The recent global swine flu outbreak has underscored the critical need for good surveillance and rapid access to epidemiological data. The US military, starting with early monitoring efforts in the 1970s, has developed a broad-based influenza monitoring system. In an article published in the September 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventiv
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Could Animal Surveillance Have Seen Swine Flu Coming? (Scientific American)
Less than 24 hours after a commercial jet took a sudden detour into the Hudson River this past January, security camera video of the event from multiple vantage points began surfacing. In an age of ubiquitous surveillance, the public has come to assume that someone or something is always watching, ready to spot trouble as it is happening. Yet a novel strain of the influenza A (H1N1) virus jumped …
Thailand reports 2 more A (H1N1) flu fatalities (The Nation – Thailand’s English news)
The Public Health Ministry Tuesday reported two more deaths caused by the A (H1N1) influenza, raising the flu fatalities to nine. Deputy Public Health Minister Manit Nopamornbodi said an eight-year-old girl died on July 2 and the result of lab test just came out that she got A (H1N1) flu.
Other News (Bernama)
HONG KONG, July 7 (Bernama) — Hong Kong confirmed 41 new cases of influenza A/H1N1 on Tuesday, bringing the total to 1,014 in the city, China’s Xinhua news agency reported quoting local health authorities as saying.