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[ParticleView.com] Information on Avian Flu | ParticleView.com: is an illness caused by viruses that infect the respiratory tract. Compared with most other viral respiratory infections, such as the common cold, influenza (flu) infection often causes a more severe illness with a mortality rate (death rate) of about 0.1% of people who are infected with the virus.

[Global Health Hub] 'No Evidence' Mutant Bird Flu Virus Poses Increased Risk To ...: a mutant strain of the H5N1 avian flu virus, the WHO and FAO on Monday “said in a joint statement issued in response to questions from Agence France-Presse” that “[t]here is no evidence to suggest yet that this new virus strain will have any increased risk to human health,”

[ParticleView.com] Indian Bird Flu Outbreak | ParticleView.com: STORY: Vets across India’s West Bengal state are carrying out a mass cull of birds after a fresh outbreak of avian flu. The latest outbreak of the deadly H5N1 virus –

[World Health Organization] World Health Organization Still Assessing Bird Flu Threat | World ...: Even though the virus found in a commercial duck there was deemed to be a “low pathogenic North American strain,” according to the Canadian Press, that find prompted the slaughter of 60,000 birds as a precaution against the disease’s spread.

[ParticleView.com] Bird flu | ParticleView.com: For example, sharing the same water between various types of domesticated animals can determine animal-to-animal transmission and even more drastically animal-to-human transmission.Additionaly, even the common flu virus manifests a permanent antigenic shift. For this reason, the vaccines must be constantly updated to be able to fight-back the newest strains of the virus.

[FAO Newsroom RSS] FAO Media Centre: Bird Flu rears its head again: Major resurgence H5N1 possible 29 August 2011, Rome - FAO today urged heightened readiness and surveillance against a possible major resurgence of the H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza amid signs that a mutant strain of the deadly Bird Flu virus is spreading in Asia and beyond, with unpredictable risks to human health. 

[ParticleView.com] Some useful information about bird flu | ParticleView.com: Until 1997, nobody knew that the virus can affect humans, but it has happened to those who have been in close contact with infected birds. Now, scientists are concerned about a possible mutation of the virus, making it more lethal and transmittable from human to human.

[Bulatlat] Bird Flu Resurgence - Bulatlat: While the Philippines might not be as hard hit as other countries with regard to the bird flu, the sad state of health services in the country gives us cause to worry. The proposed health budget for 2012 is still far from the 5 percent of GNP WHO recommendation that should be allotted to health services.

[Natural Unseen Hazards Blog] BIRD FLU H5N1 Update - Natural Unseen Hazards Blog - WordPress: And, the FAO says, bird flu “is still firmly entrenched” in Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam. What worries the FAO is that after winding down over the past five years, the last year has seen a rising number of poultry outbreaks, including outbreaks in countries that previously eliminated the virus or were never before affected.

[Field Blog] Avian Flu - Swift Action Helps Avert a More Serious Disaster - Field ...: On July 12, 2011, the first bird deaths attributed to the most recent outbreak of avian influenza were reported - two spotted wood owls. The bodies of the dead birds were sent to the Cambodian government laboratory for testing animal disease, and they came back positive for H5N1.

[Doctor2008's Weblog] The Bird Flu Flies In Again « Doctor2008?s Weblog: Although in six countries - Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia and Vietnam - it is known to be endemic (present all the time albeit in smaller numbers), at least eight people have died of bird flu in Cambodia this year alone.  Of note – the emergence of a new, mutated strain of the disease for which the existing vaccines do not work.

[TopNews United States] After Avian Flu, It's Time for Pigeon Flu | TopNews United States: As per the head of Australian veterinary official Mark Schipp, the main symptoms of the flu is tiredness, and in rare cases they also show some neurological signs like moving in circles for long time and before dying they flip their necks. He assured that the virus would not spread to humans and there is very little chance of that occurrence and that rare chance is also only possible if one stays in proximity with the pigeons or poultry for long hours.

[Total Health - Authoritative medical information in plain English] Mutant Bird Flu - How big a risk is bird flu? | Total Health: Avian flu has in the past two years appeared in poultry or wild birds in countries that had been virus-free for several years: Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Bulgaria, Romania, Nepal and Mongolia are among those recently affected. The FAO report that the new strain had infected most parts of northern and central Vietnam and could also pose a risk to Japan and the Korean peninsula.

[Bird Flu Monitor] Bird Flu Monitor: H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza rears its ...: FAO urges heightened readiness and surveillance against a possible major resurgence of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza amid signs that a mutant strain of the deadly Bird Flu virus is spreading in Asia and beyond, .Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) Blog: Some countries have an active vaccination campaign to vaccinate their chickens and ducks against “highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza”.

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