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[Slobokans Site O Schtuff] We Have A Vaccine!: Government scientists say they have successfully tested in people a vaccine that they believe can protect against the strain of avianinfluenza that is spreading in birds through Asia and Russia. Health officials have been racing to develop a vaccine because they worry that if that strain mutated
[Just a Bump in the Beltway] Hope is Not Preparation: Two years after SARS had a devastating impact in Southeast Asia and in Toronto -- arguably one of the most medically sophisticated cities in the world -- we are woefully unprepared to handle a recurrence of severe acute respiratory syndrome. We are even less capable of meeting a far more deadly threat: the emergence of a pandemic strain of influenza from Southeast Asia.
[Powerpundit.com] Avian Flu Is Spreading: The gravest fear would be realized if the Avian flu virus mutates, such that human to human spread would be possible. In the Indonesian cases, the Avian virus was the apparent cause of death of a father and his two daughters, but it is not clear whether the flu was passed from him to his daughters, or whether they were all simply exposed to the same viral source.
[Girlscientist.blogspot.com] Living the Scientific Life (or Scientist, Interrupted): Avian ...: But as illustrated by an editorial cartoon in the January 27 (2005) Bangkok Post that depicted migratory birds dropping “H5N1” fecal bombs from the sky onto an innocent planet Earth, wild birds have been vilified for a problem that primarily stems from human-based activities. In fact, the widely sanctioned practice of harassing and killing wild birds only makes the problem worse by distracting public attention and energy from the real problem, poultry farming methods.
[En.wikipedia.org] Avian influenza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: It is feared that if the avian influenza virus undergoes antigenic shift with a human influenza virus, the new subtype created could be both highly contagious and highly lethal in humans. Such a subtype could cause a global influenza pandemic, similar to the Spanish Flu that killed over 20 million people in 1918 (though a variety of sources quote average figures even higher, up to 100 million in some cases).
[Biopeer.com] Biopeer: Avian Flu (H5N1): This coupled with reports that Tamiflu, the only known antiviral drug capable of preventing the virus from replicating, not only has limited efficacy but that this too has been marred by the emergence of resistant strains in poultry, has led to fresh initiatives in finding a vaccine to fight the disease. Even as French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis, by far the leader in the endeavor to supply a credible antidote, plans to double its current production capacity of 50 to 60 million doses of Fluzone-brand flu shots, the British firm PowerMed is launching clinical trials of an avian flu vaccine.
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