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Health Canada - FLU Watch --- EXCELLENT RESOURCE
- Health Canada - Influenza-like illness (ILI) reporting definitiions
- Statement on Vaccination for 2005 - 2006
- General Influenza information, vaccination and pandemic influenza
- Links to all the pertinent sites

CDC - Flu Gallery - Flu information for Health Providers (including recommendations, updated patient information)

CDC - MMWRs Report on prevention and control of influenza

WHO - influenza surveillance, pandemic preparedness, resources, fact sheet, international travel
- avian flu, confirmed human cases of avian flu, Update 19 - possible human-human transmission, both viruses of avian origin

Alberta Health and Wellness - Influenza virus page (Oriented to the General public)
- Avian Flu

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- bird flu, avian flu
- influenza, influenza pandemic, influenza Calgary, influenza Alberta
- influenza immunization, influenza immunization Alberta,
- complications influenza

 

Calgary Health Region Medical Officer of Health - SRI notices and resources

Severe Respiratory Illness (SRI) Algorithm - Phase 0 and Phase 1

Health Canada SARS / SRI
- overview
- Information for Health Professionals
- Severe Respiratory Illness (SRI) in the SARS "Post-Outbreak" Period
 

Health Canada SRIs and SARS information for health care professionals,

SARS in Ontario - The Ontario Medical Association's page provides information about SARS in Ontario and tools for physicians.

World Health Organization - information about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The site will be updated daily to ensure that the most current information is available

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- SARS,  health risk

Health Canada - West Nile Virus - general information, patient information surveillance

CDC - West Nile Virus Basics - has general information, clinical practice guidelines, online education/training, and guidelines for surveillance, prevention and control 

West Nile Virus: A Primer for the Clinician
Ann Intern Med. 2002;137:173-179.

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