H1N1 (Human Swine Flu) in Canada

H1N1 (Human Swine Flu) cases in Canada, 2009 2000+ cases (dark maroon) in Ontario & Quebec, 500+ cases (maroon) on the Prairies, 100+ cases in Nunavut & Labrador, 1+ cases in Yukon & NWT Are you interested in contributing to HLWIKI International – hlwiki.ca? contact: dean.giustini@ubc.ca To browse other articles on a range of HSL topics, see the A-Z index. Last Update 16 May 2013 Key 4 stars denotes librarian-selected, high quality information. Starred sites are great places to begin your research. PubMed Health provides health information written at the college or university-level. MedlinePlus (U.S.) provides access to easy-to-read health information. An online or print publication intended to present Canadian health information for Canadians Introduction See also Influenza A(H7N9) virus | Men's Health Pathfinders | Women's Health Pathfinders | Canadian consumer health information (CHI) portal Influenza A(H7N9) virus emerges in China, April 2013 (WHO Statement on influenza A(H7N9) virus) H1N1 (Human Swine Flu) in Canada is an entry of links and information pertaining to the spread of H1N1 virus in Canada In 2013, reports of the virus spreading in humans have circulated, and some reports include deaths In 2009, H1N1 swept Mexico but soon spread to southern California and eventually up into Canada within weeks. Due to the genetic make-up of H1N1, a few months of lead-in time were required before a vaccine could be produced and then properly distributed. Confronting H1N1 included almost every nation on earth and a vast array of scientists and public health officials at the WHO and elsewhere. The moderate severity of the virus saved most countries from a public health catastrophe. In 2013, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says H1N1 is now low risk ...though isolated cases will occur See PHAC's Weekly summary of FluWatch (in French) reports for current information For some insight into the various types of H1N1 back to the 1918 epidemic, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza_A_virus_subtype_H1N1 For reliable H1N1 information, consult your local health librarian See this keyword search in PubMed "swine flu" or "H1N1" to browse for biomedical articles. Since 2009, 500+ confirmed deaths have been recorded in Canada (see above chart) re: H1N1 infection Prevention/preparedness - Handwashing BC Ministry of Health. Pandemic Influenza: Education and Awareness http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/pandemic/tools.html PHAC Handwashing recommendations http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/alert-alerte/h1n1/public/handtech-eng.php PubMed Health Fact sheet: H1N1 flu http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0004664/ Self-monitoring What is the H1N1 flu virus? (Public Health Agency of Canada) http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/alert-alerte/h1n1/guide/index-eng.php?option=print Expert overviews - open access Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AntigenicShift_HiRes_vector.svg BioMedCentral (BMC) Influenza Gateway http://www.biomedcentral.com/gateways/influenza/ British Medical Journal (Swine Flu) http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/338/apr30_3/b1791 http://blogs.bmj.com/pandemic-flu/ Canadian Medical Association (CMA) - Clinical practice guidelines : H1N1 (human swine influenza) http://www.cma.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/87104/la_id/1.htm DynaMed - "Swine Flu" (EBSCO) http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/swineflu/ and http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/h1n1/ EBSCO Influenza Evidence-based Information Portal http://support.ebsco.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?id=4633 eMedicine - Swine Flu (H1N1) http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1673658-overview Global Health Library - World Health Organization (WHO) http://h1n1.influenza.bvsalud.org/php/index.php?lang=en Lancet's H1N1 Flu Resource Centre http://www.thelancet.com/H1N1-flu National Health Service (NHS) - Swine flu clinical package http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_100941 New England Journal of Medicine - H1N1 Influenza Center http://h1n1.nejm.org/ Monographs Books about "Swine Flu" in WorldCat http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=swine+flu+OR+H1N1&dblist=638&fq=dt%3Abks&qt=facet_dt%3A The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease (1976) - Richard E. Neustadt and Harvey V. Fineberg http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12660 Canada British Columbia BC Centre for Disease Control - Human Swine Flu (H1N1 Influenza