While our goal here was to evaluate how the method of surveying friends could provide early detection of contagious outbreaks in general, it is noteworthy that, in the specific case of the flu, the method we evaluated appears to provide longer lead times than other extant methods of monitoring flu epidemics.
Mr. Leavitt said the Bush administration planned to prepare for a possible influenza pandemic by strengthening both international and domestic disease surveillance programs, buying drugs like Tamiflu and investing in research to develop alternative methods of making flu vaccines.
While some may get sick before getting a flu shot, the publicity given to the temporary shortage and to other methods of combating the flu may greatly increase public awareness and ultimately cause far more people to seek protection than did in years past.
Using new methods of synthesizing live flu viruses in the laboratory, Dr. Kawaoka and his colleagues meticulously went through the Hong Kong virus's eight gene segments, switching a gene from a lethal strain with its counterpart in a nonlethal strain, and asking if the change made the new virus nonlethal to mice.
For the development of these analytical methods, Flu-1 and Flu-3 had to be synthesized in an adequate amount.
From the questionnaire survey it was clear that most of the children had been exposed to the posters displaying the symptoms of flu and preventive methods but a fairly large minority in Dominica said that their teachers had not discussed the material with them.
The MIP/SPE method was used for the determination of FLU in pharmaceutical, serum and plasma samples, successfully.
In contrast, we show that the sensor method described here can detect an outbreak of flu two weeks in advance.
George W. Bush outlined a $7.1 billion plan to provide funding for the early detection and containment of any pandemic flu outbreaks both in the United States and in other countries, improved methods for creating flu vaccines, and the stockpiling of flu vaccines and antiviral drugs.
Nucleic acid amplification assays have become the method of choice for influenza (Flu) testing due to superior accuracy and faster turnaround time.
Clear leadership, effective communication about performance and methods used to identify and contact eligible patients were independently associated with significantly higher rates of flu vaccination.
