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Medical Professional Information

• Vaccination
• Clinical Description & Diagnosis
• Background
• Training
• Flu Vaccine Bulletins
• Infection Control
• Antivirals
• Patient Education
• References & Resources
• Surveillance
  
  

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Multilingual Flu Information

• Vaccine Information Statements (VISs)
• Flu Information from the CDC in :
• Spanish
• Filipino
• Chinese
• Vietnamese

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Journal Articles

• MMWR Recomm Rep. Prevention and Control of Influenza  June 29, 2007 / 56(Early Release);1-54
  • Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2007  
    • MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Report

     

• The New England Journal of Medicine 2006 Jul 6;355(1):31-40.
  • The under recognized burden of influenza in young children Adobe Acrobat Reader required to read.

• The Lancet 2006 Jan 28;367(9507):303-13.
  • Antivirals for influenza in healthy adults: systematic review Contact Medical Staff Office for the username/password required  Adobe Acrobat Reader required to read.
    
    
• Clinical Infectious Diseases 2003;37:1094-1101. (free access)
  • Transmission of Influenza: Implications for Control in Health Care Settings Adobe Acrobat Reader required to read.
    
    
• PLoS Medicine 2006 Oct;3(10). (free access)
  • Empirical Evidence for the Effect of Airline Travel on Inter-Regional Influenza Spread in the United States Adobe Acrobat Reader required to read.
    
    
• Medscape 
  • Seasonal Influenza: Prevention With Influenza Vaccines  username/password required after FREE registration
    

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Patient Information Handouts

• Flu Symptoms Fact Sheet from the Washington State Department of Health
• Influenza (Flu) Fact Sheet from the New York State Department of Health
• Priority Groups for Influenza Vaccination from the New York State Department of Health
• How to Fight the Flu from the New York State Department of Health
• FluMist, the Nasal Flu Vaccine from the New York State Department of Health
  

Textbooks

• Influenza Report 2006 
  This is a medical textbook that provides a comprehensive overview of epidemic and pandemic influenza
  
  
• Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases / Atkinson W, Hamborsky J, McIntyre L, Wolfe S, eds. 9th ed. Washington DC: Public Health Foundation, 2007. (a.k.a. The Pink Book)