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[the fiveforty | the fiveforty] From this article in Reuters: "We can definitely say this is not the H5N1 highly pathogenic virus that's been found in Asia and other parts of the world," said the U.S. Agriculture Department's Ron DeHaven, head of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. "It's not the introduction of that virus into North America." Phew!

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[Blog.ron.hopkins.net] blog.ron.hopkins.net :: Main Page: Health officials monitoring the recent outbreak of “bird flu” in Asia have a chilling reminder of what can happen when strains of avian influenza cross over to humans: The influenza pandemic of 1918””the most deadly outbreak of infectious disease ever””killed 40 to 50 million people throughout the world, according to the World Health Organization.

Birdflumonitor.com[Birdflumonitor.com] Bird Flu Monitor: Avian Archives: [ Bird Cause Flu] Georgia ponders issue., Indonesia bird flu death toll rises (CBC), Genetic changes found in Indonesian bird flu cases., Criticism mounts over meat imports., Ames lab prepares for avian flu testing (Iowa Farmer), Tests confirm Indonesian child died of bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News), Goose Parts From Bird Flu-Ridden China Lost in U.S. (Update1) (Bloomberg.com), Bird flu claims 41st life in Indonesia (PhysOrg), More Avian Influenza in Humans Confirmed in Indonesia (U.S. Department of State), WHO confirms Indonesia’s 53rd avian flu case (CIDRAP), Poultry Flocks, Food Supply Protected Against Avian Flu, Says Industry Web Site (Progressive Grocer)">14

http://birdflublog.blogspot.com [Birdflublog.blogspot.com] THE BIRD FLU BLOG: 2006/07: "We welcome the Russian proposal to establish the WHO Collaborating Centre on Influenza for Eurasia and Central Asia, subject to meeting all applicable WHO and other international standards, to enhance international capacity to counter the spread of the viruses in the region," the document on the fight against infectious diseases adopted at the G8 summit in St. Petersburg says.

http://flufactor.blogspot.com [fluFactor] California Expects Bird Flu To Hit West Coast By... : Ryan Broddrick, Director of the California Department of Fish and Game has said that he expects bird flu to enter the United States through Alaska and that it will quickly move down the coast using the Pacific flyway. This is the path that migrating birds take down the Pacific Coast of the US.

http://girlscientist.blogspot.com [Living the Scientific Life (The Archives)] Birds in the News #33: London called for the ban on Sunday after an imported South American parrot died in quarantine in Britain of the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu that has killed over 60 people in Asia. (Interestingly, not everyone agrees with this ban on importing exotic birds, especially when situations like this one in China, and this one and this one in the UK occur).

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