AVIAN FLU UPDATE
[Entangled States] Indeed, it is conceivable at least in European and U.S. populations that there is likely a greater risk from being immunized with these vaccine(s) than contracting the avian flu. Also one has to consider whether these products will be able to adequately protect against any number of the highly infectious-in-humans variants of H5N1 if the need to use them ever arise.
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June 30, 2008
Mismanaging avian flu in Benin
[grain.org RSS] This activity has being growing at a rate of 5.9 per cent per year, compared with grain production, which has grown by only 0.4 per cent. In the absence of well-developed compensation programmes, it is the small farmers who run the risk of being wiped out.
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June 27, 2008
Avian Influenza Technical Advisor, Thailand, USAID
[Work, Travel, Eat, Sleep] In September 2005, faced with the growing threat of HPAI in Southeast Asia, USAID made avian and pandemic influenza a top priority for all missions and posts worldwide and asked missions to support implementation of an emergency containment plan in the shortest time possible. Since that time, the U.S. Congress has pledged over $434 million to support HPAI prevention and control activities outside the United States.
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Posted at 09:06 AM
June 25, 2008
Nabarro: Avian Flu Not Yet under Control
[thepoultrysite - Industry News] The Statesman's report continues that Dr Nabarro highlighted the preparations under way for a global conference on the state of H5N1 and other highly pathogenic avian influenza and preparedness for a pandemic to be hosted by Egypt in Sharm El-Sheikh in October.
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June 23, 2008
Face the avian flu
[Digg / upcoming] Farmers on work drink the water from rice paddies!] and people - and not chickens - have emerged as the most significant factors in the spread of avian influenza in Thailand and Viet Nam, according to a study carried out by a group of experts from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and associated research centres.
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Posted at 09:02 AM
Treatment for avian flu?
[Mystery Rays from Outer Space] but he has worked on on avian influenza for a long time as well.) Their trick was to use triple therapy: a dual blockade of cytokines, plus antiviral treatment. None of these treatments worked alone.
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Posted at 09:01 AM
June 11, 2008
CDC warns travelers to Hong Kong of avian flu - The China Po
[Digg / upcoming] The study, which examined a series of waves of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Thailand and Viet Nam between early 2004 and late 2005, was initiated and coordinated by FAO senior veterinary officer Jan Slingenbergh and just published in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States.
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Posted at 09:03 AM
Avian Flu in Hong Kong, Bright Lighting and Dementia, Dyscalculia ...
[Health] (June 10, 2008 - Insidermedicine) From Hong Kong - According to Hong Kong's information services department, the H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been reported at a poultry market.
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June 02, 2008
USDA Releases Genetic Sequences
[Avian Flu Diary] In what is good news for researchers worldwide, the USDA has released the genetic sequencing of 150 avian influenza viruses to Genbank, a publicly accessible database of genetic information.
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Posted at 09:04 AM
Avian influenza - situation in Bangladesh
[Health - stories: popular] TORONTO - An experiment mating H5N1 avian flu viruses and a strain of human flu in a laboratory produced a surprising number of hybrid viruses that were biologically fit, a new study reveals.
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May 30, 2008
Some avian flu H7 viruses growing more human-like
[Bird Flu Breaking News] Some avian flu H7 viruses growing more human-like.
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Posted at 09:01 AM
May 28, 2008
Avian Flu Adapting to Humans, PSA and Prostate Cancer, Next ...
[Bird Flu Breaking News] Avian Flu Adapting to Humans, PSA and Prostate Cancer, Next ...
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May 21, 2008
IDNR Announces Participation in Avian Influenza Surveillance
[Avian Influenza News] The Illinois Department of Natural Resources today announced plans to participate in the national surveillance effort for highly-pathogenic Asian H5N1 avian influenza by collecting samples from hunter-harvested .
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Posted at 09:04 AM
What is avian influenza?
[NewsTin - Bird Flu] Bird flu, the popular name for avian influenza (AI), is a disease primarily found in poultry and wild birds. Avian influenza can infect chickens, pheasants, quail, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl, as well as migratory waterfowl and shorebirds and, less commonly, mammals (pigs, horses, and marine...
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Posted at 09:03 AM
May 14, 2008
Expert warns that next epidemic could be avian flu
[Climate Change] He said: "At the moment, the pandemic of avian flu still exists in the world. For example, in Korea now, it is not under control of avian flu in poultry.
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Posted at 09:07 AM
May 12, 2008
Areas with confirmed human cases of H5N1 avian influenza since 1 ...
[reliefweb: Latest Maps] Size: 252 Kb Date: 09 May 2008 Format: pdf Sources: World Health Organization.
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Posted at 09:06 AM
May 09, 2008
H5N1 strain of avian flu continues to spread through Asia, Africa ...
[Old People's News.com] The lethal H5N1 version of the virus is mutating rapidly and rampaging through bird flocks throughout those parts of the world, infecting and often killing people who come in contact with them.
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Posted at 09:01 AM
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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Posted at 09:02 AM
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 18, 2008
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 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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Posted at 09:05 AM
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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