LIVRO How to Minimize Chaos and Deaths should H7N9 Influenza Cause a Pandemic (English Edition) PDF S Sapkota

Stealthily but steadily, the H7N9 influenza virus is emerging more virulent and potent in each of the waves of epidemic it is causing since early 2013. It has been mostly an avian disease so far. This means it is transmissible easily from one bird to another. But humans in close contact with these birds have been infected as well. The difference is, so far, it is not easily transmitted from one human to another whereas it is easily transmissible among birds. But if it did among humans, then it is potentially going to be a pandemic. The H7N9 Influenza virus has the ability to seriously sicken people who get the disease when they are in close contact with the infected birds. So far, by June 15 2017, 1533 cases of human infections confirmed by laboratory have been reported to World Health Organization or WHO, mostly from China but also from Malaysia, Taiwan and Canada. Of them, approximately 80 percent are reported to have pneumonia. More concerning fact is, 592 people or about 40 percent of them have died. This tells us the case fatality rate of H7N9 Influenza is close to 40 percent. In other words, out of every 1000 people infected with H7N9 Influenza virus, 400 would die. In this book S. Sapkota shares his experiences he gained on how to minimize morbidity and fatality while managing H5N1 pre-pandemic influenza during 2005 to 2009 and H1N1 pandemic influenza during 2009 to 2010. S. Sapkota is a medical epidemiologist and a public health expert with over 20 years of experience. He has vast experience in managing pandemic influenza. During 2007 to 2009 he worked extensively in planning to mitigate the impact of H5N1 Influenza that the world feared would cause the next deadly pandemic. Then, during 2009 to 2010, he worked in managing the H1N1 pandemic influenza. S. Sapkota has worked in World Health Organization (WHO), Georgia Department of Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and has been a consultant to health ministries in Europe, Africa and Asia. He has also been an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer; EIS is a well known, reputable 67 years old program of CDC that aims to train doctors and health professionals into seasoned disease detectives.