The online influenza knowledge centre
We will give you an extensive insight in the ins and outs of influenza. It's an easily accessible tool that presents its information in different modes and levels of expertise.
10 questions on influenza
- Should health care workers be vaccinated?
- Why is vaccination against flu necessary?
- Do healthy people need to get vaccinated?
- How can I encourage my patients to get vaccinated?
- Should the vaccine be given every year?
- Does annual vaccination protect completely against seasonal flu?
- Does the vaccine have any side effects?
- Can you get influenza from the vaccine?
- What is the best treatment for influenza?
- Will there be a new pandemic?
News
Bird flu jumps to pigs
Writen on 8 September 2010 by Ab Osterhaus
The H5N1 bird flu virus may be evolving the ability to spread from mammal to mammal, says a team who have discovered that pigs in Indonesia have been infected with the disease since 2005. It's one step in the frightening chain of events that could lead to human transmission and a pandemic.