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¿Crónica de una pandemia anunciada? / Chronicle of an announced pandemic?
Spencer O., Eugenio.
  • Spencer O., Eugenio; Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Facultad de Química y Biología. Laboratorio de Virología. Santiago. CL
Rev. méd. Chile ; 133(9): 999-1001, sept. 2005.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-429235
RESUMO
In the last years our country has been affected by several outbreaks of infectious diseases such as Cholera and Hanta virus and recently, by pathogens associated to red tide. Chile was able to manage those emergencies using the local health system. The new threat that may emerge and could eventually overcome that capacity, is the possible H5N1 influenza virus outbreak. Influenza is responsible for the most destructive pandemic, the Spanish influenza, that killed over 40 million individuals in 1918. The new influenza strain (H5N1) is at present endemic in poultry in Asia and has been associated to human fatal cases in Hong Kong and Vietnam. Even though this strain is not able yet to be transmitted among humans, evidence has accumulated that such ability could be reached by the new strain, since it was already detected in pigs. That particular evidence may indicate that the virus could adapt to infect humans, since a similar situation was observed in several of the influenza pandemics. The World Health Organization set a "task force" to develop a strategy that may help to control the virus spread. Several countries are already stocking anti-flu drugs and others are developing new vaccine that are currently been assayed in human volunteers. It is possible that we may have a vaccine before the outbreak; this development is even faster than for SARS. The mayor question to be addressed for developing countries is What will be done if we do not have the vaccine on time?.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Influenza Vaccines / Disease Outbreaks / Orthomyxoviridae Infections Type of study: Screening study Limits: Animals / Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Chile Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. méd. Chile Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2005 Type: Article Affiliation country: Chile Institution/Affiliation country: Universidad de Santiago de Chile/CL

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Influenza Vaccines / Disease Outbreaks / Orthomyxoviridae Infections Type of study: Screening study Limits: Animals / Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Chile Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. méd. Chile Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2005 Type: Article Affiliation country: Chile Institution/Affiliation country: Universidad de Santiago de Chile/CL