Bird Flu Monitor: January 2009 Archives

Bird Flu Monitor > January 30, 2009

H5N1: Avian Influenza hits North America - « Flu News Network

[Flu News Network] A new University of Colorado at Boulder study showed the resistance of the avian flu virus to a major class of antiviral drugs “is increasing through positive evolutionary selection, with researchers documenting the trend in more than 30 percent of the samples tested”, as the scientists report. Even if the expected influenza pandemic did not start yet, there is no doubt about the comeback of the lethal virus: The first Pandemic Influenza occurred in three waves in the United States - exactly 90 years ago, between 1918 and 1919.

PIB Press Release

[PIB Press Releases] Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries has notified outbreak of Avian Influenza in poultry in the Hospital Road locality of Ravongla Municipality in South Sikkim District on 19.1.2009. Containment measures are continuing.

Posted at 09:10 AM

January 30, 2009

H5N1: Avian Influenza hits North America - « Flu News Network

Posted at 09:11 AM

PIB Press Release

Posted at 09:10 AM

January 28, 2009

WHO says no evidence of China bird flu epidemic

[Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News] At least two other people in China have fallen ill with avian influenza this month, including a two-year-old girl who contracted the disease in Hunan but was subsequently moved to the northern province of Shanxi.

Posted at 09:03 AM

Fifth bird flu death in China in less than a month

[Medical News] To date a woman in China's far west died from bird flu last week, a woman in eastern China, a teenage boy in southwest China and a woman in Beijing also have died from the disease this month - a 29-year old man in Guizhou province, remains in a stable condition and a two-year old girl in a Shanxi hospital is now reported to be making a recovery.

Posted at 09:02 AM

January 26, 2009

China reports fourth death from bird flu this year

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Posted at 09:09 AM

China Digital Times » China Confirms Sixth Bird Flu Case this Month

[China Digital Times » Economy] In recent days, China’s health ministry has moved to allay fears over a bird flu outbreak. The ministry said that although further human bird flu cases were possible throughout China, there wouldn’t be a large-scale outbreak, Xinhua and CCTV said.

Posted at 09:03 AM

January 23, 2009

Human to Human H5N1 Transmission in Hunan China

[Recombinomics Whats New] As an infection progresses, the H5N1 viral load rises, and the likelihood of infection by a family member also increases. Family members typically develop symptoms within a day or two of the death of the index case.

Posted at 09:02 AM

China's recent H5N1 cases raise transmission questions ...

[Vietnam RSS News Feed by Intellasia.Net] "Vaccination creates a rather sparse geospatial mosaic of susceptibles, which may even enhance the pathogenicity level," he said, adding that evidence from Vietnam, where most Chinese viruses spread to, suggests that the virulence increased between 2002 and 2007 when measured by infecting and gauging shedding in young mallards.

Posted at 09:01 AM

January 21, 2009

H5N1 Spread to Dhaka and Chittagong Bangladesh

[Recombinomics Whats New] The new outbreak near the major population centers of Dhaka and Chittagong, as well as another outbreak in Kurigram, near the Assam, Meghalaya, and Cooch Behar borders suggest H5N1 is continuing to spread, and the colder weather has led to outbreaks as far south as Chittagong.

Posted at 09:02 AM

China H5N1 update and observations ”” A Pandemic Chronicle

[A Pandemic Chronicle] We should always be concerned about H5N1 being passed from one person to another, but there are degrees of concern because the greater implications of the specific cases represent degrees of danger to the wider public. A mother infecting her two-year-old daughter does not carry the same public health (potential) implications as the mother having infected her neighbor with whom she had lunch.

Posted at 09:01 AM

January 19, 2009

Pandemic Information News: AVIAN INFLUENZA (06): GERMANY (LOWER ...

[Pandemic Information News] European Commission (2009) Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Germany - current situation . ...

Posted at 09:07 AM

Pandemic Information News: Fatal Avian Influenza Case in Beijing

[Pandemic Information News] This study examined a series of waves of H5N1, a highly pathogenic avian influenza, in Thailand and Vietnam between early 2004 and late 2005. Through the use of satellite mapping, researchers looked at several different factors, including the numbers of ducks, geese and chickens, human population size, rice cultivation and geography, and found a strong link between duck grazing patterns and rice cropping intensity.

Posted at 09:02 AM

January 16, 2009

Bird Flu Human To Human? | Wish Everyone Good Health.

[Wish Everyone Good Health.] In Vietnam the brother of a 47 year old man who died of the bird flu in Hanoi has been confirmed with the H5N1 bird flu virus.This is alarming news because the.

Posted at 09:03 AM

What is the Bird Flu? | Wish Everyone Good Health.

[Wish Everyone Good Health.] The bird flu is becoming a household name these days. Also known as the avian flu, it is caused by a form of influenza virus that usually only infects birds.

