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Authors: Alan Sipress

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Ap Lei Chau cases
Apuchase, Louise
Asia, as influenza epicenter
Asian flu (1957)
autopsy, research needs
Azerbaijan outbreak
Bach Mai Hospital (Vietnam)
backyard birds, infection to
Bang-on Benphat
Bangun, Heni Boru
Bangun, Suherman
bataks
Baxter International
Begu Ganjang (spirit)
bird flu
Asian outbreaks.
See
Cambodia; China; H5N1; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Thailand; Vietnam
fatalities, prediction of
H5N1
H7s
origin and spread of.
See
bird flu transmission
pandemic risk.
See
influenza pandemics
preventing epidemic.
See
epidemiologists; prevention
compared to SARS
signs of.
See
diagnosis; symptoms
compared to Spanish flu
timeline
victims, age of
viral features.
See
genetics, bird flu virus; mutation of virus
bird flu transmission
and agricultural practices
from China
and cockfighting
and droppings
and ducks
and family clusters
and globalization
home-raised poultry risk
human-to-human.
See
human-to-human transmission
live poultry markets
merit birds risk
out of Asia
preventing.
See
prevention
and smuggled birds
species barrier broken
and swans
See also
specific countries
birds, wild, and flu viruses
Black Death.
See
bubonic plague
brain, viral attack of
Brown, Dr. Caroline
Brudon, Pascale
bubonic plague
origin and spread of
Buddhist custom, merit birds
Byrne, David
Cambodia
bird flu outbreak
merit birds, dangers of
poultry infection, first report
rapid-response system
Sovann, work of
Tonle Sap
Canada, SARS misdiagnosis
Cantlie, James
Captan Boonmanut
Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
See
specific persons by name
Fukuda at
H5N1 investigation
International Emerging Infections Program
Uyeki at
Vietnam investigation
Chan, Anson
Chan, Dr. Margaret
culling ordered by
H5N1 investigation
and Indonesia sample sharing conflict
as SARS inquiry victim
at WHO
Chan Man-kei
Charoen Pokphand
Cheng, Maria
Cheung Sha Wan
chicken farming
agricultural practices, risky
chicken hotels
preventing epidemic.
See
prevention
Thailand, growth of
U.S., disease prevention
See also
poultry
China
amantadine, illegal use of
bird flu outbreak (2004)
and bubonic plague
H5N1 outbreak (1997)
H5N1 spread from
as influenza epicenter
market reforms, impact of
meat output
poultry infections, reports of
Qinghai Lake/Bird Island outbreak
research, attack on
SARS
SARS containment
secrecy about outbreaks
whistleblowers, punishment of
WHO, lack of cooperation with
See also
Hong Kong
Chinese flu (1888)
cholera
Chulalongkorn University
civets, and SARS
cockfighting
and disease transmission
historical view
Indonesia
restriction, difficulty of
roosters, culling
roosters, devastation by flu
Thailand
Vietnam
computer simulations, of flu pandemic
Corlett, Richard
Cornaro, Markus
Coronavirus
Cox, Dr. Nancy
cruise ships, outbreaks on
CSL Limited
culling
cullers, lack of infection to
Hong Kong
Thailand
Vietnam
Cultural Revolution
cytokine storm
Dakun
(witch doctor)
Death Railway
De Jong, Jan
Delgado, Christopher
dengue fever
Dharma, Dr. Surya
diagnosis
antibody tests
flu test inaccuracy
Western blot
Diamond, Jared
disinfection procedure
Domenech, Joseph
Dongmen Market
drug-resistance
humans
and mutation
and vaccination programs
drugs
overseas manufacture of
See also
drug-resistance; Tamiflu; vaccination
ducks
agricultural practices, risky
and bird flu transmission
duck blood, recipe with
East Asia
chicken farming, rise of
economic boom
Ebola virus
economic costs, of influenza pandemic
Egypt, bird flu outbreak
emergency preparedness
globalization, impact on
rapid-response system, Cambodia
and speed of infection
Tamiflu, use of
U.S., limitations of
U.S., system for
ventilators, requirements
WHO guidelines
epidemiologists
dangers of infection to
field versus lab
information gathering methods
protective garments
puzzling scenarios
small animals, testing of
See also
specific persons by name
Europe, transmission to
false negatives
false positives
family clusters
Ferguson, Neil M.
flu and flu pandemic.
See
entries under influenza and bird flu
Franklin, Benjamin
Fukuda, Dr. Keiji
CDC, role at
H5N1 investigation
personal characteristics of
professional credentials
on rapid response
SARS investigation
on U.S. health care system
Vietnam investigations
as WHO influenza chief
GenBank
Gendreau, Mark A.
genetics, bird flu virus
and family clusters
intermediate hosts
PCR testing
pedigree of virus, tracing
RNA viruses, flu as
species barrier, breaking
swine flu, development of
See also
mutation of virus
Ginting, Dowes
bird flu tracked to
transmission, source of
witch doctor, interventions
Ginting, Dr. Diana E.
