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| | |  Asian Flu: Encyclopedia II - List of wars and disasters by death toll - Deaths caused by humans
List of wars and disasters by death toll - War and military action.
These figures include deaths of civilians from diseases, famine, and atrocities as well as deaths of soldiers in battle.
62,000,000 - World War II (1937–1945), (see World War II casualties)
36,000,000 - An Lushan Rebellion (756–763)
30,000,000–60,000,000 - Mongol Conquests (13th century)
25,000,000 - Manchu Conquest of Ming China (1616–1644)
20,000,000–50,000,000 - Taiping Rebellion (1851 ...
See also:List of wars and disasters by death toll, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Deaths caused by humans, List of wars and disasters by death toll - War and military action, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Genocide and democide, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Terrorism, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Murder by individuals other than through terrorism, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Human sacrifice and mass suicide, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Riot or political demonstration, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Deaths caused by natural disasters, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Earthquake, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Volcanic eruption, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Tsunami, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Limnic eruption, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Extreme weather, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Hurricane typhoon and tropical cyclone, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Floods, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Blizzards, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Contractible disease, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Famine, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Death from other causes, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Fire, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Explosion, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Coal mine disasters, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Aviation, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Maritime, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Space travel, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Sporting events, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Industrial accidents, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Stampedes and Panics, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Other accidents, List of wars and disasters by death toll - Nuclear accidents Read more here: » List of wars and disasters by death toll: Encyclopedia II - List of wars and disasters by death toll - Deaths caused by humans |
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| | | | Asian Flu: Encyclopedia II - Influenza - Types There are three genera of the virus, identified by antigenic differences in their nucleoprotein and matrix protein:
Influenza A viruses are known to infect humans, other mammals and birds (see also avian influenza)
Influenza B viruses are known to infect humans and seals
Influenza C viruses are known to infect humans and pigs [1].
The A type of influenza virus is the type most likely to cause epidemics and pandemics. This is because the influenza A virus can undergo antigenic shift and present a n ...
See also:Influenza, Influenza - Types, Influenza - Genetics, Influenza - History, Influenza - Known epidemics and pandemics - overview, Influenza - Symptoms, Influenza - Variability, Influenza - Flu season, Influenza - Prevention, Influenza - Treatment, Influenza - Avian influenza, Influenza - Sources Read more here: » Influenza: Encyclopedia II - Influenza - Types |
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| | | | Asian Flu: Encyclopedia II - Influenzavirus A - In nonhumans Wild fowl act as natural asymptomatic carriers of avian flu virus. Prior to the current H5N1 epizootic, strains of avian influenza virus had been demonstrated to be transmitted from wild fowl to only birds, pigs, horses, seals, whales and humans; and only between humans and pigs and between humans and domestic fowl; and not other pathways such as domestic fowl to horse. [7] H5N1 has been shown to be also transmitted to tigers, leopards, ...
See also:Influenzavirus A, Influenzavirus A - Subtypes, Influenzavirus A - Annual flu, Influenzavirus A - Genetics, Influenzavirus A - In nonhumans, Influenzavirus A - In humans, Influenzavirus A - Sources Read more here: » Influenzavirus A: Encyclopedia II - Influenzavirus A - In nonhumans |
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| | | | Asian Flu: Encyclopedia II - Spanish flu - Recent research In February 1998, The Molecular Pathology Division of the US Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) recovered samples of the 1918 influenza from the frozen corpse of a Native Alaskan woman buried for nearly eight decades in permafrost near Brevig Mission, Alaska. Brevig Mission lost approximately eighty-five percent of its population to the Spanish flu in November, 1918. One of the four recovered samples contained viable genetic material of the 1918 virus. This sample provided scientists a first hand opportunity to study the virus, which ...
See also:Spanish flu, Spanish flu - Mutation theory, Spanish flu - Effects of new strain, Spanish flu - Social facts, Spanish flu - Notable victims, Spanish flu - Recent research, Spanish flu - Sources Read more here: » Spanish flu: Encyclopedia II - Spanish flu - Recent research |
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| | | | Asian Flu: Encyclopedia II - 1957 - Events
1957 - January.
January 1 - Saarland joins West Germany
January 2 - San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge to form Pacific Coast Stock Exchange.
January 3 - Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch
January 4 - After 69 years the last issue of Collier's Weekly magazine is published
January 5 - Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed handled the ball in test match cricket
January 10 - Anthony Eden resign ...
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| | | | Asian Flu: Encyclopedia II - Influenza - History There were several serious outbreaks of influenza in the 20th century. The most famous (and the most lethal) was the so-called Spanish Flu pandemic (type A influenza, H1N1 strain), which lasted from 1918 to 1919, and is believed to have killed more people in total than World War I. While the war casualties accumulated over several years, the pandemic took most of its toll over a period of weeks. Lesser flu epidemics included the 1957 Asian Flu (type A, H2N2 strain) and the 1968 Hong Kong Flu (type A, H3N2 strain).
