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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"swine flu"”.
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You give me fever : practical protection for metropolitan neuroses
The emergence of Swine Flu in the past six months has once again heightened the world's fears of a coming flu pandemic. Although H1N1 is only slightly more pathogenic than the common seasonal flu, which kills approximately 30,000 Americans each year, its rapid transmission around the globe is …
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Optimization of influenza antiviral response in Texas
Influenza pandemics pose a serious threat to the global population. According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services in 2014, the Spanish flu of 1918 killed almost 100 million people worldwide and Simonsen, Spreeuwenberg, and Lustig in 2013 estimated that the Swine flu more …
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Estimating network structure and propagation dynamics for an infectious disease : towards effective vaccine allocation
In the event of a pandemic influenza outbreak, such as the 2009-2010 H1N1 "Swine Flu" episode, it is crucial to effectively allocate limited resources in order to minimize the casualties. Design of effective resource allocation strategies requires good understanding of the underlying contact …
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Modeling reduction of pandemic influenza using pharmaceutical and non pharmaceutical interventions in a heterogeneous population
In an event of a pandemic influenza outbreak such as the great "Spanish Flu" of 1918 and the more recent 2009-2010 H1N1 "Swine Flu" scare, pharmaceutical as well as non-pharmaceutical resources are limited in availability and effectiveness. In this thesis we apply OR methods to evaluate the …
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Tools for decoding the structure-function relationships of biopolymers in nanotechnology and glycobiology
… proteins is analyzed using the interplay of Influenza virus surface proteins (mainly Hemagglutinin and Neuraminidase) with host cell surface sialylated glycan receptors as a model system. For this purpose, the novel triple reassortant "Swine Flu" pandemic virus (or 2009 HINI virus) is studied. …
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Risk Perceptions, Past Vaccination, and Vaccine Acceptance for Seasonal and Outbreak (2009 H1N1) Influenzas Among a University Sample
… life and well-being. The 2009 outbreak H1N1/A influenza virus also was expected to disproportionately affect healthy, young persons under the age of 25 years. However, acceptance and uptake of preventive health behaviors among this cohort is poorly understood, thus precluding a comprehensive …
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Detection and description of influenza a virus transmission in commercial weaned pigs in Illinois, USA
Influenza A virus in swine (IAV-S) is a zoonotic and key pathogen in the swine respiratory disease complex. IAV-S is of particular importance because of the implications on human health, as seen during the 2009 swine flu pandemic. Surveillance of IAV-S is useful in monitoring for mutations that …