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[The Great Minnesota Progressive Newswire] HONG KONG -- Chinese farmers, acting with the approval and encouragement of government officials, have tried to suppress major bird flu outbreaks among chickens with an antiviral drug meant for humans, animal health experts said. International researchers now conclude that this is why the drug will no longer protect people in case of a worldwide bird flu epidemic.
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[Random Thoughts..] Bird Flu: It is reported that chinese govenment had authorised the usage of 'Amantadine', a anti-viral drug meant for humans, to be used for preventing flu from attacking poultry. Chinese farmers are allegedly using this drug for chickens since 1990, because of which the virus that causes bird-flu has become resistant to the drug 'Amantadine'.Global health care specialists predict that this particular drug will no longer protect humans in case of a world wide epidemic.
[Pharmaceutical Engineering :: Main Page] Bird Flu Drug Rendered Useless: China has previously run afoul of international agencies for its response to public and agricultural health crises, notably the SARS epidemic that began in 2002. China's health minister was fired after the government acknowledged it had covered up the extent of the SARS outbreak by preventing state-run media from reporting about the disease for months and by minimizing its seriousness.
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[Malaysia-today.net] Malaysia Today: MT-news: Bird Flu drug rendered useless: Amantadine is one of two types of medication for treating human influenza. But researchers determined last year that the H5N1 bird flu strain circulating in Vietnam and Thailand, the two countries hardest hit by the virus, had become resistant, leaving only an alternative drug that is difficult to produce in large amounts and much less affordable, especially for developing countries in Southeast Asia.
[Entish.org] Will.Whim » Blog Archive » Bird Flu Drug Rendered Useless: Bird Flu Drug Rendered Useless (writes the Washington Post) because farmers used an antiviral meant for humans on chickens. Aargh!
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[Boards.conservativelife.com] View topic - Bird Flu Drug Rendered Useless (washingtonpost.com): washingtonpost.com - HONG KONG -- Chinese farmers, acting with the approval and encouragement of government officials, have tried to suppress major bird flu outbreaks among chickens with an antiviral drug meant for humans, animal health experts said. International researchers now conclude that this is why the drug will no longer protect people in case of a worldwide bird flu epidemic.
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