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Explaining pandemic flu: A guide from the CMO
Foreword
Pandemic influenza (flu): Key facts
Introduction: Being prepared
3. Controlling pandemic flu
4. How will pandemic flu affect the UK?
5. How will the UK respond to pandemic flu?
1. Understanding influenza
2: The nature of avian flu
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1.1 What is influenza or flu?
1.2 What causes pandemic flu?
1.3 The differences between pandemic flu and 'ordinary' flu
1.4 Previous flu pandemics
Understanding influenza: Summary
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