Although the epidemic appears to have peaked, transmission rate among the vulnerable population remains high.

Mouse hepatitis virus (MHV) is a coronavirus that causes an epidemic murine illness with high mortality, especially among colonies of laboratory mice.

Beyond Pandemics

It remains of very serious concern, however, that HIV AIDS has now exceeded the benchmark of a generalized epidemic, with a doubling of the prevalence rate among the adult population over the past two years.

Clearly, the epidemic will continue to spread.

At the same time, the pandemic reminds us that we need to think and act beyond it.

Tajikistan is currently in an early stage of development of the HIV AIDS epidemic.

Have we at least managed to contain the pandemic's impact?

As the international community mobilizes to respond, we have two priorities first, bringing down the fatality rate through effective treatment, and, second, informing the population about how to care for themselves, their families, and their communities.

Furthermore, for all the countries that are highly affected by the HIV AIDS epidemic, the transition to lower mortality has been interrupted, and the epidemic is having major detrimental effects on both population trends and socio economic development.

But equally, as the President said, we have not turned back the epidemic.

But what I'd like to show you today is a means by which we might get not just rapid warning about an epidemic, but also actually early detection of an epidemic.

It is commendable that the outcome document clearly denounces this new plague of our time, which endangers the population of rich and poor countries alike.

Let me show you a simulation of what a pandemic looks like so we know what we're talking about.

Doctor Sami Bakir is working on the epidemic.

The pandemic has a great effect on youth, weakening family and social coping mechanisms.

Stigmatization is so prevalent it has been referred to as the inevitable third epidemic , occurring after the silent epidemic of HIV infection and the AIDS epidemic.

The resulting epizootic (animal epidemic) affected more than 280,000 cows.

The total number of cases in that epidemic is estimated to have been 1.5 million.

It is now clear that the epidemic continues to outrun our efforts to contain it.

In regions where prevalence is still low and or concentrated in specific areas or population groups, the challenge is to halt the epidemic before it spreads to the general population.

Now to give you a sense of just how bad the inner city was during crack and I'm not really focusing on the negatives, but really, there's another story to tell you there if you look at the death rates just of random, young black males growing up in the inner city in the United States the death rates during crack were about one percent.

The pandemic is as much a medical crisis as it is an economic, social and political crisis.

The epidemic represented an extraordinary threat to children in sub Saharan Africa.

In 1996, endemic areas included Asia, Africa, and parts of South America.

(f) Intensifying training and research initiatives or programmes to strengthen the capacities of Governments to manage the epidemic

In short, we must remain vigilant and continue actively to manage this pandemic.

That epidemic has spread to all ten departments of the country, as well as to the capital, Port au Prince.

Throughout the epidemic, citizens have largely obeyed government guidelines and followed public health prescriptions.

In the midst of the epidemic, 66 of Mexicans believe that the country is regressing.

But we all know that to halt the pandemic, urgent and effective action must be taken now.

The other keynote speaker should address strategies to prevent the transmission of HIV and reduce the spread of the epidemic.

The average temperature is lower than that of the country, the average humidity is higher (7 800 mm year.

Joyce's mother is now taking care of her daughter, like so many other Zimbabwean children who've been orphaned by the epidemic.

Each post is a tribute to the fight against the epidemic, which only grows stronger through silence and misinformation.

Governments, international organizations, and people around the world are rightly focused on fighting it.

Trade ships brought the disease to the US, where an epidemic occurred in Philadelphia in 1780.

Although funding had increased, the response to the pandemic was massively under resourced.

ABR Available bit rate a minimum guaranteed rate is specified.

Second, the rate of increase is double for women compared to that of men.

In some parts of the world, gender based violence has reached near epidemic proportions.

A lack of respect for women's rights both fuels the epidemic and exacerbates its impact.

CBR Constant bit rate a Peak Cell Rate (PCR) is specified, which is constant.

Most governments are hoping that early detection will make containment possible.

On 4 December 2008 the Zimbabwe government declared the outbreak to be a national emergency and asked for international aid.