Neuroscience
Here are some references that I would recommend for Pandemic Flu Awareness Week, which is promoted by the folks at FluWiki and which we are in the middle of right now:
Background and historical references:
Barry, John M. (2004). The great influenza. NY: Viking. [comment: A very readable account of what happened and why in the 1918 pandemic, with an emphasis on the political expediencies and cronyism of the day and on the concurrent media complacency - along with accounts of the public-health leaders who needed to fight not only the virus, but politicians and newspaper editors, in order to eke out ways of dealing with the pandemic. Also, the book offeres a good description of how this type of influenza differs from the typical, yearly bouts of influenza that most all of us are aware of.]
Department of Health and Human Services (2004). Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan [Executive Summary - Draft August 2004].
Garrett, L. (2005). The next pandemic? Foreign Affairs, July/August issue. link
National Intelligence Estimate (2000). The Global Infectious Disease Threat and Its Implications for the United States. (NIE 99-17D, January 2000). Link
Osterholm, M.T. (2005a). Preparing for the next pandemic. The New England Journal of Medicine, 352, 1839-1842. Link
Osterholm, M.T. (2005b). Preparing for the next pandemic. Foreign Affairs, July/August issue. Link
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Influenza 1918 (American Experience). Link [comment: Includes a transcript of the broadcast.]
Snacken, R., Kendal, A.P., Haaheim, L.R., & Wood, J.M. (1999). The next influenza pandemic: Lessons from Hong Kong, 1997. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 5(2). Link
Medical/clinical/public health references:
Australian Government Department of Health and Aging Avian Influenza (also called Bird Flu) Link
CDC Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) Link
Department of Health and Human Services. Medical Surge Capacity and Capability Handbook (2004): Link
NIH NIAID DMID (National Institutes of Health - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) Link
NIH NIAID DMID Influenza page: Link
NIH NIAID DMID Development of a Clinical Trial Plan for Pandemic Influenza Vaccines (22-23 September 2005). Link
The Writing Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) Consultation on Human Influenza A/H5.
Avian Influenza A (H5N1) infection in humans. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2005; 353: 1374-1385.
Link
WHO Avian Influenza: Assessing the pandemic risk (January 2005). Link
WHO Avian Influenza Fact Sheet. Link
WHO Responding to the avian influenza pandemic threat: Recommended strategic actions (02 September 2005). Link
WHO global influenza preparedness plan (2005). Link
Surveillance and tracking websites:
Avian Influenza Outbreak Maps: Link
European Union Documented Human Case Map [jpg updated on a regular basis]: Link
ProMED: Link
World Health Organization (WHO): Link
Individual websites:
FluWiki: Link
H5N1 Blog: News and resources about Avian Flu: Link
A webpage from my own website: Infectious Disease Link [comment: I have not updated the page in over a year and many links are dead ones, but does contains some educational and backgrounder general resources.]
At the more "worst-case scenario" end of the spectrum is The Coming Influenza Pandemic, a .pdf booklet written by a Georgia physician that you can download from the webpage cited below. Some of the self-care, home-care comments might be useful. Some of the contents may seem alarmist, unless taken with the scenario's grain of salt and the physician's motivation to 'prepare for the worst, but hope for the best.'- Link
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Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology | brain
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- In The Weeklies: H5n1
Of potential interest to all, including the broad neuroscience medical and scientific communities: The 29 September 2005 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine includes the full-text content of a review paper about Avian ("Bird Flu") Influenza [H5N1]....
Neuroscience
Pandemic Flu Awareness Week
Here are some references that I would recommend for Pandemic Flu Awareness Week, which is promoted by the folks at FluWiki and which we are in the middle of right now:
Background and historical references:
Barry, John M. (2004). The great influenza. NY: Viking. [comment: A very readable account of what happened and why in the 1918 pandemic, with an emphasis on the political expediencies and cronyism of the day and on the concurrent media complacency - along with accounts of the public-health leaders who needed to fight not only the virus, but politicians and newspaper editors, in order to eke out ways of dealing with the pandemic. Also, the book offeres a good description of how this type of influenza differs from the typical, yearly bouts of influenza that most all of us are aware of.]
