Global View of the Fight Against Influenza
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| Publisher: | Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York |
| Subject: | Influenza--Prevention, Influenza--Epidemiology. |
| Authors: | Petar M. Mitrasinovic |
| Pages: | 420 pages |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| ISBN: | 9781607419525 |
| Call No: | RA 644.I6 G585 2009 |
Influenza has become an important infectious disease with regard to its enormous clinical and economic impact on population health. Due to the recent pandemic threat by the worldwide spread of H5N1 avian influenza, the World Health Organization has shown its profound concerns regarding the possibility of having the virus spread among humans. These concerns have raised the question of vital importance: in the absence of a specific avian flu vaccine, could antiviral drugs obstruct a pandemic should the virus spread from birds to humans? Since there is a lot of misinformation out there that needs correcting, this book discovers a global view of the fight against influenza.
This book is intended to serve as a valuable professional reference for health care professionals, health science administrators, scientific industry leaders, lab directors, and researchers of various backgrounds, including medicine, pharmacy, chemistry, structural biology, biotechnology, and molecular modeling. Since the separate chapters are largely self-contained, the edited collection is also expected to be used for graduate teaching and, in principle, requires no prerequisite other than a solid background defined by the interface between life and medical sciences.