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A 6 page paper addressing the question of how a student could best protect themselves in the event of an outbreak of this dreaded disease. This paper reviews the history of the disease and its current status in terms of world preparedness. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPavFluStdnt.rtf
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This disease is spread primarily by and between birds but when this disease-causing organism mutates human-to-human transmission takes over. In areas of high population it is feasible that this
disease could reach epidemic proportions in a very short time. As a student who lives in a high-population area, this presents a number of concerns to me personally.
The immediate question that concerns me, of course, is how can I best protect myself from this disease given that vaccines are not readily available?
Avian flu has the potential to kill millions the world over. In the past Avian Flu has been restricted to animals in Southeast Asia and a few
human infections in that region (Pugh NA). Although the number of humans that have fell victim to the disease is now quite low even in Southeast Asia, these numbers
could rapidly escalate not just in Southeast Asia but elsewhere as well (Pugh NA). In Japan this virus first reappeared at a chicken farm in 2004 after having been
absent for seventy-nine years (Inoue 1327). Everywhere the virus appears it presents a threat not just to the avian population but to the human population as well.
Interestingly, biotechnology plays both a positive role and a negative role in this potential epidemic. Agricultural practices that produce large number of chickens and
other fowl and raise them in densely packed areas, for example, is a factor in the potential for the large-scale breakout of this virus (Inoue 1327). Biotechnology is also
important, however, in addressing this virus. Japan, in particular, has played a prominent role in the research on this disease and in the production of means to address it.
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