GTS Legionella Water Testing Lab

Influenza Websites:

FDA H1N1 Website

Baltimore City Health Dept H1N1 Website

Seasonal Influenza Information

When to seek medical care

Influenza, also known as the flu, is a contagious disease that is caused by the influenza virus. The flu season, can range from November through March, and even past March in some years. Flu shots are vaccines containing killed virus and are given with a needle, usually in the arm. The vaccine contains three vaccine strains - one A (H3N2) virus, one A (H1N1) virus, and one B virus representative of the influenza vaccine strains recommended for that year.
CDC Prevention and Control of Influenza

Baltimore Health Department tips to avoid getting flu or giving it to others:
1) Wash your hands frequently
2) If you are sick, stay home and limit contact with others.
3) If your children are sick, keep them at home until they feel better.
4) Cover your mouth when coughing or sneezing and use
disposable tissues to blow or wipe your nose.

Avian Influenza Information
The outbreak of H5N1 influenza in birds in Asia is still primarily a disease among animals and not people. It is not spreading from person to person and there is no evidence at the current time that it will ever be a pandemic. It's possible that this virus, which has only occasionally infected people with high mortality rates, could evolve to become more contagious and that is why the government is currently scaling up efforts to be prepared.
Avian Influenza CDC Website

Public Response to Community Mitigation Measures for Pandemic Influenza - 2008
Survey results suggest that community mitigation measures (social distancing, school closures and isolation of sick persons) could cause problems for persons with lower incomes and for racial and ethnic minorities.

QUALIFICATIONS

GTS Legionella Water Testing Laboratory has over 30 years experience testing thousands of environmental water samples for legionella bacteria. GTS is a corporate member of the Association of Water Technologies (AWT) a trade group of over 500 companies dedicated to the highest standards of performance in the water treatment industry. The laboratory director, Dr. Richard W. Gilpin, is certified by the National Registry of Certified Microbiologists and certified as a Biosafety Professional by the American Biological Safety Association.

DFA of Legionella ? Gloria Delisle and Lewis Tomalty, authors. Licensed for use, ASM MicrobeLibrary www.microbelibrary.org

GTS Legionella Laboratory
P.O. Box 7555
Gaithersburg MD 20898
(888) 948-4811 (Toll Free)
(410) 961-6638 (Phone)
(301) 948-6972 (Fax)