quarta-feira, 29 de abril de 2009

Alerta de pandemia da febre suína em fase 5

Hoje a OMS aumentou o alerta sobre a pandemia da febre suína de fase 4 para fase 5.

Current level of influenza pandemic alert raised from phase 4 to 5
29 April 2009 -- Based on assessment of all available information and following several expert consultations, Dr Margaret Chan, WHO's Director-General raised the current level of influenza pandemic alert from phase 4 to 5. She stated that all countries should immediately activate their pandemic preparedness plans. At this stage, effective and essential measures include heightened surveillance, early detection and treatment of cases, and infection control in all health facilities.
Statement by WHO Director-General
Full coverage of swine influenza


A Nature preparou uma página especial:

http://www.nature.com/news/specials/swineflu/index.html


Para se manter informado, há várias fontes de qualidade. Vejam as contribuições dos Drs. Sérgio Arruda e José Tavares-Neto e da Bibl. Martha Silvia Martínez Silveira:


Do CDC:

Interim guidance on infection control, treatment, and chemoprophylaxis for swine influenza is available at http://www.cdc.gov/flu/swine/recommendations.htm. Additional information about swine influenza is available athttp://www.cdc.gov/flu/swine/index.htm.


Na página do PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez


Gripe Suína Humana

Leituras recomendadas*:

1) http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/investigation.htm

2) http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm58d0424a1.htm

3) http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html).

4) http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/home/home.shtml

5) http://ecdc.europa.eu/

6) http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/rss/?s_cid=tw_epr_54

(*) Levantamento da Bibl. Martha Silvia Martínez Silveira Berbert do CPqGM/FIOCRUZ


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