With an ever growing global population and increased international travel, pandemics are now expected to occur more frequently.
Influenza is the most common cause of pandemics during the last century, with the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic causing up to 50 million deaths.
Influenza pandemics occur at unpredictable intervals when a novel virus arises by changing its viral host specificity to spread in humans, with pigs acting as a mixing vessel for avian and human viruses.
When and where
7 november kl 18.00 at Hotel Norge, Nedre Ole Bulls plass 4, Bergen
Talks
- Nina Langeland: «Covid-19, spredning og komplikasjoner: COVID-19, transmission and complications.»
- Rebecca Cox: «Influensavirus som pandemisk agens: Influenza as a pandemic virus.»
