We have eradicated previous outbreaks of high pathogenic avian influenza successfully in domestic birds using this method. Vaccination offers potential benefits but currently available vaccines are too limited to provide a general solution. Fred Landeg More Fred Landeg Quotes 1
The FAO believes that eliminating avian influenza among poultry can delay H5N1 virus turning into a form that would create a human pandemic. Serge Verniau More Serge Verniau Quotes 1
Pandemic disease - whether caused by H5N1 influenza or some other microbe - is a threat to all countries, not just those in Asia, and to all economies, not just the rich or poor. We must take decisive action to respond to that threat now. Stewart Simonson More Stewart Simonson Quotes 0
So far they have not shown any symptoms of influenza -- no fever -- but we will have the results of preliminary tests tomorrow. Thomas Tsang More Thomas Tsang Quotes 0
the stunning fact that children 6 to 23 months old, if they get influenza, have the same high rate of hospitalization as adults 65 years and older. William Schaffner More William Schaffner Quotes 0
NFID has championed a national initiative involving more than 20 professional groups to improve health care worker influenza immunization rates, and is pleased with the stronger CDC recommendations issued today. A key part of the recommendations are for health care facilities to develop systems to track immunization rates among health care workers and provide feedback during the influenza vaccination campaign, which will allow institutions to better manage information and in turn, increase immunization rates and improve patient safety. William Schaffner More William Schaffner Quotes 0
It is extremely important for those with chronic medical conditions and the elderly to get vaccinated. Influenza is a highly contagious disease that kills 10,000 to 20,000 people in the U.S. every year and leads to countless additional hospitalizations. Gregory Poland More Gregory Poland Quotes 0
The China authorities are very serious about avian influenza. Their response has been very strong. Hank Bekedam More Hank Bekedam Quotes 0
It is worrisome if health care workers are not alert and taking specimens if they suspect an influenza-type illness. Hans Troedsson More Hans Troedsson Quotes 0
We're very unprepared. We haven't made influenza a high priority in this country, or anywhere else that I know of. Ira Longini More Ira Longini Quotes 0
If, as we think, migratory birds will be one of the ways by which avian influenza is spreading around the world, we can expect ... the problem in the Near East, in East and West Africa and naturally in North America and South America. Jacques Diouf More Jacques Diouf Quotes 0
In most cases, consumers are being blanketed with news and information about highly pathogenic avian influenza. And much of the information consumers see hear or read is incomplete at best and inaccurate at worst. James Sumner More James Sumner Quotes 0
For example, the influenza virus is grown either in a chicken embryo or a cell culture grown in situ. After the bacteria or virus has grown, the next step is to purify it by physical separation, for example, by filtration, which can be either a chemical or biological process. Jim Robinson More Jim Robinson Quotes 0
Avian influenza has become endemic in Indonesia and it is continuing to spread. Joseph Domenech More Joseph Domenech Quotes 0
The specter of pandemic influenza is very frightening to people, ... It does remind people of the importance of influenza as an illness ... and in the long run may result in people being motivated. Julie Gerberding More Julie Gerberding Quotes 0
Killing wild birds will not help prevent or control avian influenza outbreaks. Juan Lubroth More Juan Lubroth Quotes 0
Handshaking is a very common method of transmitting the cold and influenza virus. Kara Sturdevant More Kara Sturdevant Quotes 0
This new technology should help provide better global influenza surveillance by making it easier for more laboratories to swiftly identify severe flu strains, which in turn may aid health officials to stem potential flu epidemics and even pandemics. Kathy Rowlen More Kathy Rowlen Quotes 0
We must understand that when one country is not safe, the world is not safe. Pandemic influenza, by nature, will go around the world, so it is important for us to work as an international community to get a better handle on the issue. Margaret Chan More Margaret Chan Quotes 0
A human influenza pandemic will be a big problem. But by working together we can respond effectively. Margaret Chan More Margaret Chan Quotes 0
Improving the influenza surveillance system will improve the rapid detection of changes to influenza viruses. Michael Marine More Michael Marine Quotes 0
This network focuses on systematic collection of information about influenza, information about what viruses are causing it, how they are being spread, and how fast. Michael Marine More Michael Marine Quotes 0
Clearly, we're not seeing widespread classical influenza infections with this virus or we would have picked it up by now. I think the case fatality rate probably is pretty significant given the data that we have. Michael Perdue More Michael Perdue Quotes 0
Even if you take every year the problems of malaria, tuberculosis and HIV /AIDS, which are horrible, pandemic influenza has the potential in just one fell swoop to kill so many more people than those diseases kill in decades. Mike Osterholm More Mike Osterholm Quotes 0