More about hypervirulent avian influenza: Is the world now better prepared?

摘要: The World Health Organization (WHO) no longer regards the Spanish flu pandemic as a worst case scenario basis for contingency planning, to how meet possible with hypervirulent H5N1 influenza. worldwide fatality rate among confirmed cases has increased from 43% in 2005 69% 2006, while Indonesia it was 82% 2006. What world now needs be prepared is something that equally transmissible ordinary influenza virus, but which may have of 80% or more, if not treated therapeutic methods much better than those available today (i.e. treatment been sufficient hinder average climbing 2006). Not only are current efficacious enough, situation also very far satisfactory vaccine development and production – means must still considered almost totally unprepared,...