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[Avianflu.futurehs.com] Avian Flu » Blog Archive » H5N1 Bird Flu Fatality Confirmed In Egypt: In addition, the database of Qinghai H5N1 sequences is increasing because labs in Russia, Italy, France, and Egypt are promptly depositing sequences in a public database.  In contrast, Weybridge and Hong Kong have sequestered sequences in a WHO private database.  The Weybridge sequences include isolates of H5N1 throughout Europe, but are being held until publication.  Since the papers have yet to be written, these sequences could be sequestered for 6-12 months.  Similarly, Hong Kong has withheld the human H5N1 sequences from Indonesia.  One of these sequences has been selected for a new target for a pandemic vaccine, but the relationship between this sequence to other sequences from human cases is not possible because the sequence has not been released.  Similarly, no human sequences from China have been released.

 [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.

 [Penumbra-of-pandemia.blogspot.com] Penumbra of Pandemia: A large and deadly outbreak of Streptococcus suis disease, in Sichuan province in China last year alarmed health officials worldwide and now scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and other Chinese institutions have published the first scientific details of the outbreak.

 [News.bbc.co.uk] BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Reality takes wing over bird flu: Vested interests mean wild birds are being blamed for the spread of avian flu, argues Dr Leon Bennun in this week's Green Room, whereas responsibility really lies with modern farming. Demands for culling and the destruction of nesting sites threaten, he says, to bring rare species to extinction, but will do nothing to halt the disease.

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