The evolution and future of influenza pandemic preparedness

The influenza virus is a global threat to human health causing unpredictable yet recurring pandemics, the last four emerging over the course of a hundred years. As our knowledge of influenza virus evolution, distribution, and transmission has increased, paths to pandemic preparedness have become apparent. In the 1950s, the World Health Organization (WHO) established a global influenza surveillance network that is now composed of institutions in 122 member states. This and other surveillance networks monitor circulating influenza strains in humans and animal reservoirs and are primed to detect influenza strains with pandemic potential. Both the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the WHO have also developed pandemic risk assessment tools that evaluate specific aspects of emerging influenza strains to develop a systematic process of determining research and funding priorities according to the risk of emergence and potential impact. Here, we review the history of influenza pandemic preparedness and the current state of preparedness, and we propose additional measures for improvement. We also comment on the intersection between the influenza pandemic preparedness network and the current SARS-CoV-2 crisis. We must continually evaluate and revise our risk assessment and pandemic preparedness plans and incorporate new information gathered from research and global crises.Subject terms: Influenza virus, Infectious diseases     

ADSORBENTS USED IN THE CLEARANCE OF ENDOTOXIN

1.INTRODUCTION[()-227.3()]Endotoxinislipopolysaccharide(LPS)derivedfromthecellmembranesofgram-negativebacteria.Endotoxincancausefebrilereactionsinanimalswithsymptomsofhighfever,vasodilation,diarrheaandfetalshockwheninjectedeveninaverysmallamount[1].Iftheconcentrationofendotoxininpatients?bloodishighenoughitcancauseseveresepsis,whichisamajorcauseofdeathinpatientsandcontinuestohaveahighmortalitydespiteappropriatesurgery,potentantibiotic,andintensivesupportivetherapy[2~5].LipidAisthemaintox…     

Improving Construction for Connected Dominating Set with Steiner Tree in Wireless Sensor Networks

The connected dominating set plays an important role in ad hoc wireless networking. Many constructions for approximating the minimum connected dominating set have been proposed in the literature. In this paper, we propose a new one with Steiner tree, which produces approximation solution within a factor of 6.8 from optimal. This approximation algorithm can also be implemented distributedly.