Influenza Pandemic

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This paper defines and classifies influenza, explains how it is spread, and explains why the U.S. is not prepared for the onset of an influenza virus. The paper also discusses the morbidity and mortality rates of influenza and how it is diagnosed. Finally, the paper examines the central role of the World Health Organization and the Center for Disease Control in preventing, controlling, and treating the disease.

What Is Influenza and How Does It Spread?
Classification of the Influenza Virus
Definition of Pandemic and Causes and Reasons for Its Spread
How Well Is USA Prepared for the Onset of the Influenza Virus?
The Morbidity and Mortality Rates of the Influenza Virus
Details about WHO and CDC and Their Methods of Tackling the Disease

From the Paper:

"When the influenza virus becomes deposited in the respiratory tract of a person, the various signs and symptoms appear almost immediately. The onset of the symptoms is almost like being hit by a truck; this is how a patient may experience the virus. Some patients can even accurately pinpoint the time of the onset of the fever or chills or the cold. Some patients may face photophobia other ocular problems and though these are not very common symptoms, they may occur in some rare cases. In some children, there may be stomachache and vomiting and also a feeling of general malaise. In infants these may become difficult to diagnose and the treating physicians are warned against treating them as symptoms of an ordinary common cold, whose symptoms are very similar to those of influenza."

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