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Influenza and Public Health - Learning from Past Pandemics (Paperback)
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Influenza and Public Health - Learning from Past Pandemics (Paperback)
Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series
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Major influenza pandemics pose a constant threat. As evidenced by
recent H5N1 avian flu and novel H1N1, influenza outbreaks can come
in close succession, yet differ in their transmission and impact.
With accelerated levels of commercial and population mobility, new
forms of flu virus can also spread across the globe with
unprecedented speed. Responding quickly and adequately to each
outbreak becomes imperative on the part of governments and global
public health organizations, but the difficulties of doing so are
legion. One tool for pandemic planning is analysis of responses to
past pandemics that provide insight into productive ways forward.
This book investigates past influenza pandemics in light of
today's, so as to afford critical insights into possible
transmission patterns, experiences, mistakes, and interventions. It
explores several pandemics over the past century, from the infamous
1918 Spanish Influenza, the avian flu epidemic of 2003, and the
novel H1N1 pandemic of 2009, to lesser-known outbreaks such as the
1889-90 influenza pandemic and the Hong Kong Flu of 1968.
Contributors to the volume examine cases from a wide range of
disciplines, including history, sociology, epidemiology, virology,
geography, and public health, identifying patterns that cut across
pandemics in order to guide contemporary responses to infectious
outbreaks.
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