Book Description:
Avian influenza, sometimes avian flu, and commonly called bird flu, refers to "influenza caused by viruses adapted to birds." Of greatest concern is highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). These influenza viruses occur naturally among birds. Wild birds worldwide carry the viruses in their intestines, but usually do not get sick from them. However, avian influenza is very contagious among birds and can make some domesticated birds, including chickens, ducks, and turkeys, very ill. Infected birds shed influenza virus in their saliva, nasal secretions, and feces. Susceptible birds become infected when they have contact with contaminated secretions or excretions or with surfaces that are contaminated with secretions or excretions from infected birds. The risk from avian influenza is generally low for most people, because the viruses do not usually infect humans. However, confirmed cases of human infection from several subtypes of avian influenza infection have been reported since 1997. The spread of avian influenza viruses from one ill person to another has been reported very rarely, and has been limited, inefficient and unsustained. This important book gathers the latest research from around the globe in this field.

Table of Contents:
Preface

Chapter I. Interspecies Transmission of Avian Influenza Virus to Dogs, pp. 1-26
(Daesub Song, Bokyu Kang, Chulseung Lee, Bongkyun Park , Department of Veterinary Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea)

Chapter II. Conventional and Experimental Vaccines against Avian Influenza, pp. 27-47
(Ami Patel, Gary Wong, Mickey Sahib, and Gary P. Kobinger, Special Pathogens Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada and others)

Chapter III. Worldwide Preparedness to Prevent Eruption of Pandemic Flu and to Control Pandemic Spread after its Emergence, pp. 49-68
(Yoav Arnson, MD, Yaron Bar-Dayan, MD, MHA, Department of Medicine 'D', Meir Medical Center, Kfar –Saba, Israel., Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel and others)

Chapter IV. Molecular Pathogenesis of Avian Influenza and Prospect of Therapy using Small Interfering RNA, pp. 69-81
(Jeanne Adiwinata Pawitan, Department of Histology, Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia)

Chapter V. Avian Influenza: Intervention and Therapy, pp. 83-95
(Hongxuan He, PhD, National Research Center for Wildlife Born Diseases, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)

Chapter VI. Infection Control for Avian Influenza (H5N1) in Healthcare Settings, pp. 97-113
(Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Division of Infectious Diseases, Linda M. Mundy, Saint Louis Univ. School of Public Health, Saint Louis, Missouri)

Chapter VII. U.S. and International Responses to the Global
Spread of Avian Flu, pp. 115-157
(Tiaji Salaam-Blyther and Emma Chanlett-Avery)

Chapter VIII. Avian Influenza: Agricultural Issues, pp. 159-165
(Jim Monke)

Chapter IX. Potential Risks of Vaccination against Avian Flu Epidemics, pp. 167-194
(Shingo Iwami, Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Japan)

Expert Commentary: Preparation and Production of Prepandemic and Pandemic Influenza Vaccine: A Personal View, pp. 195-200
(Akikazu Sakudo, Toyokazu Ishikawa, and Kazuyoshi Ikuta, Department of Virology, Center for Infectious Disease Control, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan and others)

Index, pp. 201