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28 February 2020 Page 1 of 12 20 202 1 northern hemisphere influenza season February 20 20 WHO convenes technical consultations 1 in February and September each year to recommend viruses for inc. Vaccine Program. VRBPAC Meeting. . Robin Robinson, Ph.D. . Director, BARDA. Deputy Assistant Secretary, ASPR. November 14, 2012. U.S. Pandemic Influenza Plans Laid the Pathway for Pandemic Vaccines . Why We . Need . to Set the Standard to Educate Ourselves About & Encourage . Vaccination in Our Communities. What Do Vaccines Do?. Protect you from diseases, many of them infectious. Protect anyone you come in contact with . http://www.who.int/influenza/vaccines/virus/en/ Description of the process of influenza vaccine virus selection and development available at:http://www.who.int/gb/pip/pdf_files/Fluvaccvirusselection.p The more Effective FLU VACCINE PROBLEM. WHO Meeting. August 23, 2016. Source: Abbas, . Abul. K, Andrew H. . Lichtman. , and Shiv Pillai. . Cellular and Molecular Immunology. . Philadelphia: Saunders/Elsevier, 2010. Print. . Why should I be concerned about influenza and pneumococcal disease? Pneumonia and influenza together are among the top 10 leading causes of death among Georgians over age 65. It is estimated that Objectives. Review the New Jersey state influenza vaccination law and how it affects your healthcare facility. Discuss CDC recommendations for protecting staff and patients/residents during influenza season. Orthomyxoviridae family of viruses. RNA enveloped viruses that make up three genera. Influenzavirus A. Influenzavirus B. Influenzavirus C. The type A viruses are the most virulent among the three, genetically diverse and infecting human, birds and animals. is caused by specified viruses that are members of the family Orthomyxoviridae and placed in the genus Alphainfluenzavirus ( I nfluenzavirus A or influenza A virus ) . There are seven influenza g RNA virus. of the family . Orthomyxoviridae. that is responsible for the infectious disease . influenza. (or most commonly referred to as flu) in birds, various mammals (such as pigs) and humans. Typically, influenza is characterized by fever, sore throat, chills and other non-specific symptoms, it is a much more severe disease. It is spread around the world in seasonal epidemics and according to World Health Organization, these annual epidemics result in about three to five million cases of severe illness, and about 250 000 to 500 000 deaths.. Jayawardena S, Cheung CY, Barr I, Chan KH, Chen H, Guan Y, et al. Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Influenza A (H5N1) Virus. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007;13(6):899-901. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1306.061572. Acid Substitutions. Emma . Roth. 1. , Brian Aevermann. 1. , . Vinita . Puri. 2. , . Nadia . Fedorova. 2. , . Susmita . Shrivastava. 2. , . Lihui Wu, Paolo . Amedeo. 2. , . Rafael . Medina. 3. , . Gene . Pasick J, Berhane Y, Embury-Hyatt C, Copps J, Kehler H, Handel K, et al. Susceptibility of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1). Emerg Infect Dis. 2007;13(12):1821-1827. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1312.070502. Health Care Workers. Information and general advice session. Ananda Aged Care - April 2019. *No individual advice can be given at this session: . For individual advice and/or to provide a medical certificate to opt out of free . Five Vaccines to Feature for Staff Education. COVID-19, Influenza (Flu), Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Pneumococcal (Pneumonia) & Shingles . The following information is intended to support your facility’s vaccination education efforts. .