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[as I live a few more questions] Avian Flu Info: Mid-July, after reading through the scientific journal Nature's special-issue coverage of the threat of a potential avian influenza pandemic, I began keeping track of the latest news and developments. The current avian flu situation is troubling, despite any cheerful, lulling news reports, either of scientific computer models that suggest the pandemic can be stopped in its tracks, or of avian flu vaccines which are currently in development and testing.

 [The Coming Influenza Pandemic?] August 1: I find it rather irritating that Slate makes no mention nor reference to the bird flu sites that might actually help people learn more about and deal with the bird flu news, such as this site, fluwikie.com, curevents.com, epidemi.ca, or promed. They've ignored some of the best sources of information, imho, in favor of some better known general bloggers who I regard as 'johnny come lately's' to the 'flu blog' world.

[Crofsblogs.typepad.com] H5N1: According to the research, birds that usually migrate from western Siberia to Africa and Europe fly over the Caspian and Black Seas and stay in these territories for several weeks, which may cause spreading of a H5N1 virus there. The virus may also affect Iran, Iraq, Georgia and the Ukraine, as birds from the north often choose these countries to spend the winter, experts say.

[Recombinomics.com] Recombinomics Online: Japan: Human Cases of Avian Influenza - Laboratory Findings Flu Information Center (P.R. China)

 [Answers.com] Bird Flu: Information From Answers.com: Hundreds of thousands of birds in Asia died due to a virus that has been dubbed the "bird flu." The highly contagious illness is responsible for wiping out large numbers of poultry in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. The particular strain of influenza which has been reported as causing the deaths is called H5N1.

 [Effectmeasure.blogspot.com] Effect Measure: Historic special issue on avian flu in <i>Nature</i>: This week, Nature devotes its News Feature and Commentary pages to a detailed consideration of the risks posed by avian flu, and how well we are prepared to deal with it. In the pages that follow, our reporters examine nations' capacity to produce a vaccine against a pandemic strain, and the adequacy of global stockpiles of antiviral drugs.

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