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Journalhttp://www.scottmcpherson.net/journal/2008/4/7/bird-flu-very-much-on-chinese-minds-in-run-up-to-olympics.html [Journal] Last week's press release from the Chinese government regarding the so-far-succesful creation of a human vaccine against H5N1 avian influenza was picked up by China Daily and Reuters and broadcast to the world. The Chinese were ready to manufacture some 20 million doses of a trivalent bird flu prepandemic vaccine. 

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Men's & Drug's[Men's & Drug's] Son to father spread of bird flu panics experts: Experts have been concerned for a number of years that the H5N1 strain of the avian virus will eventually mutate into a form capable of being transferred between humans; this could potentially trigger a pandemic which could kill millions of people.

generef Combined News[generef Combined News] Chinese son likely gave bird flu to father -report: By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, April 7 - A 24-year-old Chinese man who died of bird flu in December passed the virus directly to his .

sinolinx.com Aggregated China Newshttp://www.sinolinx.com/frame/?url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7335986.stm [sinolinx.com Aggregated China News] Father 'caught bird flu from son': Tests show a Chinese man probably contracted bird flu from his son - renewing fears about the risk to humans.

Effect Measurehttp://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2008/04/bird_flu_staying_calm_about_pa.php [Effect Measure] Bird flu: staying calm about panic: I mean shit, we have been upping the internal levels in the countries that are doing anything about it for almost a year and we threw the Tamiflu blanket in Pakistan in January?, to stop the spread of the aforementioned cases. They dont do that unless there is clear evidence of Pan 4 stuff such as human to human spread in an uncontained manner.

Men's & Drug's[Men's & Drug's] Human To Human Transmission Of Bird Flu: These two men, diagnosed within a week of one another,were investigated by Professor Yu Wang, Chinese Centre for DiseaseControl and Prevention, , China, and colleagues in December 2007in China’s Jiangsu Province. Both laboratory and field tests wereperformed immediately to determine a positive H5N1 infection in bothcases.

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Health - stories: popularhttp://www.nowpublic.com/health/china-reports-human-human-bird-flu-transmission [Health - stories: popular] China reports human-to-human bird flu transmission: In an article published electronically by the British journal The Lancet on Tuesday, Chinese doctors reported that molecular analysis showed that viruses from the two men were virtually identical. They were fully avian viruses, meaning they hadn't swapped genes with any human flu viruses or viruses from another mammal.

Daylife - Topstories - Sciencehttp://www.daylife.com/story/06vw3S7f4vcfM [Daylife - Topstories - Science] Chinese Health Officials: Son Gave Father Bird Flu: LONDON Chinese health officials have confirmed that a father caught bird flu from his son last December, according to a report released Tuesday. Human-to-human transmission of bird flu has happened about a dozen times in the past, .

Health, Fitness, Wellness News at vitabeathttp://www.vitabeat.com/human-to-human-bird-flu-confirmed-in-china/v/8269/ [Health, Fitness, Wellness News at vitabeat] Human To Human Bird Flu Confirmed in China: The research showed that the two men had the same strains of bird flu virus. Fortunately, those 91 persons who have in contact with them were not infected.

Journalhttp://www.scottmcpherson.net/journal/2008/4/10/epidemic-of-indonesian-governmental-insanity-grows-as-namru.html [Journal] Epidemic of Indonesian governmental insanity grows as NAMRU-2 banned: We just gave the Tangerang government over a million and a half US dollars to help eradicate bird flu and teach people about personal responsibility in the fight. American goodwill translated into millions and millions of private dollars -- and billions in worldwide government and corporate aid -- to help the tsunami victims back in December, 2004. 

Viewer9's Webloghttp://viewer9.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/china-confirms-outbreak-of-bird-flu/ [Viewer9's Weblog] China Confirms Outbreak of Bird Flu: Chinese officials have confirmed that bird flu was to blame for killing chickens in poultry markets in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, Hong Kong’s health bureau Sunday. continue .. three or four years back, bird flu was highly ...

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