インフルエンザはインフルエンザです
Karl G Nicholson1, John M Wood, Maria Zambon
1Infectious Diseases Unit, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK. karlgnicholson@doctors.org.uk
Lancet (London, England)
|December 4, 2003
まとめ
インフルエンザのコントロールは,新しいワクチンや抗ウイルス薬によって進歩し,毎年発生するアウトブレイク管理を改善しました. パンデミックへの準備とインフルエンザの病原性を理解するために,継続的な研究は不可欠です.
科学分野:
- ウイルス学 ウイルス学 ウイルス学
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- インフルエンザの感染は,世界的に大きな苦しみと経済的損失をもたらします.
- 最近の進歩まで,数十年もの間,インフルエンザの制御における進歩は限られていた.
- 鳥インフルエンザ株 (H5N1,H9N2,H7N7) は,パンデミックの脅威となっている.
研究 の 目的:
- インフルエンザ対策戦略における最近の進歩をレビューする.
- ワクチン接種と抗ウイルス治療の重要性を強調する.
- パンデミックインフルエンザに関する継続的な研究の必要性を強調する.
主な方法:
- 不活性化および生インフルエンザウイルスワクチンに関する証拠のレビュー.
- ワクチン技術の発展の分析.
- ニューラミニダース阻害剤の検査と患者近くでの検査.
主要な成果:
- 活性化されていないワクチンは保護を提供し,生きているワクチンは安全で子供に有効です.
- ニューアミニダースを標的とした強力な抗ウイルス薬が現在利用可能になっています.
- 経済モデリングは,年間ワクチン接種と抗ウイルス薬の使用をサポートします.
- 患者の近くでの検査は,診断と監視を助けます.
結論:
- 最近のワクチンと抗ウイルス薬の進歩により,インフルエンザの管理が強化されています.
- 新興の鳥インフルエンザ株は,パンデミックの脆弱性を強調しています.
- 国際的な研究は,病原性を理解し,パンデミックに備えるために不可欠です.
- ワクチン/抗ウイルス薬の改善された監視と統合された使用は,世界的なインフルエンザの影響を減らすために不可欠です.
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