Dogs can contract Avian Flu directly from birds
[Digg / upcoming] Even though the media hype regarding Avian Flu has been quiet lately, Korean researchers have found that that dogs can contract influenza directly from infected birds.
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PASG warns of avian flu following Peking duck haul in Navotas
[GMA News.tv] MANILA, Philippines - The Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) warned the public Tuesday against a possible outbreak of avian flu if exotic fowl meat from other Asian countries continues flooding local markets.
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April 30, 2008
Dogs can contract Avian Flu directly from birds
[Digg / upcoming] Even though the media hype regarding Avian Flu has been quiet lately, Korean researchers have found that that dogs can contract influenza directly from infected birds.
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PASG warns of avian flu following Peking duck haul in Navotas
[GMA News.tv] MANILA, Philippines - The Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) warned the public Tuesday against a possible outbreak of avian flu if exotic fowl meat from other Asian countries continues flooding local markets.
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April 28, 2008
Indonesia Wraps Up Pandemic Drill
[Avian Flu Diary] JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities on Sunday wrapped up a major three-day bird flu drill on the resort island of Bali with an exercise focused on passengers at the island's international airport.
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Emmy Fitri On Indonesia's Pandemic Exercise
[Untitled] When the avian influenza, originally a poultry disease, first emerged in Hong Kong in 1997, many scientists feared the H5N1 virus causing the flu could potentially become a pandemic transmitted between humans.
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April 25, 2008
India blames Bangladesh as bird flu spreads
[Bird Flu Breaking News] India blames Bangladesh as bird flu spreads.
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Indonesia Denies Taking Money For Bird Flu Samples
[Bird Flu Breaking News] Indonesia Denies Taking Money For Bird Flu Samples.
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April 23, 2008
Indian state suffers second bird flu outbreak (AFP)
[Gimnastyka 420] An Indian state reported new bird AFP - An Indian state reported new bird flu cases Tuesday, little more than a week after it finished culling thousands of chickens to contain an outbreak of the disease.
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South Korean Soldier Under Quarantine For Possible Bird Flu Infection
[Health, Fitness, Wellness News at VitaBeat] The Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention found the 22-year-old corporal to be infected with an H5 strain of the deadly avian influenza virus on Sunday, when he suffered high fever, a symptom of bird flu, according to the JoongAng Daily. He will remain under quarantine until further laboratory tests confirm whether or not the virus is the deadly H5N1 strain.
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Posted at 09:03 AM
April 21, 2008
Record Levels of H5N1 in South Korea
[Recombinomics Whats New] Thus, stating that not all H5 outbreaks have been classified as H5N1, in the absence of a statement saying that not all H5 have been classified as HPAI H5 (which would subsequently be classified as H5N1), is at best misleading.
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South Korea Bangladesh India H5N1 Levels Raise Concerns
[Recombinomics Whats New] These reports of record levels of H5N1 in these areas raises concerns that as wild birds fly to common nature reserves at the intersections of major flyways, the H5N1 from each region will recombine and generate more genetic diversity, which will the spread south in the fall.
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April 18, 2008
More avian flu outbreaks reported in South Korea
[Stars and Stripes] More avian flu outbreaks reported in South Korea
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Trumansburg Art - Avian Flu - The Great Q
[Finding Ulysses] I particular, I suggest that you take a look over at her avian flu gallery, which is filled with stark images in Cassetti’s distinctive style, each one combining the concepts of death and fertility, as when a skull emerges from a cracked egg, or when death itself seems to be on the nest.
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April 16, 2008
Twitter Gets The Bird Flu
[Jeffro2pt0] Of course, if you don’t use Twitter then you obviously could care less. But for those who actually use the service such as myself, I think it’s time for Twitter to take Adam’s suggestion of at least implementing a CAPTCHA solution that is presented to user’s after you press the follow button.
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Bird flu alert after mass poultry deaths
[Russiatoday.ru] This latest incident comes just days after dozens of chickens died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in Russia's Far East. In that case specialists suggested it could have been brought into the area by wild fowl.
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April 14, 2008
Avian Influenza and Human Pandemic (AIHP) Preparedness and Response
[The Communication Initiative Network - Global, Computing and Internet] Within the scope of the public awareness component, the organisers are planning the design and production of public awareness materials. The Avian Influenza Strategic Communication Working Group has been established with the participation of relevant public institutions such as the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MOEF), international organisations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and civil society organisations, all under the coordination of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Health.
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Respirology special issue: “Examining the Avian Flu: From Pandemic ...
[Laboratory Training Info from NLTN Library] - Supamit Chunsuttiwat, “Response to avian influenza and preparedness for pandemic influenza: Thailand’s experience”
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April 11, 2008
Bird flu very much on Chinese minds in run-up to Olympics
[Journal] Last week's press release from the Chinese government regarding the so-far-succesful creation of a human vaccine against H5N1 avian influenza was picked up by China Daily and Reuters and broadcast to the world. The Chinese were ready to manufacture some 20 million doses of a trivalent bird flu prepandemic vaccine.
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Bird Flu virus entrenched in India: United nations
[newsline 365 : Your daily news source. India News. Bollywood News.] Bird flu has attacked this northeastern state and it is the fifth state of India that has become the prey of H5N1 avian influenza virus within a short span of three years. This fatal disease has killed approximately 3000 birds and this has forced the State government to implement proper steps to deal with crisis.
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April 09, 2008
Human H5N1 Transmission in China
[Digg / World News / upcoming] More bird flu in China.
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Posted at 09:04 AM
Pandemic on the Brink? H5N1 Transmission Confirmed
[Pax Plena] Experts indicate, however, that the threat of a pandemic remains unlikely. The virus has yet to mutate into an easily transmissible strain.
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April 07, 2008
Avian Flu watch on Flickr
[The Center for Social Media] The internet promises an open information environment, but with control of much online content held by individual website owners, the true “democratization” of information is stymied. A new tool called ShiftSpace is looking to change this by allowing users to add original meta-layers, or “Shifts,” on top of existing websites, helping to craft a fluid public space where users can contribute original content and commentary.
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Bird Flu Virus Found Spreading In Dogs Excerpts from Bloomberg ...
[THE BIRD FLU BLOG] Avian flu viruses are known to transmit to unrelated mammalian species only rarely, the researchers said. Bird- derived H7 and H4 flu viruses were reported in seals in the early 1980s, and the H5N1 bird-flu strain was found in a dog that fed on a duck infected with the virus in Thailand in 2004, according to the study.
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April 04, 2008
Sinovac Receives SFDA Approval For Pandemic Influenza H5N1 Vaccine ...
[Medical,Health News and Articles] Sinovac Biotech’s pandemic influenza H5N1 whole viron inactivated vaccine has been granted a production license by the China State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA). Panflu is the first and>pandemic influenza vaccine in 2004.
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Posted at 09:04 AM
Flu in dogs again, but not H5N1
[Effect Measure] The index case was a 5 year old Miniature Schnauzer with 5 days of nasal discharge and sneezing. The dog recovered but the next case, a 3 year old Cocker Spaniel wasn't so lucky, nor were the 2 Korean hunting dogs (Jindos) or a 3 year .
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