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[Avianflu.typepad.com] Avian Flu - What we need to know: In India, as in all countries experiencing their first outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, WHO strongly recommends that patient samples be sent to a WHO collaborating laboratory for diagnostic confirmation. Certainty about the status of human cases in a newly affected country is important for accurate risk assessment.

[Fluhelp.org] The Flu News Blog: Centre For Infectious Disease Research and Policy - Mar 29, 2006 (CIDRAP News) The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved the use of the antiviral drug zanamivir (Relenza) to prevent not just treat influenza in adults and children aged 5 and older. Zanamvir, one of the two flu drugs

[Kolkatabirds.com] Birds of Kolkata: Avian Influenza or Bird Flu and India: The instances in which highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses have been detected in migratory birds are likewise rare, and the role of these birds in the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza remains poorly understood. The risk of infected birds arriving in India will depend on what proportion of birds have come into contact with the infection, the transmission rate of the virus and the likelihood that an infected individual could undertake a long-distance migration.

[Healthnewsblog.com] Health News Blog -- Bird Flu / Avian Flu H5N1: "It is very important to keep in mind that avian influenza is currently a problem almost exclusively in BIRD populations and in limited areas of the world," Smith said in the webchat, hosted by the U.S. Department of State. "Remember that despite millions of exposures, only 126 human cases have been documented to date and there is currently no evidence of person-to-person transmission of this virus."

 [Some Thoughts to Share] India is Bird-Flu Free: Because scientists fear the deadly H5N1 strain found in the latest outbreak of birdflu in India (April 2006) could evolve into a virus which can pass easily from person to person, triggering a pandemic that could kill millions. Although the virus is reported to transmit from only birds to human, a suspected incident of human-to-human transmission was reported from Indonesia where at least five members of a family were killed by the disease.

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