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Appearance of the A/H1N1/v flue virus in Americas and then in Europe with a further pandemic wave in Russia resulted in natural concerns among the Russian doctors and virologists.
The authors offer detailed information on the specifics of this pandemic and describe modern schemes of treatment and rehabilitation of patients with various forms of flue. The most important condition of efficient therapy of A/H1N1/v flue and prevention of heavy and fatal complications is use of targeted drugs and the staged principle of treatment. The key objective is the prevention of infectious toxic shock and a cytokine storm and timely application of the intensive therapy means and methods.