Bird Flu Monitor > Bird flu in Vietnam: again or still?

http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure [Effect Measure] It was the existence of a poultry outbreak in the vicinity that often was the factor triggering additional testing. If poultry vaccination eliminates the signal without eliminating the virus, we might have the picture we've seen over the last year in Vietnam: no visible outbreak unless there are unvaccinated birds.

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http://birdflublog.blogspot.com [Birdflublog.blogspot.com] THE BIRD FLU BLOG: The Bird Flu Blog will bring together news and official announcements of the spread of avian flu throughout the world, the plans to combat its spread, notes from history on previous pandemics and how they were fought, and a look at the conspiracy theories that are already taking root. This is not academia, this is one person's reportage of a world on the brink of disaster.

http://effectmeasure.blogspot.com [Effectmeasure.blogspot.com] Effect Measure: More bird flu in Viet Nam: The avian flu epidemic is not only hurting the poultry industry and worrying the average citizen at a time (the Lunar New Year) when chicken is a traditional dish, but is also driving inflation which is now close to 10%. In last year's outbreak Viet Nam lost 43 million poultry, had its gross domestic product cut by 0.5% and suffered estimated losses of $120 million.

Sciencenewsblog.comhttp://www.sciencenewsblog.com [Sciencenewsblog.com] Science News Blog -- Bird Flu / Avian Flu: "There is more and more evidence building up that wild migratory birds do play some role in spreading the virus, but personally I believe -- and others agree -- that it's not a major role," said Ward Hagemeijer, a wild bird ecologist with Wetlands International, a conservation group in Wageningen, Netherlands. "If we would assume based on this evidence that wild birds would be a major carrier of the disease we would expect a more dramatic outbreak of the disease all over the world." Unfortunately, bird flu doesn't appear to be having much difficulty in spreading -- with or without the help of migratory birds.

[Bird-flu-updates.com] Bird Flu Updates: The outbreaks were detected last week in western and southern China, resulting in the killing of nearly 175,000 birds, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The latest outbreaks brings the total for China in recent weeks to 20.

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