Bird Flu Monitor: May 2009 Archives

Bird Flu Monitor > May 29, 2009

Epoch Times - Scientists Develop New Basis for H5N1 Vaccine, WHO ...

[Epoch Times | All headlines] "Countries are encouraged to share with WHO their specimens and/or isolates, both from humans and animals, for their inclusion in the WHO H5N1 vaccine virus development and selection process, in addition to other activities of public health significance," it said.

NewsDaily: Scientists develop new basis for H5N1 vaccine: WHO

[NewsDaily: Science Headlines] "Countries are encouraged to share with WHO their specimens and/or isolates, both from humans and animals, for their inclusion in the WHO H5N1 vaccine virus development and selection process, in addition to other activities of public health significance," it said.

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May 29, 2009

Epoch Times - Scientists Develop New Basis for H5N1 Vaccine, WHO ...

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NewsDaily: Scientists develop new basis for H5N1 vaccine: WHO

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May 27, 2009

The challenges of avian influenza virus: mechanism, epidemiology ...

[Vietnam RSS News Feed by Intellasia.Net] Current news from East Asia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong,

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New Publication on Challenges of Avian Influenza

[ThePoultrySite - Industry News] Firstly, the publishers invited two prominent scientists, Yuelong Shu and Paul Chan, from China CDC and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, respectively, to overview the situation of human infection of H5N1 in mainland China and the experience in Hong Kong. They summarise the frontline epidemiological, clinical and virological characteristics of human avian influenza virus infections based on the national surveillance system in mainland China and give a chronological and archival description of the events in Hong Kong.

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May 25, 2009

FEMA: National Hurricane Preparedness Week

[Avian Flu Diary] Covering Pandemic Influenza and other Emerging Infectious Diseases with an emphasis on personal and community preparedness.

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NYC Reports 2nd Swine Flu Related Death

[Avian Flu Diary] Covering Pandemic Influenza and other Emerging Infectious Diseases with an emphasis on personal and community preparedness.

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May 22, 2009

H1N1 death toll equals avian-flu's': India Today - Latest Breaking ...

[India Today | LATEST NEWS] India Today brings the Latest & Breaking News on Politics and Current Affairs in India & around the World, Cricket, Sports, Business, Bollywood News and Entertainment, Science, Technology & opinions from leading columnists., .

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Pandemic Information News: Northwest China province on avian flu alarm

[Pandemic Information News] The epidemic area has been sealed off as of Sunday. Four temporary checkpoints were set up on roads leading to the area to disinfect every passing vehicle and allow only epidemic prevention workers to enter.

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May 20, 2009

Pandemic Information News: Avian flu outbreak sends Tibetan county ...

[Pandemic Information News] GONGHE COUNTY, Qinghai -- A Tibetan county in northwest China's Qinghai Province is culling poultry, disinfecting farms and banning outsiders from entering Tuesday, two days after an outbreak of H5N1 avian flu was confirmed among migratory birds.

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Swine flu death toll equals avian flu deaths in 2006: WHO ...

[But As For Me] Swine flu death toll equals avian flu deaths in 2006: WHO - Express India. Posted on 19 May 2009by admin (0).

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May 18, 2009

Avian flu simulation exercise conducted | The Trinidad Guardian

[Trinidad Guardian - Main RSS Feed] The exercise, the first of its kind in Trinidad and Tobago, done in collaboration with USDA/APHIS IICA and CIRAD, was part of a regional emergency response workshop designed to test the national crisis management framework and standard operational procedures of the ministry in the event of a major animal disease outbreak.

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Nose Too Cold for Avian Flu - Neatorama

[Neatorama] They took a avian virus strain, H4N6, and human flu H3N2, and tried to infect human airway epithelial cells - the cells that line our noses and lungs. Both, they found, could infect and replicate quite quickly human airway epthelial cells at 37 degrees celcius, though the avian ones were a little slower in general than the human ones.

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May 15, 2009

Boy Becomes Egypt's 70th Bird Flu Victim

[Avian Flu Diary] Covering Pandemic Influenza and other Emerging Infectious Diseases with an emphasis on personal and community preparedness.

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The News-Courier in Athens, Alabama - No avian flu found here

[The News-Courier in Athens, Alabama --Local News] Alabama is considered an AI-clean state (meaning an avian influenza-clean state) because all poultry producers voluntarily test their flocks every two weeks rather than the required 90 days.

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May 13, 2009

Bandung, West Java ::: More on H1N1 suspected patient « Bird Flu ...

[Bird Flu Information Corner] Patient with initial RES (39) from Surabaya is treated at quarantine room Flamboyan, which is usually used for bird flu suspect patient. RES is a co-pilot of Air Asia airlines who was just landed in Husein Sastranegara airport Bandung after flying through Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

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Pandemic Information News: Two new suspected bird flu in the ...

[Pandemic Information News] Detained, hospital diets and fevers Fayyoum Mnov two new suspected bird flu, which entered the honorable Muhammad (30 years) from the village was built in favor of the status of Fayoum Fayoum fever in a hospital, and hospital fevers Mnov detained, housewife, on suspicion of being infected with bird flu, following the emergence of symptoms of the disease.

