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[New England Journal of Medicine] Update on Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Infection in Humans ”” NEJM: The unprecedented epizootic of avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses among birds continues to cause human disease with high mortality and to pose the threat of a pandemic. This review updates a 2005 report1 and incorporates information recently published or .

[The Bird Flu Report] Clinical Course of Avian Influenza A(H5N1) in Patients: We reviewed the case records of patients admitted to the Persahabatan Hospital (RSP), Jakarta, Indonesia, with influenza A(H5N1) confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction. Results: Twenty-two previously well patients, aged 3 to 47 years (median 24.5 years), were identified.

[New England Journal of Medicine] Oseltamivir Resistance in Influenza A (H5N1) Infection ”” NEJM: 22 issue)1 report resistance to oseltamivir in two of three recent deaths from influenza A (H5N1) virus infection and recommend investigation into new antiviral drugs for use either alone or in combination with oseltamivir.

[Medicine: News & Videos about Medicine - CNN.com] Key discovery made in fight against bird flu - CNN: Anthony Fauci, Director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, told CNN, "It always happens that eventually, sooner or later, the [flu] virus will develop varying degrees of resistance. You just hope that it's kept to a minimum."

[Change.org's Global Health Blog] How Scared Should We Be of Swine Flu? | Human Rights | Change.org: I just heard on BBC World News this morning that the first case of swine flu has been found in Europe, in Spain. Also, last I heard there had been 6 cases in Canada (I don't know if that's 6 people who have it, or 6 people who have died).

[The Pharmaceutical Litigation Blogâ™] New drug nucleozin may fight H1N1, H3N2, and H5N1 flu viruses: India has already started H1N1 vaccination drive against swine flu in the coming weeks as the bridge clinical trials to ascertain safety of the imported vaccine samples from Sanofi Pasteur is completed and the data submitted for regulatory review.

[OmyVirus.com] Bird Flu Virus (H5N1), Health Implications, Global Distribution ...: Some isolated cases from beendocumented and are as follows: (i) a case in Thailand where agirl acquired the disease from her mother who also died, (ii) in2004, two sisters died in Vietnam after contracting bird flufrom their brother who had died form an unidentified respiratoryillness, (iii) in 1997, a doctor caught the disease from apatient with the H5N1 virus.

[Financial Sense] "WHO 'Swine Flu Pope' under " by F. William Engdahl. FSO Editorial ...: He stands at the global nexus of every major virus panic of the past two decades from the mysterious SARS deaths in HongKong, where current WHO Director Margaret Chan got her start in her career as a local health official. According to his official bio at the European Commission, Osterhaus was engaged in April 2003, at the height of the panic over SARS (Severe Acquired Respiratory Syndrome) in Hong Kong.

[Featured Blog Posts - 12.160Mhz] Viral Pandemic H5N1 flu threat: Baxter contaminates European labs ...: On the other site of the globe, the Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt announced a new human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection last week, the case being a 21 month old girl Kerdasa District.

[yanglulu47.blogr.com - Blog (RSS 2.0)] Influenza A virus - Disposable Ear Specu...: As a result, and despite annual vaccinations, the U.S. faces a burden of influenza that results in approximately 36,000 deaths and more than 200,000 hospitalizations each year. In addition to this human toll, influenza is annually responsible for a total cost of over $10 billion in the U.S. A pandemic, or worldwide outbreak of a new influenza virus, could dwarf this impact by overwhelming our health and medical capabilities, potentially resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths, millions of hospitalizations, and hundreds of billions of dollars in direct and indirect costs.

[About Bird Flu] Bird Flu: Human Infection: This virus was first discovered in birds in China in 1997, and since then has infected 125 people in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Indonesia, killing 64 of them. It is spread by infected migratory birds (including wild ducks and geese) to domestic poultry (primarily chickens, ducks, and turkeys), and then to humans.

[SLA Biomedical & Life Sciences Division Blog] H5N1: Update on Avian-to-Avian & Avian-to-Human flutransmission ...: By far, the most common treatment is with oseltamivir carboxylate, whose brand name is Tamifluâ™. While it is not equally effective against all H5N1 strains, it has been able to be prepared in the multimillions of doses and to have some .

[Hotel and Travelling information] Avian Influenza - Bird Flu FAQ: All flu viruses are classified as type A, B or C depending on their structural arrangement. Type A is responsible for lethal pandemics and is found in both .

[Bird flu - Bird flu Symptoms - Avian Influenza] Experts probe high bird flu mortality rate in Indonesia: This site was started to supply information about the Avian Influenza virus to the general public as well as professionals in the Avian Influenza field. One of our founders, who is part of an avian influenza discussion group, discovered that while a lot of information about the avian influenza virus is on the internet, there was also a lot of websites that claimed to have the information but in fact had nothing but pop-up ads.

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