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[Avian Influenza] Avian Influenza: Nepal Reports First Bird Flu Cases Among Poultry ...: IBTimes Hong Kong -- The decision was made today in view of the control measures taken by Thailand and that no further cases of avian influenza have been reported. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20090115/thai-poultry-imports-resume.htm ...

[China News latest RSS headlines - Taiwan Sun.com] Woman dies of bird flu in China: Jinan (China), Jan 19 (Xinhua) A woman has died of bird flu in east China's Shandong province, the second death caused by avian influenza in the country this year, an official has said.

[World News latest RSS headlines - Herald Globe.com] Nepal calls for foreign assistance in bird flu control: Nepal's Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Jayaprakash Prasad Gupta said: 'Although Nepal has manpower, it lacks the resources (to control bird flu).'

[AgriFeeds - Aggregated news and events on agriculture] USD 40 000 worth of equipment donated to MAF for continued Avian ...: "Although this equipment has been in use by MAF since the inception of the projects in 2006, FAO is pleased to oversee the official transfer as it signifies the success that MAF has had to date in developing their readiness response, particularly in implementing surveillance and control measures," says Ricarda Mondry, FAO chief technical advisor for two Avian Influenza projects in Lao PDR.

[WiredNews] China confirms second bird flu death this year | WiredNews: Suicide bomber kills 7 in Kabul: Seven civilians were killed Saturday morning after a suicide bomb exploded near the German embassy in Kabul, a government official said. Afghan policemen work at the site of a suicide attack in front of .

[Euro News 24 - News] China reports second bird flu death this month - World news | Euro ...: The 27-year-old, surnamed Zhang, fell ill on January 5 and died Saturday evening, Xinhua news agency said, citing the Shandong provincial health department.

[virtualreview: china|world media] Health officials say a girl in China critically ill with bird flu ...: Last week a 19 year old girl in Beijing died of bird flu (avian flu) in China's first reported case in about a year. Beijing Notebook wrote a list of tips for preventing infection by bird flu based on a distribution list from a doctor of the German...

[Agriculture Business Week] History of Agroterrorism (Part 2) | Agriculture Business Week: Infection causes a wide spectrum of symptoms, ranging from mild illness to a highly contagious and rapidly fatal disease known as “highly pathogenic avian influenza”. Under certain circumstances avian influenza can pose a serious threat to humans, although this disease should not be confused with human influenza, a common disease.

[virtualreview: china|world media] Two-year-old girl contracts bird flu in China | virtualreview.org: A toddler in Shanxi province has been confirmed infected with bird flu. The two-year-old, originally from Hunan, was taken to the Shanxi Children's Hospital on Wednesday night and tested positive for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza.

[Medical Operations Collaboration and Communications (C2) blog] AVIAN INFLUENZA (121): GERMANY (LOWER SAXONY), LPNAI H5N1 ...: This study examined a series of waves of H5N1, a highly pathogenic avian influenza, in Thailand and Vietnam between early 2004 and late 2005. Through the use of satellite mapping, researchers looked at several different factors, including the numbers of ducks, geese and chickens, human population size, rice cultivation and geography, and found a strong link between duck grazing patterns and rice cropping intensity.

[World Pharma News] World Pharma News - US Department of Health and Human Services ...: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), every year an estimated 3 to 5 million people worldwide become seriously ill from influenza, and as many as 500,000 - primarily children and the elderly - die from ensuing complications[1]. A recent study conducted by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concluded that, in the US alone, the total economic burden (including direct medical costs, lost wages and impacts on productivity) imposed by such epidemics averages somewhere in the neighborhood of USD 87 billion every year[2].

[Medical Operations Collaboration and Communications (C2) blog] AVIAN INFLUENZA (120): INDIA (WEST BENGAL) « Medical Operations ...: 20081128.3749 Avian influenza (112): India (AS), susp., alert, RFI 20081127.3740 Avian influenza, human (60): India (West Bengal), susp. 20080803.2379 Avian influenza (69): S Korea, India (W Bengal) 20080515.1626 Avian influenza (68): Japan, S.Korea, Viet Nam, India 20080511.1605 Avian influenza (64): India (Tripura) 20080423.1434 Avian influenza (59): India (Tripura), South Korea (N Jeolla) 20080408.1295 Avian influenza (48): China, Bangladesh, India, Viet Nam 20080317.1042 Avian influenza (46): India, Viet Nam, Bangladesh 20080314.1013 Avian influenza (42): India (West Bengal) 20080309.0967 Avian influenza (35): UK (England), Indonesia, India, Bangladesh 20080215.0600 Avian influenza, poultry vs migratory birds (02): Turkey, India 20080205.0462 Avian influenza (17): Iran (Mazandaran), India (West Bengal) - OIE

[Prepared Citizens] We Warn About Influenza Because We Care And Because We Aren’t ...: Children shed viruses earlier than adults much before illness begins and then for longer periods if time once symptoms begin For children viral shedding peaks during the first 1-3 days of illness, and they shed more virus than adults and they can spread influenza for 7-8 days after illness onset and up to 21 days at the extreme atypical end.

[Medical Operations Collaboration and Communications (C2) blog] ANTHRAX, HUMAN - GERMANY ex FRANCE (02) « Medical Operations ...: [I am informed that one of the 3 was the affected worker in the nearby German slaughter plant in Saarbruecken. So all 3 cases reported in the previous post were infected from the same carcass.

[kurukuru Immune system slot] Japan's new PUREPANDEMIKKUWAKUCHIN flu is a master of H5N1, the H7 ...: UPDATE 2009/01/17 articles from time to time is today, when a group of influenza infection in hospitalized patients and staff at a hospital in Tokyo, had been hospitalized three elderly people are reported to be killed. At present there is no confirmation on the virus in "A Soviet-type flu virus,"

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