Vietnam Takes Steps To Curb Bird Flu
[Avian Flu Diary] In his instruction issued on February 27, Phat, who is also the Head of the National Steering Board for Bird Flu Control, said so far this year bird flu outbreaks have been discovered in 14 districts of 10 provinces, leading to the cull of almost 23,000 birds.
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The Thailand Serological Study
[Avian Flu Diary] The March, 2008 issue of The Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases is carrying the following study, conducted in Thailand in 2004, where poultry workers in areas where bird flu outbreaks had occurred were tested for antibodies to the virus.
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February 29, 2008
Vietnam Takes Steps To Curb Bird Flu
[Avian Flu Diary] In his instruction issued on February 27, Phat, who is also the Head of the National Steering Board for Bird Flu Control, said so far this year bird flu outbreaks have been discovered in 14 districts of 10 provinces, leading to the cull of almost 23,000 birds.
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The Thailand Serological Study
[Avian Flu Diary] The March, 2008 issue of The Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases is carrying the following study, conducted in Thailand in 2004, where poultry workers in areas where bird flu outbreaks had occurred were tested for antibodies to the virus.
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February 27, 2008
Containing Avian Influenza
[thepoultrysite - Industry News] According to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), there were more than 300 reported outbreaks of H5N1 in nine European countries during 2007. These included outbreaks in commercial poultry (broilers, ducks and geese), outbreaks in backyard poultry (village poultry), and more than 250 outbreaks in wild birds (swans, wild ducks and wild geese).
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February 25, 2008
Suspect H5N1 in Karachi Area
[Recombinomics Whats New] The detection of Newcastle disease in areas that subsequently test positive for H5N1 has been reported previously. The reports were common in east Asia in 2003 and 2004 in Indonesia and China.
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Suspected H5N1 Bird Flu Patient Dies in China
[Digg / upcoming] HONG KONG (Reuters) - A woman in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong has died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the government said on Monday, the fourth human death from the virus in China since late last year. The 44-year-old migrant worker was working in Haifeng county in the eastern part of Guangdong, where she had contact with dead poult
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February 22, 2008
Avian Influenza: Current H5N1 Situation
[Avian Influenza] CDC -- The highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) epizootic (animal outbreak) in Asia, Europe, the Near East, and Africa is not expected to diminish significantly in the short term. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/outbreaks/current.htm.
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World: Areas reporting confirmed occurrence of H5N1 avian ...
[reliefweb: Latest Maps] Size: 294k Date: 21 Feb 2008 Format: pdf Source: World Health Organization.
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February 20, 2008
Bird flu strikes poultry in Tibet, man dies in Viet Nam
[Medical News] Viet Nam's Ministry of Health also confirmed last week, that a 40 year old man from Gia Loc district, Hai Duong province, died of H5N1 bird flu on 13th February after being taken into hospital 5 days earlier.
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Indonesia accuses US and WHO of bird flu conspiracy
[Untitled] Supari's views could very well undermine efforts to control the spread of avian influenza because Indonesia has already seen 104 deaths from the virus, almost half the world's total, and Indonesia continues to be a hotspot for the virus.
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February 18, 2008
Teenager becomes Indonesia`s 104th bird flu fatality
[The News is nowpublic.com - nowpublic.com: The News is Now Public] Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 16-year-old boy from Indonesia's central Java province died of the H5N1 strain of the avian influenza virus, bringing Indonesia's bird flu death toll to 104, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
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Bird flu as 'Paravai Thodam' in traditional Siddha medicine
[OpenMED@NIC] This paper was presented at the "Brain Storming Seminar on Bird Flu" at The National Institute of Siddha (N.I.S), Chennai on 14/02/2008. This paper deals with the Comparative study of 'Paravai Thodam' with Bird flu.
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February 15, 2008
Dancing Bears and Pandemic Planning
[Avian Flu Diary] Admittedly I'm disappointed with the level of pandemic preparedness here in the United States and around the world. We are making progress, but there is much left to do.
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Media: Asia faces `Grave Situation' Over Bird Flu
[Avian Flu Diary] HONG KONG, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Asia is facing the grave situation of fighting against the spread of bird flu outbreak, with the reports of more human contraction of the disease in recent days.
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February 13, 2008
Avian Influenza = Bird Flu
[Crow's Nest...] So, bird flu or avian influenza as it is known is a disease of the birds that is caused by a virus from a genus of viruses called Orthomyxoviridie. They are named according to their type, location where isolated , the successive isolate number from that location and year of isolation (eg, A/Karachi/5/08 [H5N1]).
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How Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) Has Affected World ...
[Info To Go: Navigating the Internet] From the USDA Economic Research Service.
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February 11, 2008
Referral: Pandemic Challenges For Hospitals
[Avian Flu Diary] DemFromCt, who blogs on The Daily Kos, has an excellent overview of the challenges hospitals will face during any pandemic crisis.
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Pakistan Clears Three Workers
[Avian Flu Diary] The National Reference Laboratory on poultry diseases, Islamabad, on Feb 1 informed the director poultry of the Sindh government that the Newcastle disease virus and bird flu virus of H5N1 strain had been found in the samples of birds in the farm, following which the authorities concerned culled hundreds of the remaining birds and sealed the farm for any further activity for some months, while the workers who handled the birds before and after the culling were sent to the CHK’s isolation ward on the same day.
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February 08, 2008
H5N1 Confirmed Crows Cause Pandemic Concerns
[Recombinomics Whats New] The dead crows highlight difficulties in controlling the spread of H5N1, since they can fly across sealed borders and spread H5N1 into adjacent regions. They also signal H5N1 in the region, as seen in the Chittagong metropolitan area.
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H5N1 Culling Jump in Bangladesh
[Recombinomics Whats New] City officials in Bangladesh’s capital have already ordered a ban on the sale of undressed chicken in the city’s markets. In Chittagong, authorities announced the spread of the deadly flu in several farms, as well as in crows that tested positive for the H5N1 strain.
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February 06, 2008
No sample for Avian flu from West Bengal
[news.indiainfo.com] The HSADL, joint director S C Dubey, said, "Besides, West Bengal, we received samples from other states but not a single sample have been found positive for the Avian Influenza on rapid test basis," it said, adding even not a single sample from West Bengal tested positive after January 26.
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Bird Flu, Propaganda, and Conspiracy Theories
[Avian Flu Diary] The selling of toxic feeds, loaded with harmful ingredients, to the poultry farmers can even be an act of sabotage for spreading the Bird Flu deliberately. There is a big criminal conspiracy to completely ruin the poultry farmers, and to make them bankrupt, so that they can be forced to sell their lands at very low prices to the rich industrialists, corrupt bureaucrats and powerful politicians.
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