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Health Officials Keep Close Watch on Bird Flu
URL: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4949542

Description:
A compilation of radio programs from 2005 about the response of world leaders and health officials to "an especially virulent strain of the bird flu [that] is spreading out from Southeast Asia. Known as H5N1, the virus can infect humans as well as birds." Also includes information about the 1918 influenza epidemic and about "Wickett's Remedy," a recently published novel set at the outset of the flu epidemic. From National Public Radio (NPR).

LII Topics: Bird Flu (Avian Influenza), Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Influenza (Flu), Public Health, Public Health & Safety

Publisher:
National Public Radio (NPR)

Extra Keywords
pandemic avian flu Myla Goldberg

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Avian influenza
Communicable diseases
Influenza viruses

LII Database Information:
Record 19275 created by Maria Brandt on 10/10/2005
Last modification on 10/12/2005
Published: 10/13/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19275

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