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| Title: | Avian Influenza Research Progress
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| Author: | Ernesto P Allegra (ed) |
| ISBN: | 160021617X : 9781600216176 |
| Illustrations: | tables & illus |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 180x260mm |
| Pages: | 161 |
| Weight: | .578 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - February 2008 |
| List Price: | 65.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Infectious & contagious diseases |
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.
Preface; Meeting the Challenge of Bird Flu: Commitment Science Response; SARS in China and Hong Kong; Infection Control for Avian Influenza (H5N 1) in Healthcare Settings; How Influenza A Virus Ecology is Evolving in Wild Birds; A Non-Contact Infrared Indoor Scanning of Mass Blind Febrile Subjects in Controlling, an Epidemic: A Review; Avian Influenza in Poultry and Wild Birds; Index.
