Past Updates from the Clinician Registry Listserv
Update Sent March 05, 2007
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Today's topics include:
COCA Conference Call
Please mark your calendars for our upcoming COCA Conference Call! The topic will be presented by the Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases at CDC. Dial-in number, objectives, speaker information and slides will be sent out soon.Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Topic: TBA
Avian Influenza
WHO's Global Response - March 1WHO is coordinating the global response to human cases of H5N1 avian influenza and monitoring the corresponding threat of an influenza pandemic. Information found on this link tracks the evolving situation and provides access to both technical guidelines and information useful for the general public.
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/en/index.html
Avian influenza – situation in China - March 1
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_03_01a/en/index.html
Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - March 1
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_03_01/en/index.html
Cum. Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A(H5N1) - March 1
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/en/index.html
FDA Panel Supports H5N1 Vaccine Approval - CIDRAP News - Feb. 27
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel recommended that the agency approve the nation's first H5N1 influenza vaccine, despite new evidence that the vaccine is less protective than reported in a clinical trial last year.
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/influenza/panflu/feb2707vaccine.html
Questions and Answers About Avian Influenza and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus - Updated February 27
The following question has been updated: What is the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus that has been reported in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Near East?
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/gen-info/qa.htm
Kuwait reports H5N1 outbreaks in birds - CIDRAP News - February 26
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/influenza/avianflu/news/feb2607kuwait.html
Pandemic Influenza
Review of 1918 Pandemic Flu Studies Offers More Questions than Answers - NIH News Release - February 28Scientists and public health officials, wary that the H5N1 avian influenza virus could trigger an influenza pandemic, have looked to past pandemics, including the 1918 “Spanish Flu,” for insight into pandemic planning. However, in a Journal of Infectious Diseases review article now posted online, David M. Morens, M.D., and Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, conclude that studies of the 1918 influenza pandemic, which killed some 50 to 100 million people around the globe, have so far raised more questions than they answer.
http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/feb2007/niaid-28.htm
Seasonal Influenza
Q & A: 2006-07 Influenza (Flu) Season - Updated February 27
This page has been updated.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/0607season.htm
Weekly Report: Influenza Summary Update - March 2
During week 8 (February 18 - February 24, 2007), influenza activity remained elevated in the United States. Among specimens tested by U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories for influenza, 23.8% were positive. ILI data was above baseline for the tenth week this season. Twenty-five states reported widespread influenza activity; 19 states and New York City reported regional influenza activity; three states and the District of Columbia reported local influenza activity; and three states reported sporadic influenza activity. The reporting of widespread or regional influenza activity increased from 38 states for week 7 to 44 states for week 8. The percent of deaths due to pneumonia and influenza remained below baseline level.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/
Weekly US Map - March 2
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm
Food Safety Threats
FDA Investigating Norovirus Outbreak Linked to Oysters - March 2
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating an outbreak of norovirus-associated illness linked to eating raw oysters harvested from San Antonio Bay, TX. FDA advises consumers to avoid eating raw oysters harvested from this area after February 1, 2007, as a result of reports of illnesses in people who attended a Maryland event where these oysters were served. Symptoms of illness associated with norovirus include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and stomach cramping. Affected individuals often experience low-grade fever, chills, headache, muscle aches and a general sense of tiredness. Most people show symptoms within 48 hours of exposure to the virus. The illness typically lasts one to two days.
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01579.html
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