A current view of influenza

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Pages: 160
ISBN : 2-7420-0468-8
Printed in: French

This book provides an overview of the latest knowledge and research on influenza.
Public opinion has recently become more aware of epidemics of acute respiratory illness caused by viruses. Experts are on the alert every year for a world epidemic caused by a mutant strain of the virus which could reach dramatic proportions because vaccination is not effective in such circumstances.
The goal of this book is to explain exactly what "the flu" is, in addition to the public health implications of this common affliction about which so little is known. It is a paradoxical illness, often benign but liable to result in a high rate of mortality in the weak and elderly.
The authors shed light on the progress made in recent decades in the area of flu viruses, how they are identified and how the illnesses is dealt with in epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic terms. New methods of diagnosis, prevention and treatment are now available. Networks have been established to monitor the emergence of new strains of the virus and immediately raise the alarm worldwide.
Au sommaire :
Introduction et historique
- Le virus
Épidémiologie de la grippe
Réseaux de surveillance
- La grippe : physiopathologie de l’infection et de ses complications
La grippe non compliquée et les complications extrarespiratoires
- Grippe et surinfections bronchopulmonaires
Grippes malignes
Grippe chez les sujets immunodéprimés
Particularités de la grippe chez l’enfant
Grippe interpandémique. Particularités de la grippe chez le sujet âgé
Traitements de la grippe
Prévention vaccinale
Grippe interpandémique chez l’enfant. Place du vaccin
- Les enjeux de santé publique