Bird Flu Monitor > September 29, 2008
PRO/MBDS> Avian influenza - MBDS region (59): Viet Nam (Ben Tre ...
[promed MBDS] Nam is available in the PRO/MBDS posting Avian influenza - MBDS region (56): Viet Nam, FAO 20080909.2815. Ba Tri District had reported many H5N1 outbreaks in poultry during August 2008, which included the outbreaks in An Binh Tay, .
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September 28, 2008
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[H5N1-links] An up-to-date listing of confirmed cases of avian influenza A (H5N1) around the world and, hopefully, not up your block:. Link: Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A (H5N1) (World Health Organization)
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Posted at 09:01 AM
September 29, 2008
PRO/MBDS> Avian influenza - MBDS region (59): Viet Nam (Ben Tre ...
[promed MBDS] Nam is available in the PRO/MBDS posting Avian influenza - MBDS region (56): Viet Nam, FAO 20080909.2815. Ba Tri District had reported many H5N1 outbreaks in poultry during August 2008, which included the outbreaks in An Binh Tay, .
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Posted at 09:02 AM
September 28, 2008
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[H5N1-links] An up-to-date listing of confirmed cases of avian influenza A (H5N1) around the world and, hopefully, not up your block:. Link: Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A (H5N1) (World Health Organization)
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Posted at 09:01 AM
September 26, 2008
Indonesia Reports H5N1 Decline in Poultry Flocks
[ThePoultrySite - Industry News] In March, a representative from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned that H5N1 virus levels in Indonesia's poultry are so high that conditions might be ripe for viral mutation that could start an influenza pandemic, according to previous reports. The FAO has said the disease is endemic in Java, Sumatra, and southern Sulawesi islands.
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Posted at 09:07 AM
September 25, 2008
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[H5N1-links] Current vaccines for influenza provide protection against specific seasonal influenza A strains and their close relatives, but not against more distant seasonal influenza A viruses and new avian influenza A viruses, such as H5N1, .
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Posted at 09:06 AM
September 24, 2008
Philip Morris, Canadian firm team up for avian flu vaccine
[Bird Flu Breaking News] Philip Morris, Canadian firm team up for avian flu vaccine.
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Posted at 09:02 AM
Novartis Says Experimental Vaccine Protects Against Avian Flu
[Bird Flu Breaking News] Novartis Says Experimental Vaccine Protects Against Avian Flu.
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Posted at 09:01 AM
September 22, 2008
Live Poultry is sold despite Avian Flu breakout
[Travel Blog | Travel Journals, Diaries and Photos] In January of this year, "fifteen new cases of the deadly H5NI strain of the avian flu virus"(irinnews.org) were detected in five governates of Egypt. When I went through the market, outside of Khan el Khalili, yesterday I saw ducks and chickens being sold.
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Posted at 09:01 AM
Ain't Nobody Sick But Us Chickens
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[Avian Flu Diary] While the summer is traditionally a quiet time of the year for bird flu cases, and it is possible Indonesia really is seeing a huge reduction in human infections, it is also possible they either are no longer going out of their way to diagnose the disease, or are simply not admitting when they do.
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Posted at 09:01 AM
September 19, 2008
Spend money on dengue, not bird flu: WHO
[World News Australia] Money spent trying to stop bird flu in the Pacific would be better used fighting a pandemic of dengue fever affecting thousands in the region, the World Health Organisation says.
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Posted at 09:02 AM
Bird Flu
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[Housefly] Bird Flu is so named because it is believed that migratory wildfowl are the natural reservoir for the virus. In order to become epidemic, several things must happen: The always-mutating virus must opportunistically infect swine, .
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Posted at 09:01 AM
September 17, 2008
H5N1 virus found in NZ ducks
[H5N1 News] Low levels of the H5N1 virus have been found in two samples taken from Mallard ducks in New Zealand.
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Posted at 09:02 AM
Avian Influenza, USA Situation
[Marathon for your good health.] In areas of the world where wild birds mingle freely with domesticated birds influenza avian injury and deaths are substantial. USDA regulations in America as well as poultry industry standards decrease the likelihood that it will become a very large problem in the United States.
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Posted at 09:01 AM
September 15, 2008
Latest News : Indonesia Reports First Avian Flu Cases Since June
[Avian Flu Talk] Subject: Indonesia Reports First Avian Flu Cases Since June Posted: September 13 2008 at 3:57pm Coyote - tough road getting Avian Flu death reports from Indonesia - just picked this up today. This replicates your find - but thought it ...
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Posted at 09:02 AM
Antiviral Resistance Worries For Upcoming Flu Season
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[Avian Flu Diary] Last winter, for the first time, widespread influenza virus resistance to the antiviral oseltamivir (Tamiflu) was reported .first from Norway and then from many other monitoring countries.
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Posted at 09:01 AM
September 12, 2008
Ducks pond residents to be part of routine avian flu test
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[Avian Influenza News] That?s the request from the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks as it gears up to test the waterfowl in and around the popular duck pond at Montana State University for avian flu.
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Posted at 09:01 AM
September 10, 2008
Indonesia confirms 2 H5N1 cases reported earlier
[Bird Flu Breaking News] Indonesia confirms 2 H5N1 cases reported earlier.
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Posted at 09:02 AM
Togo reports H5N1 in poultry
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[A Pandemic Chronicle] Normally I do not comment much on yet another outbreak of H5N1 in poultry occuring somewhere in the world. However, when AI happens in areas of dense population or where poverty is the rule rather than the exception I have an extra level of concern for an event that has become all too familiar to those who watch.
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Posted at 09:01 AM
September 08, 2008
Chlorine inactivation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1...
[Science & nature - science-nature.marc8.com] Real worst case conditions are cold drinking-water at 3°C, pH value at 9.5, lower chlorination than 2 mg/L (or no chlorination but filtration), perhaps 0,2 mg/L like in Germany, influenza viruses embedded in particles, required virus inactivation/filtration performance from 6 (surface water) to 4 (ground water) orders of magnitude.
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Posted at 09:01 AM
September 7, 2008
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[H5N1-links] As we learned a few months ago, OIE doesn't even expect regular reports of H5N1 outbreaks once it's become "endemic" in the country. So if we're lucky, we might in theory get a twice-yearly summary of B2B outbreaks in Indonesia.
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Posted at 09:01 AM
September 05, 2008
Idaho Bird Farm Quarantined With Avian Flu Strain
[Avian Flu Diary] According to a statement from the Agriculture Department, the type of virus found in the Idaho game bird is commonly found in wild birds and normally causes only minor illness in the animals. The statement said the virus poses little or no risk to human health and it's not believed that any people have gotten sick in connection with the ill bird.
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Posted at 09:05 AM
Latest News : Military Giving DEADLY Flu Shots
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[Avian Flu Talk] PowderMed has produced an H5N1 vaccine by cloning the H5 gene from the current circulating avian flu strain ("the gene cassette") into the company's proprietary DNA vaccine backbone and the vaccine is now ready for development. ...
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Posted at 09:01 AM
September 03, 2008
Bird flu vaccine gives strong protection in mice
[MyDailyApple News Alert: Top Stories] HONG KONG, Sept 2 - An experimental bird flu vaccine that uses DNA from various strains of the H5N1 virus appears to trigger a strong immune response in mice .
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Posted at 09:02 AM
US Holds Bird Flu Training for Veterinarians
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[KI Media] Seven Cambodians have so far died from bird flu, four in Kampot province, and one each in Kampong Speu, Prey Veng and Kampong Cham provinces.
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Posted at 09:01 AM