2007, ISBN: 9781234422073

Rarebooksclub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 58 pages. Original publisher: Washington : U. S. G. P. O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. G. P. O.… More...

Rarebooksclub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 58 pages. Original publisher: Washington : U. S. G. P. O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. G. P. O. , 2007. LC Number: KF27 . H57 2006c OCLC Number: (OCoLC)184844601 Subject: Epidemics -- United States -- Prevention. Excerpt: . . . 11 the fight against seasonal influenza which causes an average of 36, 000 deaths each year. Scientists cannot accurately predict the severity and impact of an influenza pan-demic, whether from the H5N1 virus or the emergence of another influenza virus of pandemic potential. However, it is still useful to model possible scenarios based on analysis of past pandemics. In a report released in December 2005, the Congres-sional Budget Office presented the results of modeling a severe pandemic scenario similar to the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak and a more moderate outbreak resembling the flu pandemics of 1957 and 1968. In the severe scenario, roughly 90 million peo-ple become ill and 2 million die in the United States and the impact on the real Gross Domestic Product GDP is about a 5 percent reduction in the year following the outbreak. While there is substantial uncertainty associated with these esti-mates, they illustrate the enormous public health threat of an influenza pandemic and the need for effective access to vaccines, treatments, and a robust public health infrastructure to meet the challenge. There are several important points to note about an influenza pandemic: A pandemic could occur anytime during the year and is unlikely to behave like a typical seasonal influenza. Rather, past pandemics have occurred in mul-tiple waves of infection and could persist in the world for over a year. In the absence of effective vaccines and antivirals, the capacity to prevent or control transmission of the virus once it gains the ability to be efficiently trans-mitted from person to person will be limited. Right now, the H5N1 avian influenza strain that is circulating in Asia and Europe among birds is a significant concern, but there is no way to. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., Rarebooksclub.com<

2007, ISBN: 9781234422073

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 58 pages. Original publisher: Washington : U. S. G. P. O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. G. P. O. , 2… More...

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 58 pages. Original publisher: Washington : U. S. G. P. O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. G. P. O. , 2007. LC Number: KF27 . H57 2006c OCLC Number: (OCoLC)184844601 Subject: Epidemics -- United States -- Prevention. Excerpt: . . . 11 the fight against seasonal influenza which causes an average of 36, 000 deaths each year. Scientists cannot accurately predict the severity and impact of an influenza pan-demic, whether from the H5N1 virus or the emergence of another influenza virus of pandemic potential. However, it is still useful to model possible scenarios based on analysis of past pandemics. In a report released in December 2005, the Congres-sional Budget Office presented the results of modeling a severe pandemic scenario similar to the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak and a more moderate outbreak resembling the flu pandemics of 1957 and 1968. In the severe scenario, roughly 90 million peo-ple become ill and 2 million die in the United States and the impact on the real Gross Domestic Product GDP is about a 5 percent reduction in the year following the outbreak. While there is substantial uncertainty associated with these esti-mates, they illustrate the enormous public health threat of an influenza pandemic and the need for effective access to vaccines, treatments, and a robust public health infrastructure to meet the challenge. There are several important points to note about an influenza pandemic: A pandemic could occur anytime during the year and is unlikely to behave like a typical seasonal influenza. Rather, past pandemics have occurred in mul-tiple waves of infection and could persist in the world for over a year. In the absence of effective vaccines and antivirals, the capacity to prevent or control transmission of the virus once it gains the ability to be efficiently trans-mitted from person to person will be limited. Right now, the H5N1 avian influenza strain that is circulating in Asia and Europe among birds is a significant concern, but there is no way to. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<