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More recent investigations, mainly based on original medical reports from the period of the pandemic, found that the viral infection itself was not more aggressive than any previous influenza, but that the special circumstances (malnourishment, overcrowded medical camps and hospitals, poor hygiene, etc.) promoted bacterial superinfection that killed most of the victims typically after a somewhat prolonged death bed.
To maintain morale, war time censors minimized early reports of illness and mortality in France, Germany, United Kingdom and
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previously healthy young adults. There are several possible explanations for the high mortality rate of the 1918 influenza pandemic. Some research suggests that the specific variant of the virus had an unusually aggressive nature. One group of researchers recovered the virus from the bodies of frozen victims and found that the transinfection in animals caused a rapid progressive respiratory failure and death through a cytokine storm (over reaction of body's immune system).
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Ms. Janet says moving across the globe, her team met the film’s characters: doctors, disease detectives, everyday men and women. Every one of them had stepped into the horror of an epidemic and emerged deeply changed. United States. Examining the recent epidemics of Ebola, Influenza and Zika; unseen enemy makes it clear that epidemics bring out the best and worst of human behavior, and that their effect goes far beyond the terrible tolls of sickness and death.
rapport both in field of vaccines and drugs distribution, availability of diagnostic tools and research work in the discipline. Leaders will have to chip in together - make strong health architecture at global level as threat is looming on everyone.
She says political leaders all over the world should address the problem and play key role in combating pandemics threats. There must be early detection and warning systems in place to detect outbreaks faster and countries must work in close
Finally, it is critical to invest in flu research both to improve the effectiveness of the current vaccine and, more importantly, to develop a universal flu vaccine - one that would work against all types of flu, including potentially a new pandemic strain.
‘‘We are all connected to any person, animal, and insect that may have an infectious disease incubating in them. And that connection is either incredibly dangerous or a powerful force for good. It is our choice which of those becomes true.’’
We also need to use new mobile technology to reach out to affected and vulnerable populations, mobilize healthcare and make long-term investments in scientific research.