Ginting, Jones
Ginting, Rintang Boru
Ginting, Sanita
Global Influenza Surveillance Network
globalization
and agricultural practices, risky
emergency preparedness, impact on
and spread/speed of transmission
Govorkova, Elena A.
Greenfield, Karl Taro
Grein, Dr. Tom
epidemiology investigations
Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases (China)
H1N1.
See also
swine flu
H5N1
China, origin and spread from
China outbreak (1997)
culturing
Fujian-like subtype
Hong Kong outbreak
human-to-human transmission
immune response to
initial identification of
mammals, transmission to
mortality predictions
mortality rate
pandemic risk
progression of infection
resurgence patterns
species barrier broken
swine flu, relationship to
Thailand outbreak
victims, age of
Vietnam outbreak
virulence of
H7s
H9N2
global spread of
pandemic risk
protective to poultry
Hall, Dr. Julie
hemagglutinin
Heymann, Dr. David
Hien, Dr. Nguyen Tran
HIV-AIDS, as pandemic
Hong Kong
Ap Lei Chau cases
bird flu strain.
See
H5N1
Chan investigation of
Chinese flu (1888)
culling
first report of illness
flu victims, symptoms
Fukuda investigation of
as global city
impact of flu on
Lam Hoi-ka, infection of
medical tests/treatment, refusal of
merit birds, dangers of
pandemic, aversion of
plague (1894)
poultry, devestation of
SARS outbreak/spread
second case
transmission, points of origin
wet markets, perils of
Hong Kong flu (1968)
victims, age of
Horby, Dr. Peter
Thailand investigation
Vietnam investigation
Horvath, Dr. John
hospitals, emergency preparedness, lack of
humans, signs and symptoms.
See
diagnosis; symptoms
human-to-human transmission
contagion and stage of illness
dangers of
first case
and Indonesia outbreak
and mutation of virus
SARS
and Thailand outbreak
and Vietnam outbreaks
Hygeia
immune response
to H5N1
to Spanish flu strains
Indonesia
chickens, significance to people
cockfighting
economic boom
flu victims, symptoms
Ginting family outbreak
H5N1, spread from China
home-raised poultry, dangers of
human fatalities, first
human-to-human transmission
locals, tests/treatment, refusal of
locals’ denial of flu
magic
and pandemic risk
poultry, devastation of
poultry infection, first report
prevention, neglect of
secrecy about outbreaks
tests/treatment, refusal of
transmission, points of origin
Uyeki investigation
WHO, lack of cooperation with
WHO actions
witch doctors
influenza pandemics
Asian flu (1957)
China as epicenter
computer simulations of
conditions for
economic costs
globalization, impact on
H5N1 risk
H9N2 risk
halting, ingredients for
Hong Kong flu (1968)
and Indonesia
inevitability of
mild, impact on population
pandemic risk (2005), investigation of
pandemic risk (2005), Vietnam
Spanish flu (1918)
swine flu as unpredictable
U.S emergency preparedness, lack of
victims, age of
influenza virus
and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
A and B types
cellular attack, mechanisms of
first recorded outbreak
flu test inaccuracy
genetic factors.
See
genetics, bird flu virus; mutation of virus
seasonal.
See
seasonal flu
spread, factors in
International Emerging Infections Program, of CDC,
International Health Regulations
Japfa Comfeed
Jatinegara Market
Jennings, Dr. Lance
Jeremijenko, Andrew
Jia Youling
Karo, Manajus Boru
Komsan Fakhorm
Kramat Jati Market
Krisana Hoonsin
Kumnuan Ungchusak, Dr.
Ky, Van Dang
Lam Hoi-ka
H5N1 infection
transmission of flu to
Laos, poultry infection, first report
Legionnaires’ disease
Liem, Nguyen Thanh
Lim, Dr. Wilina
Liu Jianlun
live poultry markets, as infection source
livestock revolution, economic impact of
Longini, Ira M., Jr.
Lubis, Dr. Nur Rasyid
lungs, viral attack of
Madagascar, flu outbreak
magic
Begu Ganjang, conjuring of
and medicine.
See
witch doctors
Mai, Dr. Le Thi Quynh
Malaysia
economic boom
spread of disease to
Manh Thang
Marburg hemorrhagic fever
Marek’s disease
Mariner, Jeffrey
Marriott, Edward
medicine men.
See
witch doctors
merit birds
mutation of virus
and agricultural practices
antigenic drift/antigenic shift
and drug-resistance
genetic reassortment
and human-to-human transmission
influenza virus

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