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Influenza virus pandemics past and future /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Influenza virus, the agent and the disease -- Epidemiology in humans and animals -- The 1918 pandemic & reconstruction of the virus -- Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus -- Future influenza pandemics -- Antiviral drugs against influenza -- Influenza virus vaccine formulations (types & usage frequency).…”
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Controlling pandemic flu

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The power of infection -- Three levels of protection -- The influenza virus -- The influenza vaccine -- Anti-viral drugs -- The three faces of hygiene -- 2009 swine flu outbreak -- Flu pandemics -- years of life lost -- Bird flu -- The common cold clinic -- influenza research in Retroscreen virology -- Influenza virus components -- The 1918 flu pandemic -- Researching the new virus on the front -- What's needed for an influenza virus to emerge? …”
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The making of an influenza pandemic

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Classification, structure and nomenclature -- The history of influenza -- The history of human pandemics and recent pandemic threats -- Pandemic versus seasonal influenza -- Antigen recycling -- Relation between animal and human influenza -- Antigen shift -- Modes of pandemic emergence -- Characteristics of human pandemics -- Summary -- Further reading.…”
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Responding to pandemic influenza

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Healthcare and societal impacts of a pandemic -- Pandemic preparedness -- Surveillance and monitoring of a pandemic -- Public health countermeasures -- Antiviral drugs (influenza) -- Pandemic influenza vaccines -- Healthcare capacity and capability -- Pandemic communications -- Bioethical issues -- Training and exercising.…”
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Towards developing a universal influenza vaccine

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The challenge of developing influenza vaccines -- What is a universal influenza vaccine and how feasible is it? …”
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Understanding statistics in epidemics and pandemics lessons learned from COVID-19 /

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The COVID-19 outbreak an update on the SARS-CoV-2 virus /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Mortality rates of SARS-CoV-2 and known risk factors -- Provenance of SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses -- SARS-CoV-2 as compared with seasonal influenza -- Potential impact of future mutations -- Prospective therapies.…”
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