Bird Flu Monitor > Express news on flu (January 24, ”07)
[Flu Patrol] A new study reveals that bird flu can survive in the digestive and respiratory tracts of flies, along with the cuticle layers, flesh and ovum. The virus was not only found in flies taken from areas in the middle of bird flu outbreaks but also from places that had been declared bird-flu free.[ via Bernama ]
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Flu Patrol: About 800 ducks in the Tra Vinh province died from the H5N1 virulent strain of bird flu, just as 130 ducks were being culled in Soc Trang for the same reasons. Other affected areas include the southern provinces of Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, Hau Giang, Kien Giang, Vinh Long, where thousands of ducks and chickens were slaughtered and 5.8 million poultry were vaccinated in the last two months. (via Cosmos)
[Slobokan.com] Bird Flu Flies Like An Egyptian (Slobokan's Site O' Schtuff): The development is potentially dangerous because oseltamivir, commonly sold under the name Tamiflu, is the chief weapon against the flu strain, H5N1, which many worry could mutate into a strain that could set off a worldwide pandemic.
[Time.blogs.com] TIME.com: The TIME Global Health Blog - When Will Bird Flu Hit the US?: According to WHO, H5N1 lives over 90 days at cold temperatures. There could already be H5N1 in both polar regions, and until scientists start checking the circumpolar birds like the tern and searwater, they will not have an accurate picture of how far the disease has already spread.
[Birdfluguard.blogspot.com] Bird Flu Guard: Under the project funded by the French Development Agency, Pasteur institutes in Vietnam's Ha Noi capital, central Nha Trang city and southern Ho Chi Minh City, China's Shanghai, France's Paris, and Cambodia, and a laboratory in Laos will reinforce their standard labs and national disease response networks, exchange data and specimens relating to bird flu, and put forth measures to contain outbreaks.
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