H1N1 (Human Swine Flu) in Canada

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Introduction

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Facts:

  • As of early 2010, there were 425 confirmed deaths of H1N1 (Human Swine) Flu in Canada. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says that the second wave of pandemic H1N1 2009 has tapered off though isolated cases continue to occur.
  • See PHAC's weekly Summary of FluWatch Findings for the week ending ... (in French) reports for the latest information.
    • For reliable H1N1 information, please consult your local health librarian.
    • See this keyword search in PubMed "swine flu" or "H1N1" to browse for biomedical articles.
  • The earliest cases of H1N1 Flu Virus (Human Swine Flu) were detected in Mexico in April 2009. By late April, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control had declared a public health emergency and warned that a possible new international pandemic may be emerging. With the World Health Organization (WHO) and its international partners - including Health Canada and PHAC - steps were taken to contain the virus and to inform the public what they could do to protect themselves.

Prevention/preparedness - Handwashing

Self-monitoring

Expert overviews - open access

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Monographs

Canada

British Columbia

General travel advisories

Canadian news outlets

Flu tracking via maps

United States

  • Institutes of Medicine - Pandemic Influenza: A Guide to Recent Institute of Medicine Studies and Workshops

Consumer health information

International

Medline & PubMed search terms

  1. "swine flu" or "H1N1" (text)
  2. *influenza A virus, H1N1 subtype/
  3. exp Swine Diseases/
  4. influenza
  5. exp Virus Diseases/
  6. (swine adj2 flu)
  7. (swine adj2 influenza)
  8. Disease Outbreaks/
  9. (outbreak* or epidemic* or pandemic* or transmission or cross infection or infection)
  10. human/ not animal/

Searching medical databases

Other sites

References

  • Alexander DJ. Ecological aspects of influenza A viruses in animals and their relationship to human influenza: a review. J R Soc Med. 1982 Oct;75(10):799-811. PMID 6752410
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Update: Swine influenza A (H1N1) infections--california and texas, april 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 May 1;58(16):435-7. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm58d0424a1.htm
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Swine influenza A (H1N1) infection in two children--southern california, march-april 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 Apr 24;58(15):400-2. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm58d0421a1.htm
  • de Jong JC, Smith DJ, Lapedes AS, Donatelli I, Campitelli L, Barigazzi G, et al. Antigenic and genetic evolution of swine influenza A (H3N2) viruses in europe. J Virol. 2007 Apr;81(8):4315-22. PMID 17287258
  • Jefferson T et al. "Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses: systematic review" British Med J. September 2009 http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/339/sep21_1/b3675 (...washing 10 times daily halves the spread of respiratory infection)
  • Hampson AW, Mackenzie JS. The influenza viruses. Med J Aust. 2006 Nov 20;185(10 Suppl):S39-43. PMID 17115950
  • Lipatov AS, Govorkova EA, Webby RJ, Ozaki H, Peiris M, Guan Y, et al. Influenza: Emergence and control. J Virol. 2004 Sep;78(17):8951-9. PMID 15308692
  • Reid AH, Taubenberger JK. The origin of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus: A continuing enigma. J Gen Virol. 2003 Sep;84(Pt 9):2285-92. PMID 12917448
  • Taubenberger JK, Morens DM. The pathology of influenza virus infections. Annu Rev Pathol. 2008;3:499-522. PMID 11779381
  • Taubenberger JK, Reid AH, Janczewski TA, Fanning TG. Integrating historical, clinical and molecular genetic data in order to explain the origin and virulence of the 1918 spanish influenza virus. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2001 Dec 29;356(1416):1829-39. PMID 18039138
  • Van Reeth K. Avian and swine influenza viruses: Our current understanding of the zoonotic risk. Vet Res. 2007 Mar-Apr;38(2):243-60. >PMID 17257572
  • Winkler WG. Influenza in animals: Its possible public health significance. J Wildl Dis. 1970 Oct;6(4):239,42; discussion 247-8. >PMID 16512120
  • To do a pre-search, see the Wikipedia article Swine influenza or 2009 flu pandemic in Canada Highly recommended: File:4-star.gif
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