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Abstract: "It has been thirty-six years since the first edition of this book was published. In a note entitled "A Futuristic Prediction" that 1978 volume's authors acknowledged that many of the topics addressed were not yet mainstream, but confidently predicted they would become so. These included comprehensive human resources planning, the "automation" of human resource functions such as position classification and the growth of public personnel management as a profession. This seventh edition should make clear that these predictions have not only come to pass but have been exceeded"

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This book is a world geography of emerging diseases from antiquity to the present day. The last four decades of human history have seen the emergence of an unprecedented number of 'new' infectious diseases. This book looks at the epidemiological and geographical conditions which underpin disease emergence.

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First identified in humans in Hong Kong, influenza A/H5N1, known commonly as avian influenza, has caused human disease in 15 countries around the world. Although the current number of confirmed patients is tiny compared to seasonal and the recently emerged H1N1 swine influenza, H5N1 remains a candidate for the next highly pathogenic influenza pandemic. Currently, H5N1 has very limited ability to spread from person-to-person but this may change because of mutation or reassortment with other influenza viruses leading to an influenza pandemic with high mortality. If this occurs travellers are likely to be affected and travel medicine doctors will need to consider avian influenza in returning febrile travel-lers. The early clinical features may be dismissed easily as the flu resulting in delayed treat-ment. Treatment options are limited. Oral oseltamivir alone has been the most commonly used drug but mortality remains substantial, up to 80% in Indonesia. Intravenous peramivir has been filed for registration and IV zanamivir is being developed. This review will focus on the epide-miological and clinical features of influenza A/H5N1 avian influenza and will highlight aspects relevant to travel medicine doctors.