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I found this piece by the UPI regarding a three-day training course to teach public health responders how to deal with an avian influenza outbreak. It is good to know where these resources are. Here is the article and the link to the course which you can download in PDF format.

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The online course offered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists provides a standardized curriculum for local and state health system first responders concerning how to identify and control human infections and illness associated with the H5N1 strain of bird flu.

The training focuses on human health issues during an avian influenza investigation. Through lectures, reference materials and case studies, the course provides mechanisms to facilitate discussion and planning among people who may be called upon to respond to an avian influenza outbreak in the United States.

… Public-health officials around the world consider H5N1 to be the greatest current pandemic influenza threat.

The course is available at http://www.cste.org/influenza/avian.asp.
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