| nurses' fears and professional obligations concerning possible human-to-human avian flu. | this survey aimed to illustrate factors that contribute to nurses' fear when faced with a possible human-to-human avian flu pandemic and their willingness to care for patients with avian flu in taiwan. the participants were nursing students with a lesser nursing credential who were currently enrolled in a bachelor degree program in a private university in southern taiwan. nearly 42% of the nurses did not think that, if there were an outbreak of avian flu, their working hospitals would have suffi ... | 2006 | 16961111 |
| low seroprotection against preseasonal influenza local strains in children might predict the upcoming epidemic influenza strains. | background. our objective was to determine the serological signals that indicated the possible dominant circulating influenza virus subtypes for the coming influenza seasons. methods. healthy children 6 months through 5 years of age, adults 18-60 years of age, and elderly adults >60 years of age were recruited to receive seasonal trivalent inactivated influenza vaccinations from october through december during the 2006-2007 and 2008-2009 seasons. paired serum samples were collected at baseline a ... | 2010 | 20528478 |
| clinical and laboratory analysis of influenza b infection in children in taichung, taiwan during the 2006-2007 flu season. | an epidemic of influenza b/malaysia/2506/2004 was reported in taiwan during the 2006-2007 flu season. we investigated the flu vaccination history and clinical and laboratory characteristics of children with influenza b infection. | 2009 | 19453079 |
| a surveillance of human influenza virus in swine in southern taiwan. | from september 1970 to december 1971, samples were taken monthly from farm pigs, piglets and abattoir pigs in southern taiwan for virus isolations and serologic studies. a total of 10 strains of hemagglutinating agent were isolated in january and july 1971, following 2 epidemics of human influenza occurring in december 1970 and june 1971, respectively. three strains were antigenically confirmed as influenza a similar to a/hong kong/68 virus. | 1977 | 885670 |