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Preparedness and Response Capabilities for Emerging Infectious Diseases
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This illustration shows the rat species Rattus nativitatis, which went extinct on Australia's Christmas Island by 1908. In a new study of museum DNA samples, researchers report that the likely cause of the animals' extinction was an introduced disease. www.sdmph.org
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Spanish Flu Death Chart Image from Wikipedia
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Influenza SPREAD - 99% Respiratory H1N1 – iPH Countermeasures Wash Your Hands www.sdmph.org
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“The Blind Leading the Blind” Pieter Bruegel the Elder www.sdmph.org
“In the next influenza pandemic, be it now or in the future, be the virus mild or virulent, the single most important weapon against the disease will be a vaccine. The second most important will be communication.” - John M. Barry, 2009 – The Great Influenza www.sdmph.org
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