Bird Flu Monitor > June 27 Supplement

http://influenzapandemic.blogspot.com [The Coming Influenza Pandemic?] This H5N1 is silently spreading mild disease in human and asymptomatic infections in poultry, which would more the pandemic to phase 6. The seeding of the human population with H5N1 sets the stage for further recombination in the fall when migratory birds bring in new sequences, which will cause new problems.

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[Avian Flu - What we need to know] Transparency in China: research into bird flu, ordering them to seek explicit approval from the authorities first, and that the ministry of agriculture must give the green light before anyone can transport microbe samples abroad, stating, "No unit or person is allowed to dissect poultry or wild animals that have died from disease, or to collect or transport samples without the approval of animal health authorities at the provincial level or above. No unit or person is allowed to collect samples and microbes and ship them overseas without the agriculture ministry's permission."

http://effectmeasure.blogspot.com [Effect Measure] Dead geese in Xinjiang: As anticipated, flu-like illness among migratory birds is not confined to the Qinghai bird sanctuary in that province. Hong Kong officials are quoting their mainland colleagues as saying hundreds of geese have died in the vast Xinjiang province on Qinghai's north western border.

[Crofsblogs.typepad.com] H5N1: In 1997, when H5N1 killed its first human victim (a 3-year-old boy in Hong Kong), it took several months to identify the virus””but that was because labs in the US and Europe had no reason to think the virus was anything unusual. When it was finally identified as H5N1, thoroughly scared experts poured into Hong Kong and got solid cooperation from the authorities.

http://effectmeasure.blogspot.com [Effectmeasure.blogspot.com] Effect Measure: H5N1 continues to spread in poultry: Thailand has announced that H5N1 infection in poultry has been detected in two northern provinces near the border with Laos. There are now eight provinces affected in the country.

[Orbis-quintus.net] Orbis Quintus » Blog Archive » H5N1: and we just watched ”˜Winged ...: Wikipedia notes the progress of avian bird flu for the past few years, and it’s notable that it seems to have jumped into the wild migratory fowl (specifically bar-headed geese) from the domestic poultry. It’s probably always been present, but thinking about migratory patterns in the spread of H5N1 is a spooky reminder.

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