Bernd Sebastian Kamps, Christian Hoffmann, and Wolfgang Preiser, Editors

2006

Influenza Report 2006 is a free, online medical textbook that provides a comprehensive overview of epidemic and pandemic influenza. The text contains research level information and includes comprehensive bibliographies, as well as useful illustrations. Eight of the eleven chapters are currently available for download, with others to be available as they are completed and or updated. The Chapters in the textbook include:

• Influenza 2006
• Avian Influenza
• Virology
• Pathogenesis and Immunology
• Epidemiology
• Pandemic Preparedness
• Vaccines
• Laboratory Findings
• Clinical Presentation
• Treatment and Prophylaxis
• Drugs

One of the available chapters, chapter six on pandemic preparedness, details the importance of communication and planning for reducing or slowing the transmission of a pandemic influenza strain. The chapter highlights the effectiveness of having a risk communication strategy in place in order to identify the most effective media and credible information sources and to ensure that practical information is accessible to everyone.

Influenza Report's mission is to be a source for comprehensive and in-depth information, that provides free, anonymous access to users.

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