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 [Declan Butler, reporter] Easter avian flu map update: A couple of people using Google Earth for the first time contacted me as they couldn’t open the map files. The problem it turned out was that, for some reason, their PC had not associated Google Earth with *.kmz and *.kml files;

 [Pandemic Flu from Europe] Susceptibility of animal species to the H5N1... : 13 April 2006, Rome - The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and FAO confirm that the animal species playing a role in the transmission and spread of highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza virus are essentially domestic and wild birds.

[Community] Never mind H5N1: virulent outbreaks of bird flu... : Nice one Moondancer, if you've ever read my blog you'll know that I'm absolutely convinced that there is no such thing as bird flu in humans and there never will be, organised paranoia is indeed a wonderful turn of phrase and indicative of the current regime in this country, ah well I'm off now for some chicken and chips, cooked to perfection by the Foxy chick of course.

[Avianflu.typepad.com] Avian Flu - What we need to know: Even as the World Health Organization presses China and other countries to share bird-flu data for the public good, the WHO itself runs a database limited to a select group of scientists and containing a massive trove of data -- some 2,300 genetic sequences of the virus, around a third of the world's known sequences, according to two people familiar with the database's contents. Any one of those sequences could hold clues to an effective human vaccine or drugs that could kill the virus, or help scientists determine how great a threat it poses.

 [Nature.com] Avian flu special The flu pandemic: were we ready? : Nature: I'm Sally O'Reilly, a freelance journalist based in Washington DC. I've been researching a book on pandemic preparedness.

 [Googleblog.blogspot.com] Official Google Blog: Bird flu basics: The avian flu's jump to humans was first detected in 1997, although all the human deaths reported so far (about 60 since 2003) have been due to transmission from animals to humans. There has been more concern recently because the virus has been detected in migratory birds which can't be caught and killed - and which may carry the virus to Europe and Africa within the next two migratory seasons.

[Fluwikie.com] Flu Wiki - Main - Flu Wiki: No one, in any health department or government agency, knows all the things needed to cope with an influenza pandemic. But it is likely someone knows something about some aspect of each of them and if we can pool and share our knowledge we can advance preparation for and the ability to cope with events.

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