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 [Right Mind] Bird Flu Update: Whole-Virus H5N1 Vaccine Tested Successfully: In a combined phase 1 and 2 study designed and conducted largely by the manufacturer, nearly 300 volunteers in Singapore and Austria received various doses of the whole-virus vaccine. The vaccine was immunogenic both against the primary strain of H5N1 used in the vaccine as well as against two other strains of H5N1 tested.

[dbtechno] Hong Kong Gets Proactive Against H5N1 Bird Flu: Washington (dbTechno) - Hong Kong is beginning to get far more proactive in how it deals with the H5N1 bird flu virus after the bird flu was detected in domestic poultry for the first time in five years this week.

[EON] Outbreak Of H5N1 Bird Flu In Hong Kong: Health officials in Hong Kong detected the H5N1 in birds found at a chicken market stall in the Kowloon area, and immediately ordered the slaughter and disposal of more than 2,700 of the animals in the village where it was found.

[eMaxHealth - Health News] Baxter's Bird Flu Vaccine Shows Efficacy Against H5N1: (NYSE: BAX) announced publication in the June 12, 2008 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) of data demonstrating Baxter’s candidate avian influenza (H5N1) vaccine, CELVAPAN, met Phase I/II trial endpoints for safety and immunogenicity (generating a functional immune response). This is the first peer-reviewed publication of study results for CELVAPAN, the first cell culture-derived avian influenza vaccine to undergo clinical evaluation.

[Bird Flu Breaking News] Hong Kong Gets Proactive Against H5N1 Bird Flu: Hong Kong Gets Proactive Against H5N1 Bird Flu.

 [H5N1 News] Hong Kong Poultry To Be Slaughtered After Bird Flu H5N1 Virus Detected: All live poultry in Hong Kong's street markets and shops is to be slaughtered after officials detected the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus.

[Bird Flu Breaking News] Outbreak Of H5N1 Bird Flu In Hong Kong: Outbreak Of H5N1 Bird Flu In Hong Kong.

 [newstin - Bird Flu] Hong Kong Poultry To Be Slaughtered After Bird Flu H5N1 Virus Detected: Updated:11:38, Wednesday June 11, 2008 All live poultry in Hong Kong's street markets and shops is to be slaughtered after officials detected the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus. Tests showed infected birds in four markets.

[Vinny's Breaking News Blog] Hong Kong faces bird flu scare (Channel 4): Health workers plan to slaughter all live poultry in Hong Kong’s street markets after detecting the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus, officials said. The action comes after tests showed birds infected in four markets, said Cheung Siu-hing, .

 [The 2012 Apocalypse] Chickens Slaughtered in China Over H5N1: concerns about a worldwide outbreak of lethal influenza among humans have risen as the H5N1 virus spreads among birds from Asia to Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The deadly strain may spark a global outbreak if it mutates to become as infectious to humans as seasonal flu.

 [Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG] Researchers use lab-grown monkey cells to develop bird flu vaccine.: The use of "cells in a lab dish" is an important element in creating the vaccine, "because the right type of chicken eggs are difficult to obtain." Furthermore, "H5N1 kills chickens rapidly." The process also "could cut production time roughly in half, to as little as 12 weeks," Comment: First you have to be sure you have the outbreak, then define the type & subtypes, then after production is started the product has to be tested, then it has to be distributed, all of which will extend the 12 weeks to at least 24 weeks, by which time the ”˜pandemic’ will have saturated the population. Also see next snippet.

 [ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed] Bird In PLoS ONE! [A Blog Around The Clock]: A Visual Pathway Links Brain Structures Active during Magnetic Compass Orientation in Migratory Birds (there is also a brief blurb by the author at the above link). Cross-Clade Protective Immune Responses to Influenza Viruses with H5N1 .

 [1melanie's Weblog] Bird Flu spreads, prompts mass cull: Hong Kong ordered a mass cull of all poultry on Wednesday in a bid to stop the spread of the H5N1 virus between birds in hundreds of markets scattered across the territory.

[Vinny's Breaking News Blog] Hong Kong to slaughter all market poultry in the territory after ...: HONG KONG (AP) - Health workers plan to slaughter all live poultry in Hong Kong’s street markets after detecting the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus, officials said Wednesday.

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 [Cerebral Odd Jobs] [H5N1, bird flu] - alaska bird flu: Subject: Google Alert - alaska bird flu USDA Releasing Genomic Data from 150 Bird Flu Viruses GenomeWeb News (subscription) - NY,USA “These include avian influenza viruses collected from both poultry and wild bird species in the United ...

[The Flu News Blog] Bangladesh reports 1st human case of H5N1 bird flu - Los Angeles Times: A 16-MONTH-old boy has been confirmed as Bangladesh’s first human case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, a senior health ministry official said today. “We got the confirmation yesterday from the CDC (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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