Biosurveillance 1 - Pandemic Flu 2009 Origin
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This Twine is one of about five meant to help document the 2009 Flu Pandemic event as a Biosurveillance case study. The "Biosurveillance 1" Twine specifically focuses upon the genetic origin or development of the current virus as well upon its relationship to other viral strains.
The goal here is to help demonstrate new methods to document such events with unstructured data / knowledge that may eventually support structured (or hybrid) data analysis.
The goal here is to help demonstrate new methods to document such events with unstructured data / knowledge that may eventually support structured (or hybrid) data analysis.
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This Is Your Body On Flu - NPR Health Blog : NPRThis Is Your Body On Flu By Scott Hensley If all the good advice about coughing and sneezing into your sleeve to prevent the spread of flu hasn't sunk in, please take a look at this gripping video from NPR's Robert Krulwich and medical animator David Bolinsky ...
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Medical News: H1N1 Flu Challenges Heart and Lung Transplants - in Infectious Disease, Flu & URI from MedPage TodayTo help us better serve you, please identify your profession and specialty: H1N1 Flu Challenges Heart and Lung Transplants Robert Jasmer, MD The pandemic H1N1 flu poses special problems for people getting heart and lung transplants, according to an advisory from the International Society ...
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New flu can kill fast, researchers agree | Health | ReutersNew flu can kill fast, researchers agree By Maggie Fox , Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new H1N1 flu is "strikingly different" from seasonal influenza, killing much younger people than ordinary flu and often killing them very fast, World Health Organization officials ...
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Asthma and Swine Flu: What You Need to Know - US News and World ReportArticle Comments (0) Asthma and Swine Flu: What You Need to Know Asthmatics are at increased risk of complications from swine flu, so they need to stay on alert Posted October 16, 2009 With the H1N1 vaccine becoming more widely available , news that asthma is the most common chronic ...
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Swine Flu Can Cause Viral Pneumonia, WHO Warns Doctors - washingtonpost.comThe World Health Organization urged doctors Friday to treat suspected swine flu cases as quickly as possible with antiviral drugs, warning that the virus can cause potentially life-threatening viral pneumonia much more commonly than the typical flu, sometimes in relatively young, otherwise ...
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