Posted at 09:02 AM

January 14, 2009

A TIME'S MEMORY: Reuters AlertNet - Vietnam finds H5N1 in smuggled ...

[A TIME'S MEMORY] A 19-year-old died in China of the avian flu strain after gutting ducks and in Vietnam an 8-year-old girl was in hospital about 150 km (90 miles) south of Hanoi with the disease after eating poultry that had died. Her 13-year-old sister died this month and a health official said it may have been from bird flu.

Posted at 09:04 AM

A TIME'S MEMORY: CIDRAP >> Egyptian child has H5N1 infection

[A TIME'S MEMORY] said yesterday that they had found no evidence in the wake of the recent death of a 19-year-old woman from an H5N1 infection that the virus has mutated to allow easier human-to-human transmission, according to a Reuters report yesterday. The report did not say where the genetic analysis of the virus was done and did not list any other details about the findings.

Posted at 09:02 AM

January 12, 2009

Edmund’s Blog » Avian Flu Becoming More Resistant to Antiviral Drugs

[Edmund's Blog] Researchers using Google Earth technology are able to visually chart individual outbreaks of the avian flu as it has spread outward from China over the past decade, including gene mutations that are causing a resistance to a major class of antiviral drugs.

Posted at 09:02 AM

Overestimating Avian Flu | Health Topic - A Free VIP Center!

[Untitled] Would you estimate the percentage of movie fans in the world by polling at a cinema? Would you calculate the number of overweight Americans by taking a survey at Weight Watchers locations?

Posted at 09:01 AM

January 09, 2009

(Update) Latest Bird Flu Death In China Sparks Widespread Fear ...

[Untitled] Washington (dbTechno) - It was confirmed this week that a 19-year old woman died from the H5N1 bird flu virus in Beijing, China. This latest death has sparked widespread fear not only across China, but across countries all around the world.

Posted at 09:02 AM

Bird flu infects poultry in 2nd province in Vietnam -- Vietnam's ...

[Untitled] Five Vietnamese people died of bird flu in 2008 out of six reported H5N1 infections, all in the north of the country in the first quarter of the year, when cool temperatures allow the virus to thrive best.

Posted at 09:01 AM

January 07, 2009

Beijing Woman Dies of Avian Flu - WSJ.com

[WSJ.com: World News] The Ministry of Agriculture and local agriculture officials said they have received no reports of avian-flu outbreaks in poultry in or around Beijing. Last month, the authorities ordered the slaughter of more than 350,000 chickens after routine testing of eggs turned up signs of bird flu in an east-coast province, more than 600 miles from Beijing.

Posted at 09:02 AM

January 05, 2009

Michael Fumento.com - Weblog - Year-end Update on Avian Flu "Pandemic"

[Untitled] Science writer Michael Fumento challenges the many misconceptions popularized in the media.

Posted at 09:03 AM

Whatever happened to avian flu?

[Untitled] (1) Whatever happened to avian flu? Officials collect chickens for culling to fight an outbreak of avian flu in Turkey in 2005....

Posted at 09:03 AM

Bird Flu Monitor > January 30, 2009

H5N1: Avian Influenza hits North America - « Flu News Network

PIB Press Release

January 30, 2009

H5N1: Avian Influenza hits North America - « Flu News Network

PIB Press Release

January 28, 2009

WHO says no evidence of China bird flu epidemic

Fifth bird flu death in China in less than a month

January 26, 2009

China reports fourth death from bird flu this year

China Digital Times » China Confirms Sixth Bird Flu Case this Month

January 23, 2009

Human to Human H5N1 Transmission in Hunan China

China's recent H5N1 cases raise transmission questions ...

January 21, 2009

H5N1 Spread to Dhaka and Chittagong Bangladesh

China H5N1 update and observations ”” A Pandemic Chronicle

January 19, 2009

Pandemic Information News: AVIAN INFLUENZA (06): GERMANY (LOWER ...

Pandemic Information News: Fatal Avian Influenza Case in Beijing

January 16, 2009

Bird Flu Human To Human? | Wish Everyone Good Health.

What is the Bird Flu? | Wish Everyone Good Health.

January 14, 2009

A TIME'S MEMORY: Reuters AlertNet - Vietnam finds H5N1 in smuggled ...

A TIME'S MEMORY: CIDRAP >> Egyptian child has H5N1 infection

January 12, 2009

Edmund’s Blog » Avian Flu Becoming More Resistant to Antiviral Drugs

Overestimating Avian Flu | Health Topic - A Free VIP Center!

January 09, 2009

(Update) Latest Bird Flu Death In China Sparks Widespread Fear ...

Bird flu infects poultry in 2nd province in Vietnam -- Vietnam's ...

January 07, 2009

Beijing Woman Dies of Avian Flu - WSJ.com

January 05, 2009

Michael Fumento.com - Weblog - Year-end Update on Avian Flu "Pandemic"

Whatever happened to avian flu?

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