Websites of the Month: Avian & Pandemic Influenza

Avian influenza and the potential threat of pandemic influenza in humans has lead to a leap in interest in influenza, with masses of news stories and information websites being produced worldwide, so here are two websites which aggregate resources.

Flu Wiki

The FLU Wiki is a resource started by an American writer, Melanie Mattson, aimed at providing reliable neutral information to inform public health authorities. The wiki is a collaborative project where readers may edit pages to include useful resources they have found (within the guidelines of the editorial policy ), so it is continuously evolving and updating.

http://www.fluwikie.com/

This wiki has sections for news (including blogrolls), science information (including sequences , epidemiological data and advice to patients), surveillance and contigency plans.

Avian and pandemic influenza: some resources

Keith Nockels (the Clinical Sciences Librarian) at Leicester University has also produced a web page of resources. This is periodically updated.

http://www.le.ac.uk/li/khn5/birdflu.html