Pandemic Flu Glossary

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BCM Institute Glossary in Wiki (Version 1.0) or BCMpedia provides Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Professional with definitions that help to reduce confusion, thus promoting a common understanding and interpretation when implementing the BCM planning process. In addition, as a result of the recent H1N1 Influenza A and H5N1 outbreaks, the terminology used within the field of Pandemic Influenza is introduced as an additional set of glossary. These terms are also used throughout the institute's BCM-810 Implementing Pandemic Flu BC Plan course and BCM-2050 Crisis Simulation for Pandemic Influenza. The site map for BCMpedia.

We seek your invaluable suggestions and welcome any new influenza related term you may like to add/suggest/query in the existing set of the glossary of terms. Do note that the terms provided may not apply in all situations. The Pandemic Flu glossary section is only intended to convey the basic terms and medical definitions on viral diseases and anti viral drugs related inquiry to help the business continuity and disaster recovery professionals. It is not intended to be an exhaustive compilation of exact medical content.

Here are some Useful Pandemic Influenza Website Links. For those who are embarking on their Pandemic Flu Business Continuity Plan, this is a sample guidance notes of how a BC plan is written.

Pandemic Flu

A Absenteeism Adjuvant Alert System Singapore WHO UK Antibiotic Antibody Antigen Antigenic Drift Antigenic Shift Antiviral Asymptomatic Avian Influenza C Carrier Case Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) Clade Communicable Disease Centre (CDC) Confirmed Case Contact Contagious Containment D Disease Drift E Endemic Epidemic Epidemiology F Face Mask Flu

H H1N1 Influenza A Causes Signs and Symptoms Treatment Prevention H5N1 Hand Hygiene Hemaggluttinin (HA) Host Human-to-human Transmission I Immunity Incubation Period Infection Control Infectious Infectious Agent Infectious Disease Infectious Period Infectivity Influenza Influenza Type A Influenza Type B Influenza Type C Isolation M Mitigation Morbidity Mortality Mutation N Neuraminidase (NA) O Outbreak

P Pandemic Pandemic Influenza Pandemic Vaccine 1918 Spanish Flu Pathogenic Pre-pandemic Vaccine Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Prevalence Pandemic Preparedness Clinics (PPC) Prophylaxis Prophylactic Q Quarantine R Reassortment Rimantadine S Seasonal Influenza Shift Social Distancing Stockpile Strain Swine Flu T Tamiflu Telework Travel Restrictions V Vaccine Virology Virus Virulent W Wave World Health Organization Z Zoonoses