Bird Flu Monitor > H5N1 Poised to Go Global

[Ablogalypse Now] "The detection of bird flu in a dead seagull in northern Finland provides additional evidence for a worldwide spread of H5N1, setting the stage for a major pandmeic. Although H5N1 wild bird flu has yet to be confirmed, the official statement that the bird flu is not H5N1 has been the common initial official comment on H5N1 when it is reported for the first time. 

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http://effectmeasure.blogspot.com [Effect Measure] Vietnam, Indoesia, Russia, China: Four geographic areas seem to be "cause for concern" on the birdflu front, (as Henry Niman would... opposite the family's house were "positive for H5N1" but the bird in the cage showed no sign...

http://www.drmartinwilliams.com [Drmartinwilliams.com] Info and links re bird flu, especially the nasty H5N1 variant in Asia: - However, at a meeting on bird flu organised by FAO at the beginning of February, "Experts present at the talks agreed that such targeted vaccination would help prevent animals falling ill and reduce the amount of virus present in the environment, the so-called “viral load”. Minimising viral load will reduce the potential of avian influenza spreading to humans, if accompanied by strict control measures such as surveillance, elimination of infected birds, animal movement control and observation of basic hygiene in animal production.

Answers.comhttp://www.answers.com [Answers.com] Bird Flu: Information From Answers.com: Hundreds of thousands of birds in Asia died due to a virus that has been dubbed the "bird flu." The highly contagious illness is responsible for wiping out large numbers of poultry in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. The particular strain of influenza which has been reported as causing the deaths is called H5N1.

http://effectmeasure.blogspot.com [Effectmeasure.blogspot.com] Effect Measure: Bird flu miscellany: Strains included H5N1, H9N2, H4N6, H5N2 and H9N3, collected from 189 birds and 18 environmental samples in live bird markets in Hanoi. I have only been able to see the abstract so far.

Scienceblog.comhttp://www.scienceblog.com [Scienceblog.com] Science Blog -- Dress Rehearsal: Researchers Pass “Bird Flu” Test ...: At ARS' Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory in Athens, Ga., they had been studying a viral strain called H5N2. It attacks only poultry but is related to H5N1, the Hong Kong bird flu strain.

Msnbc.msn.comhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com [Msnbc.msn.com] Vietnam to vaccinate birds against Asian flu - Bird Flu - MSNBC.com: Tests show bird flu vaccine effective in people .A Dutch vaccine against the H5N2 virus, a less virulent strain which is not widespread in Vietnam, .

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