The Fatal Strain

Qinghai Lake/Bird Island outbreak

research, attack on

SARS

SARS containment

secrecy about outbreaks

whistleblowers, punishment of

WHO, lack of cooperation with

See also Hong Kong

Chinese flu (1888)

cholera

Chulalongkorn University

civets, and SARS

cockfighting

and disease transmission

historical view

Indonesia

restriction, difficulty of

roosters, culling

roosters, devastation by flu

Thailand

Vietnam

computer simulations, of flu pandemic

Corlett, Richard

Cornaro, Markus

Coronavirus

Cox, Dr. Nancy

cruise ships, outbreaks on

CSL Limited

culling

cullers, lack of infection to

Hong Kong

Thailand

Vietnam

Cultural Revolution

cytokine storm

Dakun (witch doctor)

Death Railway

De Jong, Jan

Delgado, Christopher

dengue fever

Dharma, Dr. Surya

diagnosis

antibody tests

flu test inaccuracy

Western blot

Diamond, Jared

disinfection procedure

Domenech, Joseph

Dongmen Market

drug-resistance

humans

and mutation

and vaccination programs

drugs

overseas manufacture of

See also drug-resistance; Tamiflu; vaccination

ducks

agricultural practices, risky

and bird flu transmission

duck blood, recipe with

East Asia

chicken farming, rise of

economic boom

Ebola virus

economic costs, of influenza pandemic

Egypt, bird flu outbreak

emergency preparedness

globalization, impact on

rapid-response system, Cambodia

and speed of infection

Tamiflu, use of

U.S., limitations of

U.S., system for

ventilators, requirements

WHO guidelines

epidemiologists

dangers of infection to

field versus lab

information gathering methods

protective garments

puzzling scenarios

small animals, testing of

See also specific persons by name

Europe, transmission to

false negatives

false positives

family clusters

Ferguson, Neil M.

flu and flu pandemic. See entries under influenza and bird flu

Franklin, Benjamin

Fukuda, Dr. Keiji

CDC, role at

H5N1 investigation

personal characteristics of

professional credentials

on rapid response