Avian Influenza-Basic Information
DIAGNOSIS
The symptoms of avian influenza in humans range from typical flu-like symptoms including cough, sore throat and sore muscles, to eye infections, pneumonia, severe respiratory disease, organ failures, and other severe life threatening complications. Avian influenza can only be detected in humans by a laboratory test. The main risks for human health are the risk of direct infection from bird to human, and the risk that the disease will change into a form that can be passed from human to human.
Treatment
The most recent available influenza vaccines do not protect against avian influenza. In the United States, four antiviral medications are approved for treatment of the influenza. The four are Amantadine, Rimantidine, Oseltamivir, Zanamivir. There is limited data that some of the newer antiviral agents, such as Oseltamivir and Zanamivir, are active against H5N1 influenza viruses. However, a strain of H5N1 virus is resistant to Oseltamivir and was recently......
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