Book Description: Avian influenza, or “bird flu”, is a contagious disease of animals caused by viruses that normally infect only birds and, less commonly, pigs. Avian influenza viruses are highly species-specific, but have, on rare occasions, crossed the species barrier to infect humans. In domestic poultry, infection with avian influenza viruses causes two main forms of disease, distinguished by low and high extremes of virulence. The so-called “low pathogenic” form commonly causes only mild symptoms (ruffled feathers, a drop in egg production) and may easily go undetected. The highly pathogenic form is far more dramatic. It spreads very rapidly through poultry flocks, causes disease affecting multiple internal organs, and has a mortality that can approach 100%, often within 48 hours. Table of Contents: Preface Chapter I - Meeting the Challenge of Bird Flu; pp. 1-22 (U.S. Centers for Disease Control) Chapter II - SARS in China and Hong Kong; pp. 23-72 (S.H. Lee, Liming Lee, Qing-He Nie) Chapter III - Infection Control for Avian Influenza (H5N1) in Healthcare Settings; pp. 73-90 (Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Division of Infectious Diseases, Linda M. Mundy, Saint Louis Univ. School of Public Health, Saint Louis, Missouri) Chapter IV - How Influenza A Virus Ecology is Evolving in Wild Birds; pp. 91-107 (M Delogu, Facolta di Medicina Veterinaria, Dipartimento di Sanita Pubblica Veterinaria e Patologia Animale, Emilia, Italy, M.A. De Marco, Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica, Veterinary Laboratory, Emilia, Italy, L. Campitelli, National Influenza Center, Rome, Italy) Chapter V - Comprehensive AI & Bio-statistical Analysis; pp.109-132 (E.Y.K. Ng, E.C. Kee, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological Univ., Singapore) Chapter VI - Avian Influenza in Poultry and Wild Birds; pp. 133-148 (Jim Monke and M. Lynne Corn) Index

How Influenza A Virus Ecology is Evolving in Wild Birds

DELOGU, MAURO;M. A. De Marco;
2008

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Book Description: Avian influenza, or “bird flu”, is a contagious disease of animals caused by viruses that normally infect only birds and, less commonly, pigs. Avian influenza viruses are highly species-specific, but have, on rare occasions, crossed the species barrier to infect humans. In domestic poultry, infection with avian influenza viruses causes two main forms of disease, distinguished by low and high extremes of virulence. The so-called “low pathogenic” form commonly causes only mild symptoms (ruffled feathers, a drop in egg production) and may easily go undetected. The highly pathogenic form is far more dramatic. It spreads very rapidly through poultry flocks, causes disease affecting multiple internal organs, and has a mortality that can approach 100%, often within 48 hours. Table of Contents: Preface Chapter I - Meeting the Challenge of Bird Flu; pp. 1-22 (U.S. Centers for Disease Control) Chapter II - SARS in China and Hong Kong; pp. 23-72 (S.H. Lee, Liming Lee, Qing-He Nie) Chapter III - Infection Control for Avian Influenza (H5N1) in Healthcare Settings; pp. 73-90 (Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Division of Infectious Diseases, Linda M. Mundy, Saint Louis Univ. School of Public Health, Saint Louis, Missouri) Chapter IV - How Influenza A Virus Ecology is Evolving in Wild Birds; pp. 91-107 (M Delogu, Facolta di Medicina Veterinaria, Dipartimento di Sanita Pubblica Veterinaria e Patologia Animale, Emilia, Italy, M.A. De Marco, Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica, Veterinary Laboratory, Emilia, Italy, L. Campitelli, National Influenza Center, Rome, Italy) Chapter V - Comprehensive AI & Bio-statistical Analysis; pp.109-132 (E.Y.K. Ng, E.C. Kee, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological Univ., Singapore) Chapter VI - Avian Influenza in Poultry and Wild Birds; pp. 133-148 (Jim Monke and M. Lynne Corn) Index
2008
Avian Influenza Research Progress
91
107
U.S. Centers for Disease Control; S.H. Lee; Liming Lee; QinAnucha Apisarnthanarak; Linda M. Mundyg-He Nie; M. Delogu; L. Campitelli; I. Donatelli; M.A. De Marco; E.Y.K. Ng; E.C. Kee; Jim Monke ; M. Lynne Corn
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