health through small donations made when people purchase travel. What is the mission of the Millennium ... To achieve this, the Millennium Foundation for Innovative Finance for Health was created in November 2008 to provide more funding for UNITAID and its work on infectious diseases by offering passengers the choice to voluntarily contribute. ...
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View Post: IAMAT – Non-profit organization helps sick travelers get expert ...
2 Dec 2009 by Tracie  
Accessing the help of a local physician who is an expert in infectious diseases, or who can refer you to a cardiologist or trauma expert for immediate care, is a valuable asset that IAMAT provides to the traveling public,” adds Dr. ...
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View Post: E. coli O157 associated with travel to Benidorm in SPAIN
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29 Nov 2009 by bites News   ...
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