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The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has released a flu-centric summer edition of their magazine, with articles and audio files on the emerging H1N1 pandemic.
I’ve not had an opportunity to listen to all of the audio files, but I intend to later tonight. In the meantime, I wanted to pass on these links to my readers.
A hat tip to AIDigest for these links.
Start with 5 LESSONS about H1N1 and then move on to the audio files (see below).
Prelude to the Fall: Special Flu Report
Welcome to the summer of unease. The new H1N1 influenza virus that emerged in Mexico in April quickly ignited outbreaks as far away as the U.K. and Japan. As epidemiologists accumulated data and scientists probed the novel virus, they found H1N1 was neither as virulent nor as lethal as first suspected. But the quick-mutating influenza virus should never be underestimated. To learn what might happen—and what should happen—
Meet H1N1
In this interview, Pekosz provides a nuts-and-bolts introduction to the H1N1, what makes it and other influenza viruses so dangerous, and just what those H's and N’s are all about. Interview by Brian W. Simpson, editor of Johns Hopkins Public Health.
Influenza: Past, Present, and Future
What was the 1918 flu pandemic like? What would happen if it struck today? Take a tour of the 20th century’s great pandemics with Bloomberg School virologist Andrew Pekosz—and learn how the latest H1N1 compares with them. Interview by Johns Hopkins Public Health editor Brian W. Simpson.
Manufacturing H1N1 Flu Vaccine
Will there be enough vaccines to go around? Respiratory virus expert Ruth Karron gives us a quick lesson in how vaccines are made, the challenges to meeting the demand in a pandemic, and novel approaches that could step up the global supply. Interview by Johns Hopkins Public Health associate editor Christine Grillo.
How Do H1 and H5 Compare?
The Bloomberg School’s respiratory virus expert, Ruth Karron, tells us how the two influenzas are exact opposites of each other—and what to watch for with both. Interview by Johns Hopkins Public Health associate editor Christine Grillo.
Tracking the Pandemic
From the first reported cases in Mexico, the H1N1 influenza virus spread globally with frightening speed. This timeline, based on WHO statistics, shows how the virus leaps borders and continents, spreading from a handful of cases to tens of thousands in a matter of weeks.
