Bibliography
Articles
Science magazine, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, offers a special section on Influenza in the 21 April 2006 issue. Listen to Science's special influenza podcast (33 minutes) with MP3. Go to http://www.sciencemag.org/about/podcast.dtl and scroll down to reach the link for the 21 April recording.Prevention and Control of Influenza: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMRW: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 28, 2006. Dr. Nancy Cox, Director of the Influenza Division of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), co-authored this document. Dr. Cox is a finalist for the prestigious "Service to America" Metals.
Nancy Cox was part of the team that wrote the landmark article in the October 7, 2005, issue of Science: Characterization of the reconstructed 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic virus.
Cox, Nancy J. Global epidemiology of influenza: past and present.Annual Reveiw of Medicine 51: 407-21, 2000. Review articles offer excellent bibliographies.
Flu Vaccine Production Gets a Shot in the Arm Environmental Health Perspectives, November 2006. This article from the peer reviewed journal of the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Science offers good color illustrations and reassuring news.
Colizza, Vittoria, et al. Modeling the Worldwide Spread of Pandemic Influenza: Baseline Case and Containment Interventions PLOS Medicine, January 2007.
Fauci, Anthony S. Seasonal and pandemic influenza preparedness: science and counter measurments. Journal of Infectious Diseases 194: S73-S76, 2006.
Simmons, Cameron P. Prophylactic and Therapeutic Efficacy of Human Monoclonal Antibodies against H5N1 Influenza. PLOS Medicine May 2007.
Online access to Science and Annual Review of Medicine available only to the Brandeis community from this site.
Government Documents
Avian Flu Fact Sheet (July 2006)Colleges and Universities Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist (March 2006)
Information about Influenza Pandemics (October 2005)
National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan (May 2006)
Working Through an Outbreak: Pandemic Flu Planning and Continuity of Operation (May 2006)
Electronic books via National Academies Press
The Threat of Pandeimic Influenza: Are We Ready? Workshop Summary (2005)
Microbial Threats to Health:The Threat of Pandemic Influenza (2005)
John R. La Montagne Memorial Symposium on Pandemic Influenza Research: Meeting Proceedings (2005)
Reusability of Facemasks During an Influenza Pandemic:Facing the Flu (2006)
Learning from SARS:Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak. Workshop Summary (2004)
Books available at the Brandeis University Libraries... for an historical perspective
Links lead to LOUIS, the Brandeis University Library and Technology online catalog
Avian Flu by Jeffrey Sfakianos.
America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918 by Alfred W. Crosby.
Fever of War: The Influenza Epidemic in the U.S. Army During World War I, by Carol R. Byerly
The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History, by John M. Barry
Hunting the 1918 Flu: One Scientist's Search for a Killer Virus, by Kirsty Duncan
Influenza: the Last Great Plague: An Unfinished Story of Discovery, by William Ian Beveridge.
The Power of Plagues, by Irwin W. Sherman