Scientists around the globe have been warning about the risk of a potential pandemic influenza outbreak. Pandemic flu is caused by a new, severe strain of the flu virus capable of producing severe disease and spreading rapidly person-to-person worldwide. Unlike the seasonal flu, a pandemic flu virus poses a novel threat since humans would have no previously developed immunity against this new virus strain, putting most people at high risk for infection. This could result in a large percentage of the world’s population being infected by a rapidly spreading virus in a very short period of time.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/pandemic-influenza-warning-children-risk
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/henry-h-bernstein
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/joseph-bocchini
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/john-s-bradley-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/trust-americas-health
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/children
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/influenza