Department of Health and Human Services (2004). Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan [Executive Summary - Draft August 2004].
Garrett, L. (2005). The next pandemic? Foreign Affairs, July/August issue. link
National Intelligence Estimate (2000). The Global Infectious Disease Threat and Its Implications for the United States. (NIE 99-17D, January 2000). Link
Osterholm, M.T. (2005a). Preparing for the next pandemic. The New England Journal of Medicine, 352, 1839-1842. Link
Osterholm, M.T. (2005b). Preparing for the next pandemic. Foreign Affairs, July/August issue. Link
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Influenza 1918 (American Experience). Link [comment: Includes a transcript of the broadcast.]
Snacken, R., Kendal, A.P., Haaheim, L.R., & Wood, J.M. (1999). The next influenza pandemic: Lessons from Hong Kong, 1997. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 5(2). Link
Medical/clinical/public health references:
Australian Government Department of Health and Aging Avian Influenza (also called Bird Flu) Link
CDC Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) Link
Department of Health and Human Services. Medical Surge Capacity and Capability Handbook (2004): Link
NIH NIAID DMID (National Institutes of Health - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) Link
NIH NIAID DMID Influenza page: Link
NIH NIAID DMID Development of a Clinical Trial Plan for Pandemic Influenza Vaccines (22-23 September 2005). Link
The Writing Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) Consultation on Human Influenza A/H5.
Avian Influenza A (H5N1) infection in humans. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2005; 353: 1374-1385.
Link
WHO Avian Influenza: Assessing the pandemic risk (January 2005). Link
WHO Avian Influenza Fact Sheet. Link
WHO Responding to the avian influenza pandemic threat: Recommended strategic actions (02 September 2005). Link
WHO global influenza preparedness plan (2005). Link
Surveillance and tracking websites:
Avian Influenza Outbreak Maps: Link
European Union Documented Human Case Map [jpg updated on a regular basis]: Link
ProMED: Link
World Health Organization (WHO): Link
Individual websites:
FluWiki: Link
H5N1 Blog: News and resources about Avian Flu: Link
A webpage from my own website: Infectious Disease Link [comment: I have not updated the page in over a year and many links are dead ones, but does contains some educational and backgrounder general resources.]
At the more "worst-case scenario" end of the spectrum is The Coming Influenza Pandemic, a .pdf booklet written by a Georgia physician that you can download from the webpage cited below. Some of the self-care, home-care comments might be useful. Some of the contents may seem alarmist, unless taken with the scenario's grain of salt and the physician's motivation to 'prepare for the worst, but hope for the best.'- Link
-
Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology | brain
H5N1 | Avian Influenza
- Swine Flu, H1n1
John Barry, author of the must-read "The Great Influenza," recently authored a white paper on H1N1, available here...
- Upcoming Event: Univ. Of Minnesota, 08 February 2008
2008 Center for Bioethics Seminar Series “Ethics and Public Health Emergencies: How Should We Prepare for Pandemic Flu?” Friday, February 8, 2008 12:15–1:30 pm, 3-100 Mayo, University of Minnesota Campus Presented by Debra DeBruin, PhD Director...
- Pandemic-flu (h5n1, Avian Influenza, "bird Flu") Educational References
Pandemic-Flu (H5N1, Avian Influenza, "Bird Flu") Educational References Here is an updated version of the reference set that I will episodically post here: Background and historical references: Barry, John M. (2004). The great influenza. NY: Viking. [comment:...
- More About H5n1
A daily read of the following blog has been, for me, one of several useful ways I have of keeing up with avian influenza events: H5N1. Obvious additional resources include the World Health Organization (WHO) website section on the topic. - Anthony H....
- In The Weeklies: H5n1
Of potential interest to all, including the broad neuroscience medical and scientific communities: The 29 September 2005 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine includes the full-text content of a review paper about Avian ("Bird Flu") Influenza [H5N1]....