The Impact of Bird Flu on Human Beings
The Avian flu is caused by the virus group called Influenza, a related virus to the ones that produce the flu in humans. The most contagious and dangerous Influenza is the strain H5N1 that causes almost 100% death in infected birds from all species. The human catch of the virus occurs by direct or indirect contact with sick birds or with secretions, feces or oral discharges from infected chicken or ducks. The first occurring symptoms of Influenza in humans are a sore throat, coughing, muscular weakness, fever and conjunctivitis. These symptoms almost always lead to complications and to death causing dysfunctions. On the Influenza field, several viral pneumonias can appear and also the respiratory distress syndrome and finally the multi-organ failure. Respiratory conditions are very frequent in humans and the Bird flu can be easily mistaken to such diseases. But any patient shoeing the symptoms and that has had a contact with sick animals or their secretions are suspected to have caught the Influenza virus. The confirmation of the illness will be established by laboratory testing and the case will be connected to all other sudden, unusual deaths in the area where the patient lives or works. [...]
The Global Common Flu Impact – An Overview Roberto Sedycias
Which of the nations would ever deny an alluring life full of good health and a germ-free environment? If a disease as common as a common flu could leave an impact in a number of ways, what could be the fate with the fatal ones? Medically known as Influenza, `common flu` is what it is popularly known as worldwide. It is not occasional that we encounter the after-effects of outbreaks of various diseases that have formed the basis of numerous formations like the World Health Organization (WHO), etc. These establish guidelines and process them to get rid of the diseases and their effects altogether. In spite of having known the entire biology of the causal organism of common flu, the influenza virus, the mode of its transmission and the development of vaccines, it has not been possible to eradicate them utterly. The reason behind it is the heterogeneity of the virus that is known to occur in multiple strains and constantly alter their antigenic properties by phenomena called `antigenic shift` and `antigenic drift`. Due to this, although the quarantine could be made strict to check the rapid spread, the medications and vaccinations fail to be absolutely effective and need to [...]
The Global Common Flu Impact – An Overview
Which of the nations would ever deny an alluring life full of good health and a germ-free environment? If a disease as common as a common flu could leave an impact in a number of ways, what could be the fate with the fatal ones? Medically known as Influenza, `common flu` is what it is popularly known as worldwide. It is not occasional that we encounter the after-effects of outbreaks of various diseases that have formed the basis of numerous formations like the World Health Organization (WHO), etc. These establish guidelines and process them to get rid of the diseases and their effects altogether. In spite of having known the entire biology of the causal organism of common flu, the influenza virus, the mode of its transmission and the development of vaccines, it has not been possible to eradicate them utterly. The reason behind it is the heterogeneity of the virus that is known to occur in multiple strains and constantly alter their antigenic properties by phenomena called `antigenic shift` and `antigenic drift`. Due to this, although the quarantine could be made strict to check the rapid spread, the medications and vaccinations fail to be absolutely effective and need to [...]
Swine Flu pandemic and impact on world stock markets
Swine Flu pandemic and impact on world stock markets                                                                             SUNIL KEWALRAMANI                                                                                     September 12, 2009 The correlation of gamma and ? was used by Wall Street financial engineers to calculate predicted loan “mortality” rates which some believe created the huge trouble in the securitization business (CDO, CLO, CPDO, SIV). It is interesting to note that the entire mathematical theory was lifted from epidemiology, i.e. the study of how communicative viral diseases spread. Ironically, both securitization and swine flu pandemic are a matter of grave concern to the world today. The provisional conclusion is that this latest pandemic is âmoderateâ: less severe than the 1918 Spanish flu, more in line with that of 1957, and perhaps up to four times as dangerous as a typical seasonal flu virus, which each year kills an estimated 500,000 people around the world. In Mexico, which has had 14,800 cases and 138 deaths, swine flu may knock 0.3-0.5 per cent from GDP this year, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean. The Ernst & Young Item Club, a forecaster, warns that swine flu could cost the UK up to 3 per cent of GDP this year and 1.7 per cent [...]