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[কà§à§œà¦¿à¦—à§à¦°à¦¾à¦® কথা] Bird Flu Information: Vaccines can also play an important role in responding to an influenza pandemic but because the virus will be entirely new and not predictable in the same way, a specific vaccine cannot be made in advance. Preparatory work is being undertaken to be in the best possible position to produce vaccine against a pandemic strain when the situation arises, but they are unlikely to be available in the early stages.
[samadhisoft.com] Why bird flu has been kept at bay: So far, the H5N1 strain has mainly infected birds and poultry workers, but experts fear the virus could mutate to pass easily from human to human.
[Flixya.com Blogs] Questions And Answers About Bird Fluavian Influen: The only subtype that can cause severe illness to people is Influenza A /H5N1 virus, initially it affects chickens, ducks and other birds by the process of mutation they can become highly pathogenic. Because highly pathogenic viruses can survive for long periods in tissue, water and in the environment, especially when temperatures are low is transmitted very easily in chickens and other birds through direct contact with feces and secretions from infected birds, eggs, feed, water, cages equipment, vehicles and clothing.
[India Daily] West Bengal bans poultry trade to avoid further spread of Bird Flu: 3.4 million Poultry birds were culled earlier in the state after some of the birds were suspiciously found dead due to the H5N1 virus in about 13 districts. In order to ensure complete safety and further incidences of outbreak a total ban is imposed on all of the 19 districts of the state announcing which West Bengal’s animal resources minister, Anisur Rahaman said, “We have decided to ban consumption and sale of poultry throughout the state until further notice.”
[palashbiswas] Bird Flu Chaos Generated to Extend MNC Empire of Retail Chain ...: The virulence of the influenza virus depends on temperature and time. If young and fresh H5N1 contaminated water from low local wells, cisterns, tanks, rain barrels or rice fields is used for water supply the water temperature for infection may be higher (at 24°C the virulence of influenza viruses amount to 2 days) as in temperate climates (for “older” water from central water supplies cold water is decisive to virulence of viruses: at 7°C the virulence of influenza viruses amount to 14 days).
[birdflunewsflash] Mini Lakes Of Egg Yolks as Bird Flu Panic Grows.: In the UK, a sixth swan from a bird sanctuary has tested positive for avian flu, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) confirmed.The news comes after restrictions on the movement of poultry or other captive birds in the Wild Bird Monitoring Area around Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset, England were lifted at 3pm on Friday.- -The Bird Flu Virus has spread to 15 countries since the beginning of this year!
[Microblogology] Avian Flu..understanding the dangers: many households in Asia depend on poultry for income and food, many families sell or slaughter and consume birds when signs of illness appear in a flock, and this practice has proved difficult to change. Exposure is considered most likely during slaughter, defeathering, butchering, and preparation of poultry for cooking.
[Bird at mypetlover] The Bird Flu Watch and Avian Flu Updates: The WHO’s 2006 bird flu watch reports H5N1 presence in wild birds and poultry. Thus far, the virus has been found only in wild birds in Europe, but outbreaks continue to occur in poultry throughout the continents of Asia and Africa.
[florina's space] Bird Flu (Avian Influenza) Pandemic, the Cytokine Storm: What ...: Tamiflu, Relenza) are not proven effective for bird flu patients, although they have been recommended by the World Health Organization for this use, are currently used to treat almost all bird flu patients, and are being stockpiled by governments world-wide (including the United States) to treat a potential pandemic should the avian influenza virus undergo a final mutation which would allow it to be more easily passed from person to person. A treatment to prevent or reduce the autoimmune reaction (cytokine storm) associated with the bird flu is commercially available by prescription, but is not currently being recommended by the World Health Organization to treat these patients.
[Free Blog] Avian influenza: However, because there is a significant species barrier that exists between birds and humans, the virus does not easily cross over to humans, though some cases of infection are being researched to discern whether human to human transmission is occurring.[8] More research is necessary to understand the pathogenesis and epidemiology of the H5N1 virus in humans. Exposure routes and other disease transmission characteristics such as genetic and immunological factors, that may increase the likelihood of infection, are not clearly understood.
[Health And Pharmacy Blog] Bird Flu Crisis Deepens in India-And Ways To Beat Bird Flu: It has been almost 3 weeks since the first reported outbreak of the bird flu in the rural areas of west Bengal, India but government officials are still fighting to get the affected poultry stock culled. In the meantime, the virus has spread to many adjoining areas and now signs are that, the dreaded disease will hog the limelight for many more days.
[LET NOT AMERICA FAIL US!] Emailing: HK Closes Aviaries After Bird Flu Fears ...: HONG KONG - Aviaries at a popular Hong Kong theme park were closed to the public for three weeks beginning Thursday, after tests indicated that a wild heron found dead in the park may have been killed by bird flu, agriculture officials said.
[Freer (www.lews.info)] Wave of Avian bird flu: People typically catch the disease by coming into direct contact with infected poultry, but experts fear a flu pandemic if the H5N1 virus mutates into a form easily transmissible between humans. Migratory birds have been largely blamed for the global spread of the disease, which has killed more than 200 people worldwide since 2003.
[travelpod.com Recent Updates] Further Bird Flu Perspectives, News - Kolkata, West Bengal, India: Dead poultry in adjacent Murshidabad were also associated with dead wild birds, including crows and hawks, which were also linked to outbreaks in South Dinajpur. Similarly, excess poultry deaths have been noted in multiple districts, including South 24 Parganas, which is south of Kolkata Therefore, the reports of dead crows and owls in Kolkata raise concerns that H5N1 has spread along the length of the West Bengal / Bangladesh border.
[On Target] A Pandemic That Wasn’t but Might Be: Many countries, cities, companies and schools have written pandemic plans. The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, created in Stockholm in 2005, just estimated that the European Union needed “another two to three years of hard work and investment” to be ready for a pandemic, but that is improving because previous estimates were for five years.
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