Bird Flu Monitor > August 27, 2010
More On the MMWR Influenza Mortality Report
[Avian Flu Diary] The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new death estimates for seasonal flu today that are designed to move away from a single number and instead take into account the disease's unpredictability and the extra toll inflicted when influenza A H3N2 is the dominant strain.
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August 25, 2010
A TIME'S MEMORY: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Russia (WAHID ...
[A TIME'S MEMORY] I decided to create ATM (this blog) in the later 2005 when avian influenza and other emergencies spread around the world. I continue today to track newswires and official health informative websites and other incidents reports.
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August 23, 2010
Avian Influenza Virus May Persist on Feathers Fallen from Domestic ...
[Infection Control Today Site Wide Content Feed] Since the emergence of Asian avian influenza virus in 1997, it has spread to Europe, the Middle East and Africa causing significant mortality and economic loss in the poultry industry. Although the virus is mainly found in waterfowl and transmitted through fecal contamination in water, humans as well as other mammalian species have contracted the virus through close contact with infected birds.
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Global Avian Influenza
[Public Health Agency of Canada - Updates] While avian influenza (H5N1) commonly causes sickness in birds, it can also infect people. People who contract avian influenza can get very ill, and more than half die from it.
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August 20, 2010
[Avian Flu Diary] NZ: The H1N1 Beat Goes On | Influenza Virus Mashup
[Influenza Virus Mashup] As at 8am this morning, there have been 454 hospitalisations of lab-confirmed pandemic influenza H1N1 this year to date in New Zealand, including 14 people currently in intensive care with confirmed H1N1. There have been a total of 67 admissions of confirmed H1N1 to intensive care so far this year.
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August 16, 2010
Flu Threat: Lessons From Past Pandemics | Immune Method
[Immune Method] Avian influenza and pandemics of the past threatened Understanding the flu, we have to understand influenza pandemics of the past. Influenza epidemics are explosive and unusual death.
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August 04, 2010
Arkanoid Legent: WHO : Avian influenza - situation in Indonesia ...
[Arkanoid Legent] " 3 August 2010 : The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza.
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August 02, 2010
Avian Influenza (NCME Video 853) | Swine Flu Symptoms Information.
[Swine Flu Symptoms Information.] Avian Influenza (NCME Video 853) Global concern about the potential for pandemic avian influenza is rooted in the pathogenicity of avian influenza virus.
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July 30, 2010
[Avian Flu Diary] MMWR: US Influenza Activity 2009-10 Season ...
[Influenza Virus Mashup] The proportion of visits to health-care providers for influenza-like illness (ILI), as reported in the U.S. Outpatient Influenza-like Illness Surveillance Network (ILINet), was among the highest since ILI surveillance began in 1997 in its current form. This report summarizes influenza activity in the United States during the 2009–10 influenza season (August 30, 2009–June 12, 2010).
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July 26, 2010
Fatal Avian Influenza A (H5N1) in a Child Presenting with Diarrhea ...
[New England Journal of Medicine] Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine ”” Fatal Avian Influenza A (H5N1) in a Child Presenting with Diarrhea Followed by Coma.
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Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Infection in Humans ”” NEJM
[New England Journal of Medicine] Review Article from The New England Journal of Medicine ”” Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Infection in Humans.
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July 21, 2010
[Avian Flu Diary] Recent Bengkulu Poultry Deaths Confirmed as H5N1 ...
[Influenza Virus Mashup] Chickens in the village of New Regency Bandung Kepahyang, Bengkulu Province positive influenza virus birds (H5N1) after inspection by animal infectious disease control local, says the coordinator of Avian Influenza Control Center Area Bengkulu, Emran Kuswadi, Tuesday (07/20/2010).
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July 19, 2010
Avian Influenza: Borne on the Wing: Avian Influenza Risk in U.S. ...
[Avian Influenza] July 6, 2010. Borne on the Wing: Avian Influenza Risk in U.S. Wild Songbirds Mapped. Results are first to track avian influenza virus in passerines. http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=117236&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click ...
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Kentucky Agricultural News: Avian Influenza News (via Google)
[Kentucky Agricultural News] Avian influenza had briefly caused a stir when some cases were detected among poultry in West Bengal in January this year. However, no human cases had been ... Posted by Kentucky Agriculture at 11:48 AM. Labels: Avian influenza ...
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June 23, 2010
Flu Symptoms Blog Ӽ Avian Influenza Pandemic - Prepare or Panic ...
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June 18, 2010
Echinaforce: Impairs Influenza Virus Propagation - CAM Watcher
[CAM Watcher] The data presented in this work have shown that a standardized preparation of Echinacae has the potential to impair influenza virus propagation, including seasonal strains and strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses as well as the new pandemic strain of swine origin at concentrations recommended for oral use and below. Furthermore the preparation does not induce emergence of resistant virus variants and is still active against strains that have become resistant to treatment with neuraminidase inhibitors.
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June 14, 2010
Avian Influenza Secretariat Holds Task Force Meeting | Sierra ...
[Sierra Express Media] Kamara, Director of Livestock Services at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security disclosed that the 7th International Ministerial Conference on Animal and Pandemic Influenza convened in Hanoi, Vietnam, on 1921 April 2010 and hosted by the government of Vietnam, in coordination with the European Union and the United States of America with the support of the UN system influenza coordination and international organizations. He said the international community is quite concerned about the catastrophe that may occur as a result of full blown influenza pandemic outbreak as it had before this time resulted in the death of millions of human populations.
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Avian Influenza; Pandemic Or Panic? | Methadone Treatment for Pain ...
[Methadone Treatment for Pain and Addiction] Symptoms of avian influenza or bird flu in humans are sometimes similar to human influenza-like symptoms for example a fever, cough, sore throat, and muscle aches. Sometimes symptoms include eye infections, pneumonia, severe respiratory diseases or acute respiratory distress, and other severe complications that could be life-threatening.
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June 02, 2010
Kobe-Airlangga Influenza Work 2008-2010 : (II) Avian influenza ...
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May 26, 2010
No Pandemic but Endemic - Managing Avian Influenza Outbreaks in ...
[End Poverty in South Asia - A blog to promote dialog on development in South Asia] The project is helping the Government of Nepal to prepare, prevent and control avian influenza outbreaks together with our partner organizations, including USAID, FAO, OiE, WHO and UNICEF. Implemented jointly by the Departments of Livestock Services and Health Services, the project is strengthening surveillance, diagnostic capacity, and prevention and containment activities, improving bio-security in poultry production and trade, and raising awareness through communication activities.
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May 14, 2010
[Avian Flu Diary] The Prime Of Our Lives | Influenza Virus Mashup
[Influenza Virus Mashup] And if fact, this tried in Japan back in 2008, when their limited stockpile of H5N1 bird flu vaccine was about to expire. They decided to `store it’ in the arms of healthcare and public safety workers, rather than pour it down the drain.
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May 12, 2010
[Avian Flu Diary] WHO To Review Pandemic Status | Influenza Virus ...
[Influenza Virus Mashup] GENEVA (Reuters) - An expert panel advising the World Health Organization on pandemics will review the status of the H1N1 virus later this month or in early June to decide whether the swine flu pandemic is over.
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