A) http://www.bccdc.ca/dis-cond/a-z/_h/HumanSwineFlu/default.htm BC Government - Facts About the H1N1 Virus http://www.gov.bc.ca/h1n1/keyfacts/index.html H1N1 Flu Virus (Human Swine Flu) under surveillance in BC http://www.gov.bc.ca/govt/swine_flu.html HealthLink BC at 8-1-1, 24 hours a day/seven days a week For more information, try http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/kbaltindex.asp Vancouver Coastal Health Pandemic files http://www.vch.ca/pandemic/ Vancouver Coastal Health Regional Infection Control Manual http://vchconnect.vch.ca/icmanual (Intranet only) UBC Health, Safety and Environment http://www.hse.ubc.ca/welcome.html UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=modules/liu/news/view.jsp&id=362 General travel advisories Canadian Medical Association Infobase - Clinical practice guidelines on Swine Influenza http://www.cma.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/87104/la_id/1.htm Fight Flu 'Get the Facts on the H1N1' - Health Canada http://www.fightflu.ca/index-eng.html OPHLA - Influenza A(H1N1) (Human Swine Influenza) Updates http://www.ophla.ca/h1n1.htm PHAC Travel Advisories http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/hharch-eng.php Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) - Human Swine Influenza http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/alert-alerte/swine_200904-eng.php Canadian news outlets Canada.com "Swine Flu" Map http://www.canada.com/health/swine-flu/story.html?id=1565858 CBC News Confirmed swine flu cases around the globe http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/04/27/f-swine-flu-map.html CTV News - What is Swine Flu? http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090424/swine_flu_090424/20090424?hub=Health http://housingdoom.com/2009/04/25/ah1n1/#ca Flu tracking via maps FluTracker - Tracking the progress of H1N1 swine flu http://flutracker.rhizalabs.com/ H1N1 Swine Flu via Google maps http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=p&msa=0&msid=106484775090296685271.0004681a37b713f6b5950&z=2 HealthMap tracks all kinds of outbreaks: http://www.healthmap.org/en http://twitter.com/healthmap (Twitter feed) Fluradar - Flu mapping and detection system for your mobile Devices http://fluradar.webxells.com United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) maintains a web page on Swine Flu and is kept updated with recent facts. http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/ and http://www.cdc.gov/flu/languages.htm (other languages) CDC - RSS feed on Swine Flu http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/rss/?s_cid=tw_epr_54 CDC - Health Advisory http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/pdf/HAN_042509.pdf CDC - Twitter feed http://twitter.com/cdcemergency Institutes of Medicine - Pandemic Influenza: A Guide to Recent Institute of Medicine Studies and Workshops http://bit.ly/Zn2lD University of Minnesota Swine Flu page http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/ Consumer health information Krames Patient Education Handouts - H1N1 Flu Virus http://www.krames.com/swine-flu.html MedlinePlus - H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/h1n1fluswineflu.html Specialized Information Service - National Library of Medicine http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/swineflu.html. Tufts University - (SPIRAL) Selected Patient Information in Asian Languages http://spiral.tufts.edu/topic.shtml International European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control http://ecdc.europa.eu/ World Health Organization - Swine Flu http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html Medline & PubMed search terms "swine flu" or "H1N1" (text) *influenza A virus, H1N1 subtype/ exp Swine Diseases/ influenza exp Virus Diseases/ (swine adj2 flu) (swine adj2 influenza) Disease Outbreaks/ (outbreak* or epidemic* or pandemic* or transmission or cross infection or infection) human/ not animal/ see an actual PubMed Swine Flu search screenshot Searching medical databases CABI Global Health http://www.cabdirect.org/globalhealth and http://www.netvibes.com/cabialerts#About OvidSP - Researching the H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) - include search strategies http://www.ovid.com/site/pdf/swine_flu_bibliography.pdf "swine flu" or "H1N1" (text) (Click here for an actual keyword search on PubMed) Other sites Pat Andersen's iGoogle Swineflu tab MedLibs, Nicole Dettmar http://medlibs.pbworks.com/Novel-H1N1-Influenza PAHO/WHO Influenza http://listserv.paho.org/archives/influenza.html Great Flu game http://www.thegreatflu.com/ References Alexander DJ. 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