Known epidemic ...
See also:Influenza, Influenza - History, Influenza - Symptoms, Influenza - Flu season, Influenza - Prevention, Influenza - Treatment, Influenza - Variability, Influenza - Avian influenza, Influenza - How H5N1 kills, Influenza - Sources Read more here: » Influenza: Encyclopedia II - Influenza - History |
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| | | | Asian Flu: Encyclopedia II - Avian influenza - In humans
Avian influenza - Infections.
In humans, avian flu viruses cause similar symptoms to other types of flu. [15] These include fever, cough, sore throat, muscle aches, conjunctivitis and, in severe cases, severe breathing problems and pneumonia that may be fatal. The severity of the infection will depend to a large part on the state of the infected person's immune system and if the victim has been exposed to the strain before, and is therefore partially immune. In one case, a boy with H5N1 experienced diarrhea followed rapidly by a coma without developing respiratory or flu-like sym ...
See also:Avian influenza, Avian influenza - In nonhumans, Avian influenza - In humans, Avian influenza - Infections, Avian influenza - Prevention and treatment, Avian influenza - Potential pandemic Read more here: » Avian influenza: Encyclopedia II - Avian influenza - In humans |
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| | | | Asian Flu: Encyclopedia II - Types There are three genera of the virus, identified by antigenic differences in their nucleoprotein and matrix protein:
Influenza A viruses are known to infect humans, other mammals and birds (see also avian influenza)
Influenza B viruses are known to infect humans and seals
Influenza C viruses are known to infect humans and pigs [1].
The A type of influenza virus is the type most likely to cause epidemics and pandemics. This is because the influenza A virus can undergo antigenic shift and present a n ...
See also:Influenza, Influenza - Types, Influenza - Genetics, Influenza - History, Influenza - Known epidemics and pandemics - overview, Influenza - Symptoms, Influenza - Variability, Influenza - Flu season, Influenza - Prevention, Influenza - Treatment, Influenza - Avian influenza, Influenza - Sources Read more here: » Influenza: Encyclopedia II - Types |
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| | | | Asian Flu: Encyclopedia II - Genetics Influenza A viruses contain their genome in eight separate linear segments of negative-sense RNA, which code for ten proteins (eleven for type A if including the novel PB1-F1 protein) [2]. Each segment contains a single gene, but some can be read twice at different starting points to create two distinct proteins. The segmented nature of the genome also allows for the exchange of entire genes between different viral strains when they cohabitate the same cell. The 8 genes are:
HA gene encoding hemagglutinin which produces about 50 ...
See also:Influenza, Influenza - Types, Influenza - Genetics, Influenza - History, Influenza - Known epidemics and pandemics - overview, Influenza - Symptoms, Influenza - Variability, Influenza - Flu season, Influenza - Prevention, Influenza - Treatment, Influenza - Avian influenza, Influenza - Sources Read more here: » Influenza: Encyclopedia II - Genetics |
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| | | | Asian Flu: Encyclopedia II - Avian influenza Genetic reassortment ("mixing") of a human flu virus with the current H5N1 avian influenza has been identified as the most likely source of the next pandemic.
The natural host for influenza virus is aquatic birds. Pandemic influenza often occurs when an avian-adapted virus infects a porcine host, which can be infected by human and avian varieties of influenza A virus. The virus may then recombine within the pig, to ...
See also:Influenza, Influenza - Types, Influenza - Genetics, Influenza - History, Influenza - Known epidemics and pandemics - overview, Influenza - Symptoms, Influenza - Variability, Influenza - Flu season, Influenza - Prevention, Influenza - Treatment, Influenza - Avian influenza, Influenza - Sources Read more here: » Influenza: Encyclopedia II - Avian influenza |
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| | | | Asian Flu: Encyclopedia II - Treatment Antiviral treatments that have proven effective in influenza are amantadine, rimantadine, zanamivir, oseltamivir and ribavirin. As most of these substances are expensive, various healthcare organisations and insurers only support their use where this would make a significant difference, e.g. in the elderly.
Worryingly, investigators at the CDC in Atlanta found high rates of resistance to adamantane derivatives (amantadine, rimantadine) in the H3N2 strain of influenza A: China 74%, Hong Kong (70%), Taiwan (23%), South Korea (15%) (Brig ...
See also:Influenza, Influenza - Types, Influenza - Genetics, Influenza - History, Influenza - Known epidemics and pandemics - overview, Influenza - Symptoms, Influenza - Variability, Influenza - Flu season, Influenza - Prevention, Influenza - Treatment, Influenza - Avian influenza, Influenza - Sources Read more here: » Influenza: Encyclopedia II - Treatment |
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