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The pandemic and a brief ABC of

influenzaThomas Abraham

JMSC 6090

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Class objectives

To understand the basics of avian and pandemic influenza

What are the different flu strains Vaccines and anti- virals Where to get facts and figures on flu

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Here’s what they talked about

A new flu virus was causing illness in both the US and Mexico.

In Mexico, there were outbreaks of the disease in three locations, with some severe cases

Appeared to be spreading rapidly and easily between humans

Was this the “Big one?”

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Edgar Hernandez

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WHO chief says swine flu has

pandemic potential

Deadly swine flu outbreak 'can't be contained'

Fear of pandemic as killer flu strain

spreads

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Why worry about flu?

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Estimated to cause between 3 and 5 million cases of severe illness every year, and between 250,000 to 500,000 deaths worldwide

1.8 million died of HIV/AIDS, a similar number from tuberculosis last year

1.5 million children died of diaorrheal diseases

Why is flu such a big deal?

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The flu virus has a trick up its sleeve

Flu viruses, like all viruses, evolve, or mutate, constantly.

Periodically, they goes through a major transformation, and a new form emerges to which people have no immunity.

This new virus spreads across the world and causes pandemic

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The last century has seen 3 influenza pandemics

1918: H1N1- or “Spanish Flu” ( 20-40 million)

1957- H2N2- “Asian flu” ( 2 million) 1968-H3N2- “Hong Kong flu”( 1

million) 1971-H1N1- “Russian flu” 2009 H1N1 ( Swine Flu) – less than

from normal seasonal flu

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Pandemics, epidemics, outbreaks Outbreak=Spread of disease, which

occurs in a short period of time and in a limited geographic location (i.e., neighborhood, community, school, or hospital)

Epidemic = outbreak of disease in a wider area, at levels above the ordinary

Pandemic= outbreak of disease on a global scale. In the case of influenza, the global spread of a new influenza virus that has not circulated previously

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Pandemic and seasonal influenza

Seasonal influenza= the “normal” circulating influenza strains

Pandemic= a new strain to which most people have no immunity

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Image by Karsten Schneider/Science Photo Library

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Characteristics of the flu virus

Single stranded RNA virus Family Orthomyxoviridae 3 types of influenza virus: A, B and C A is capable of causing pandemics

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Classification of influenza A viruses

Classified on the basis of hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase ( NA).

16 subtypes of HA and 9 subtypes of NA are known to exist

3 subtypes of HA (1-3) and 2 subtypes of NA (1-2) are human influenza viruses

However HA 5,7,9 and N7, predominantly found in bird viruses can also infect humans.

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How have pandemics originated?

The natural home of the flu virus is in aquatic birds

When genes from avian influenza viruses mix with existing human viruses.

Often, pigs are the “mixing bowl”, since they can be infected with both human and avian flu viruses

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G Neumann et al. Nature 000, 1-9 (2009) doi:10.1038/nature08157

Genesis of swine-origin H1N1 influenza viruses.

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The world of viruses took us by surprise

Experts had long predicted a new pandemic, but they were looking at another virus, and at another part of the world.

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May 1997, Hong Kong: first cases of human infection by H5N1- an avian influenza virus.

1999 Hong Kong: H9N2 infection: mild illness

Feb. 2003, Hong Kong : 3 people who had travelled to China were infected with H5N1- two died

Feb 2003, Holland: H7N7 outbreak. 89 fell ill, one died

Dec 2003- major outbreaks of avian and human cases of H5N1

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Currently circulating influenza A viruses in human population

1. Pandemic H1N1 (“swine flu”)2. “old” H1N1 ( from 1971)3. H3N2 ( from 1968 pandemic) Pandemic H1N1 appears to be

causing 80-90 percent of flu in most places, and could be displacing the other two.

Will eventually become the regular seasonal flu

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Prevention and treatment

1. Treatment ( once you catch the disease) is largely through anti-virals.

Two anti viral drugs are effective- oseltamivir ( Tamiflu) and Zanamivir (Relenza)

These drugs are neuriminidase inhibitors= they prevent the NA part of the virus from doing its work

How effective are they?

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Prevention

Vaccination Non-pharmaceutical measures ( ie

avoiding crowds, personal hygiene, closing schools etc)

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Sources

http://www.chp.gov.hk/en/index.html http://www.who.int/influenza/surveillan

ce_monitoring/en/

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/fluactivitysurv.htm

For any infectious disease outbreak: Ask yourself, are the figures any different from previous years?

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For review

What do the H and the N in influenza viruses mean?

How do pandemics originate? What is the difference between seasonal and

pandemic influenza? What are the current seasonal influenza

strains? How can H1N1 be treated? How can its spread be prevented,or

minimised?


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