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Last Updated: Aug 6th, 2008 - 09:50:39 |
What is Anti-viral Medication ?
What is Influenza? What is the Incubation Period? How is Influenza Transmitted? What is an Influenza Outbreak? What is Influenza Vaccine? How Effective is the Vaccine? When Should Vaccination Take Place? ...
NIAID Research on West Nile Virus
West Nile virus (WNV) is an emerging infectious disease that made its first appearance in the United States in 1999. The microbe that causes the infection belongs to a group of disease-causing viruses known as flaviviruses that are usually spread by ticks or mosquitoes. Other well-known diseases caused by flaviviruses include yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, dengue, and Saint Louis encephalitis.
Flu
Influenza, or flu, is a respiratory infection caused by a variety of flu viruses. The most familiar aspect of the flu is the way it can "knock you off your feet" as it sweeps through entire communities
Flu Drugs
Four drugs are available to treat and/or prevent influenza. They are amantadine and rimantadine, zanamivir, and oseltamivir.
West Nile Virus and Dead Birds
West Nile Virus and Dead Birds
West Nile Virus, Pregnancy and Breast-feeding
Based on the limited number of cases studied so far, it is not yet possible to determine what percentage of WNV infections during pregnancy result in infection of the fetus or medical problems in newborns
West Nile Virus: What You Need To Know
West Nile virus (WNV) is a potentially serious illness. Experts believe WNV is established as a seasonal epidemic in North America that flares up in the summer and continues into the fall. This fact sheet contains important information that can help you recognize and prevent West Nile virus.
West Nile Virus and Horses
Has West Nile virus caused severe illness or death in horses?
West Nile Virus Poliomyelitis
What is the “acute flaccid paralysis” that sometimes occurs with WNV infection?
West Nile Virus
The West Nile virus first emerged in the Western Hemisphere in 1999 in the New York City area and has since spread across the United States. The virus is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes.
Flu vaccine safe in healthy infants
The trivalent influenza vaccine can be safely given to healthy children 6 to 24 months of age, doctors report in the journal Pediatrics.
Cold, Flu, or Allergy?
Each year, millions of school and work days are missed because of colds and flu, and we¡¯re heading into their prime season now. How you can best treat your condition depends on whether it¡¯s a cold or flu that¡¯s ailing you. Since these diseases share many of the same symptoms, they¡¯re sometimes hard to tell apart.
Tamiflu
Tamiflu is for treating adults, adolescents, and pediatric patients 1year of age and older with the flu whose flu symptoms started within the last day or two. Tamiflu is also used to reduce the chance of getting the flu in people age 13 and older who have a higher chance of getting the flu because they spend time with someone who has the flu. Tamiflu can also reduce the chance of getting the flu if there is a flu outbreak in the community.
VACCINES
The introduction of vaccination has been one of the most decisive advances leading to the dramatic downward trend in the incidence of many viral diseases.
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