Avian flu: The wrath of birdzilla or polly got the sniffles?
The potential damage from an avian flu epidemic is huge, but unlikely. Currently, the virus affects birds and humans who handle dead birds. Only one case of suspected human-to-human transmission exists. If human-to-human transmission can occur with a new strain of the virus, we are susceptible to a...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:7102272 2023-05-15T15:34:15+02:00 Avian flu: The wrath of birdzilla or polly got the sniffles? Musick, Tiffany Cymet, Holly Cymet, Tyler Childs 2006 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7102272/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16845151 https://doi.org/10.1385/COMP:32:2:90 en eng Humana Press http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7102272/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16845151 http://dx.doi.org/10.1385/COMP:32:2:90 © ASCMS 2006 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. Original Articles Text 2006 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1385/COMP:32:2:90 2020-04-05T00:43:11Z The potential damage from an avian flu epidemic is huge, but unlikely. Currently, the virus affects birds and humans who handle dead birds. Only one case of suspected human-to-human transmission exists. If human-to-human transmission can occur with a new strain of the virus, we are susceptible to a pandemic. The many subtypes of influenza act and develop differently. The inflammatory response generated by the virus accounts for the illness. Vaccines are being developed, but the difficulties are real, and the time to success cannot be confidently stated. Lymphopenia, thrombocytopenia, and elevated liver enzymes are common. Treatment has to take into account societal issues as well as the individual health of every patient. Text Avian flu PubMed Central (PMC) |
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The potential damage from an avian flu epidemic is huge, but unlikely. Currently, the virus affects birds and humans who handle dead birds. Only one case of suspected human-to-human transmission exists. If human-to-human transmission can occur with a new strain of the virus, we are susceptible to a pandemic. The many subtypes of influenza act and develop differently. The inflammatory response generated by the virus accounts for the illness. Vaccines are being developed, but the difficulties are real, and the time to success cannot be confidently stated. Lymphopenia, thrombocytopenia, and elevated liver enzymes are common. Treatment has to take into account societal issues as well as the individual health of every patient. |
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