Keep alert; don't panic
As the annual winter flu vaccination season continues much publicity is being given to the potential for a worldwide pandemic of avian flu. As I write, it has just been confirmed that a bird in quarantine in the UK has been diagnosed with the H5N1 influenza strain, but because this bird was in quara...
| Published in: | Practice Nursing |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Mark Allen Group
2005
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/pnur.2005.16.11.19966 http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/pdf/10.12968/pnur.2005.16.11.19966 |
| Summary: | As the annual winter flu vaccination season continues much publicity is being given to the potential for a worldwide pandemic of avian flu. As I write, it has just been confirmed that a bird in quarantine in the UK has been diagnosed with the H5N1 influenza strain, but because this bird was in quarantine, the UK remains officially free of avian flu. |
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