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Alison Sharman and Derek Gatherer

What topics will you cover?

  • Pandemics and seasonal flu
  • The basic biology of flu viruses
  • Bird flu and how new flu subtypes arise
  • How flu spreads and how we can help prevent it
  • The body’s response to flu
  • Immunisation – the annual flu jab
  • Treatment of flu
  • Diagnosis of flu

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Flu pandemic knowledge enhancement

This course provides an introduction to influenza and its evolution, pandemics, prevention, diagnosis, immunisation, and treatment.

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