1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911106879803321

Titolo

Live variola virus : considerations for continuing research / / Committee on the Assessment of Future Scientific Needs for Live Variola Virus; Board on Global Health ; Ann M. Arvin and Deepali M. Patel, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2009

ISBN

9786612412561

9781282412569

1282412566

9780309136914

0309136911

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ArvinAnn M

PatelDeepali

Disciplina

616.912

Soggetti

Smallpox - Research

Smallpox - Prevention

Smallpox vaccine

Virology - Cultures and culture media

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Overview of Smallpox and Its Surveillance and Control""; ""3 Comparative Poxvirology""; ""4 Animal Models Using Variola and Other Orthopoxviruses""; ""5 Genomic Analysis""; ""6 Development of Therapeutics""; ""7 Development of Vaccines""; ""8 Methods for Detection and Diagnosis""; ""9 Discovery Research""; ""10 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""Appendix: Variola Strains Used to Validate Diagnostic and Detection Assays""

Sommario/riassunto

Smallpox was a devastating disease that decimated human populations for centuries, and its eradication in 1980 was a monumental achievement for the global health community. Since then the remaining known strains of its causative agent, variola virus, have been contained



in two World Health Organization (WHO)-approved repositories.  In 1999, the World Health Assembly (WHA) debated the issue of destroying these remaining strains. Arguments were presented on the need to retain the live virus for use in additional important research, and the decision to destroy the virus was deferred until this research could be completed. In that same year, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) convened a consensus committee to explore scientific needs for the live virus.  In the ten years since the first IOM report, the scientific, political, and regulatory environments have changed. In this new climate, the IOM was once again tasked to consider scientific needs for live variola virus. The committee evaluated the scientific need for live variola virus in four areas: development of therapeutics, development of vaccines, genomic analysis, and discovery research.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9911151718303321

Autore

Taylor Amanda

Titolo

Nutritional care of older people : a workbook / / Amanda Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Keswick [England], : M&K Update, 2008

ISBN

1-282-13566-X

9786612135668

1-907830-05-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (65 p.)

Collana

Skills for Caring

Disciplina

613.20846

615.8/54

Soggetti

Older people - Care - England

Older people - Nutrition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Prelims; Table of contents; Figures, tables and charts; Introduction; Chapter 1 What is a healthy diet?; Chapter 2 Malnutrition and monitoring people who may be at risk of malnutrition; Chapter 3 Food fortification and nutritional supplements; Chapter 4 Special dietary needs; Chapter 5 Ethnicity, religion and culture; Chapter 6 Relevant



policy guidelines and standards; Appendices; Appendix 1: Diet history; Appendix 2: Food record chart; Appendix 3: Weight chart; Appendix 4: Checklist for best practice - Commission for Social Care Inspection (2006)

Appendix 5: Checklist for best practice - hospital wardsFurther reading; References

Sommario/riassunto

Good nutrition contributes to the health of elderly people and their ability to maintain their independence, mobility and overall quality of life for longer. Ultimately, these factors may also lessen the burden of health costs. The public and the press are very interested in food, especially food in hospitals and other institutions. The food that is provided in hospitals and care homes can define the whole experience of the organisation for the patient (or service user). They may or may not be able to tell the difference between good or bad treatment, but can always tell if the food is good or