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May 11, 2009

A TIME'S MEMORY: Eurosurveillance - Avian influenza A(H5N1 ...

[A TIME'S MEMORY] The article of JP Dudley published in this issue of Eurosurveillance [3] examines the age- and sex-specific rates of infection and mortality for human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus in Egypt, concluding that they differ markedly from those recorded in other countries.

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Current Situation with Avian Influenza A (H5N1)

[ThePoultrySite - Industry News] Melidou of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece has summarised the latest situation on H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) worldwide.

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May 08, 2009

What's new in the world of pandemic and avian flu?: CDC Daily Briefing

[What's new in the world of pandemic and avian flu?] The purpose of the CARE Pandemic and Avian Flu Blog is to create a simple site where CARE staff can stay updated on the latest and most important pandemic and AI news. Since we have access to information and are constantly looking over pandemic and AI related news and materials, it helps us narrow down the best information and provide an easy place for CARE staff to stay updated with information tailored to their needs.

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Notice: Interim Guidance, Avian Flu, U.S. Citizens Abroad | CDC ...

[CDC Travel Notices plus News and Announcments] All influenza (or flu) viruses can change, and experts are concerned that the H5N1 virus could change and begin to spread easily from one person to another person (known as “sustained human-to-human transmission”). If this were to happen, an influenza pandemic (worldwide outbreak of disease) could begin.

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May 06, 2009

What's new in the world of pandemic and avian flu?: New article ...

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Avian flu found in two Tennessee poultry houses - Breaking News ...

[Breaking News from The Huntsville Times - al.com] The Tennessee Agriculture Department said in a statement Monday that the strain poses minimal risk to human health and is not the strain associated with human and poultry outbreaks in other countries. Officials said the strain can cause slight illness in poultry.

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May 04, 2009

Swine Flu Spread Helps Scientists Understand Avian Flu Potential ...

[Emaxhealth] Perez focused on the avian H9N2 influenza virus for his study, because of avian flu potential for pandemic, creating a genetically engineered hybrid human-avian virus. They used a virus different, though similar to the current swine flu virus, now known as the H1N1 virus, produced from a different strain of virus.

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Avian Flu Research Sheds Light On Swine Flu - And Why Influenza A ...

[Scientific Blogging] I think there is enough data currently available on the web that makes a very good case that "Mexican Flu" is a spliced human manufactured strain and at this time big pharma stocks are going through the roof as companies line up to manufacture the hundreds of millions of vaccinations needed to stave of this new "Pandemic" not to mention the surgical mask manufacturers. Right there I have a bone of contention, we have a WHO level 5 alert in place when the reality is that out of 6.7 billion people we have under 200 deaths from this "pandemic killer" strain, while in any normal flu season between 30,000 &

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Bird Flu Monitor > May 29, 2009

Epoch Times - Scientists Develop New Basis for H5N1 Vaccine, WHO ...

NewsDaily: Scientists develop new basis for H5N1 vaccine: WHO

May 29, 2009

Epoch Times - Scientists Develop New Basis for H5N1 Vaccine, WHO ...

NewsDaily: Scientists develop new basis for H5N1 vaccine: WHO

May 27, 2009

The challenges of avian influenza virus: mechanism, epidemiology ...

New Publication on Challenges of Avian Influenza

May 25, 2009

FEMA: National Hurricane Preparedness Week

NYC Reports 2nd Swine Flu Related Death

May 22, 2009

H1N1 death toll equals avian-flu's': India Today - Latest Breaking ...

Pandemic Information News: Northwest China province on avian flu alarm

May 20, 2009

Pandemic Information News: Avian flu outbreak sends Tibetan county ...

Swine flu death toll equals avian flu deaths in 2006: WHO ...

May 18, 2009

Avian flu simulation exercise conducted | The Trinidad Guardian

Nose Too Cold for Avian Flu - Neatorama

May 15, 2009

Boy Becomes Egypt's 70th Bird Flu Victim

The News-Courier in Athens, Alabama - No avian flu found here

May 13, 2009

Bandung, West Java ::: More on H1N1 suspected patient « Bird Flu ...

Pandemic Information News: Two new suspected bird flu in the ...

May 11, 2009

A TIME'S MEMORY: Eurosurveillance - Avian influenza A(H5N1 ...

Current Situation with Avian Influenza A (H5N1)

May 08, 2009

What's new in the world of pandemic and avian flu?: CDC Daily Briefing

Notice: Interim Guidance, Avian Flu, U.S. Citizens Abroad | CDC ...

May 06, 2009

What's new in the world of pandemic and avian flu?: New article ...

Avian flu found in two Tennessee poultry houses - Breaking News ...

May 04, 2009

Swine Flu Spread Helps Scientists Understand Avian Flu Potential ...

Avian Flu Research Sheds Light On Swine Flu - And Why Influenza A ...

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