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Crow's Nest...http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2008/02/avian-influenza-bird-flu.html [Crow's Nest...] So, bird flu or avian influenza as it is known is a disease of the birds that is caused by a virus from a genus of viruses called Orthomyxoviridie. They are named according to their type, location where isolated , the successive isolate number from that location and year of isolation (eg, A/Karachi/5/08 [H5N1]).

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ABC News: Healthhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/12/2160035.htm [ABC News: Health] Academic says bird flu threat remains: Professor Mark Von Itzstein from Griffith University helped to develop one of the drugs that are being stockpiled to fight an avian influenza outbreak.

Bird Flu Breaking News[Bird Flu Breaking News] Avian influenza situation in Indonesia update 39: Avian influenza situation in Indonesia update 39.

Avian Influenza[Avian Influenza] India Culls 3.4m Birds But Fails to Contain Avian Flu Outbreak: FT.com reports India is struggling to contain its worst avian influenza -epidemic, in spite of culling 3.4m birds and setting up a 5km poultry exclusion zone round the state of West -Bengal, the epicentre of the outbreak.

Bird Flu Breaking News[Bird Flu Breaking News] Update on Avian Influenza in West Bengal, India: Update on Avian Influenza in West Bengal, India.

News - Independent Bangladeshhttp://www.independent-bangladesh.com/200802131795/health/bangladesh-to-seek-chinese-strategy-to-fight-bird-flu-disaster.html [News - Independent Bangladesh] Bangladesh to seek Chinese strategy to fight bird flu disaster: The World Health Organisation (WHO) is learnt to have approved that Chinese bird flu vaccine was tested most effective against the H5N1 virus. The vaccine helped protect a vast segment of fowls and poultry when bird flu broke out in China two years ago.

Bird Flu Breaking News[Bird Flu Breaking News] AVIAN INFLUENZA IN WEST BENGAL: AVIAN INFLUENZA IN WEST BENGAL.

The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Publichttp://www.nowpublic.com/environment/bird-flu-spreading-east-lampung [The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public] Bird flu spreading in East Lampung: Bandarlampung, Lampung Province (ANTARA News) - Bird flu is on the rise in East Lampung, prompting local authorities to order back-yard farmers to keep their chickens inside their coops.

http://valerio1.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/effect-measure-bird-flu-bangladesh-behaving-badly/ [Valerio1's Weblog] Effect Measure : Bird flu: Bangladesh behaving badly: Bangladesh has refused to share the genetic details of its H5N1 bird flu virus with India. In a blow to India’s efforts to find the origin of the highly pathogenic avian influenza strain that is presently wreaking havoc in West Bengal, Bangladesh has informed the external affairs ministry that they are “yet to genetically sequence the H5N1 virus strain circulating there”.

Free Blog[Free Blog] Avian influenza: However, because there is a significant species barrier that exists between birds and humans, the virus does not easily cross over to humans, though some cases of infection are being researched to discern whether human to human transmission is occurring.[8] More research is necessary to understand the pathogenesis and epidemiology of the H5N1 virus in humans. Exposure routes and other disease transmission characteristics such as genetic and immunological factors, that may increase the likelihood of infection, are not clearly understood.

Medical News and Health News Blog[Medical News and Health News Blog] eFoodSafety To Attend International Conference On Avian Influenza: eFoodSafety.com, Inc.’s (OTCBB: EFSF) representatives will attend the Bangkok International Conference on Avian Influenza 2008, Integration from Knowledge to Control in Bangkok from January 23-25. The conference, organized by the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), and other related organizations, aims to provide an international forum for scientific experts and scientists to discuss avian influenza (bird flu) and to facilitate international collaboration to mitigate threats from this disease.

Useful Information about Bird Flu[Useful Information about Bird Flu] Bird flu (avian influenza) - CNN.com: Considered the female strain of “Man Flu”, Bird Flu (also known as Asian Bird Fru ) is a virulent form of influenza , and is all set to become THE number one death dealer of 2037

palashbiswashttp://o3.indiatimes.com/palashbiswas/archive/2008/01/19/4865637.aspx [palashbiswas] Bird Flu Chaos Generated to Extend MNC Empire of Retail Chain ...: The virulence of the influenza virus depends on temperature and time. If young and fresh H5N1 contaminated water from low local wells, cisterns, tanks, rain barrels or rice fields is used for water supply the water temperature for infection may be higher (at 24°C the virulence of influenza viruses amount to 2 days) as in temperate climates (for “older” water from central water supplies cold water is decisive to virulence of viruses: at 7°C the virulence of influenza viruses amount to 14 days).

http://valerio1.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/indonesian-official-warns-spread-of-bird-flu/ [Valerio1's Weblog] Indonesian official warns spread of bird flu: It’s like dengue fever or tuberculosis which are still prevalent in this country," Bayu Krisnamurti, chief executive of the National Commission for Avian Influenza Control, was quoted Monday by local newspaper The Jakarta Post as saying.

Drugzillaonline.com - Pharmacy Blog[Drugzillaonline.com - Pharmacy Blog] Bird Flu Affects Half Of Bangladesh Districts: The two latest outbreaks took place in Gopalganj and Sylhet, according to the Ministry of Health. Some dead crows which were later found to be infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus strain had been found in the port of Chittagong.

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