Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. History. 3. Etiology. 4. Pathogenesis. 5. Receptor of influenza viruses. 6. Cytokines in the pathogenesis of influenza. 7. Virus and the disease. 8. Susceptibility to physical and chemical agents. 9. Ecology. 10. Incidences and distribution. 11. Incubation period, transmission and epidemiology. 12. Low pathogenicity avian influenza (LPAI) and high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI): symptoms and lesions. 13. Transmission of influenza virus between species. 14. Criteria for classifying the avian influenza viruses into HPAI and LPAI. 15. Influenza pandemics. 16. Recent major outbreaks of avian influenza. 17. Characteristics of pandemic influenza viruses and characteristics of 1997 H5N1 Hong Kong influenza virus. 18. Human health implications. 19. Treatment of bird flu infections in humans/anti-viral agents. 20. Avian influenza and human death. 21. Collection of samples and diagnosis of avian influenza. 22. Prevention, control and eradication. 23. Methods for killing poultry in the event of an avian influenza outbreaks. 24. Avian influenza in wild birds. 25. Avian influenza in tigers and leopards. 26. Laboratories authorized to test samples suspected for avian influenza. 27. Vaccines against avian influenza. 28. Avian influenza at a glance. Conclusion. References. Index.
"The book is written in a very simple and lucid manner so that everybody can read and understand very easily. The book is useful for scientist, teachers, students, officers, diagnosticians and general public as bird flu has become a hot and burning topic now-a-days and everybody will get lot of information about it. This book will provide information on the history, etiology, pathogenesis, transmission, epidemiology, diagnosis and control of the bird flu. Besides, the receptors of influenza viruses, susceptibility of influenza viruses to physical and chemical agent, recent major outbreaks of avian influenza, influenza pandemics, collection and dispatch of materials for diagnosis of bird flu, avian influenza in wild birds and methods of killing of poultry in the event of an outbreak have been dealt with." (jacket)
