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 [The Great Minnesota Progressive Newswire] Thailand has New Human Death from Birdflu: BANGKOK - Bird flu has killed a 48-year-old man in Thailand, the country's first human death from the killer H5N1 virus in a year,

 [Fergie's Tech Blog] H5N1 Update: Bird flu case confirmed in Greece: Greek health authorities had been checking several suspect turkeys on the eastern Aegean island of Chios, fearing that the bird flu virus had crossed over from neighbouring Turkey, state TV reported on Monday.

 [graculus] Bollocks from the Government: His comments followed laboratory test results on Saturday which showed the same deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu as that found in Turkey and Asia had infected ducks in Romania, confirming the virus had reached mainland Europe.

[Tahilla.typepad.com] Bird Flu Watch: The European Commission voiced concern about shortages of anti-viral drugs needed in case of a feared flu pandemic, pressing EU governments to stockpile more of them as alarm over bird flu mounts..The European Union's executive arm, giving an update on the situation after a lethal bird flu strain was confirmed on the continent Saturday, also said it could take further measures to protect Europe against the disease if necessary.."We are not seeking to be alarmist," said Philip Tod, spokesman for EU health commissioner Markos Kyprianou.."We are fulfilling our duty to help member states prepare and to coordinate their preparations.".Specifically, he said a number of EU states do not have enough stocks of anti-viral drugs for human flu to cover 25 percent of the population -- as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the event of a pandemic..Kyprianou "is concerned by the fact that not all member states have sufficient stocks.

[Kolkatabirds.com] Birds of Kolkata: Avian Influenza or Bird Flu and India: . Until recently, HPAI viruses had been isolated rarely from wild birds. Epidemiological studies suggest that, in some cases, wild birds are likely to have played a role in the transmission of H5N1 viruses to domestic poultry. Samples collected from clinically normal birds in the wild have not yet yielded any H5N1viruses. Infection with H5N1 HPAI does not necessarily cause clinical disease. Science and Nature journals report that the H5N1 viral strain is now being transmitted between migratory wild birds makes avian flu even more of a global threat than before.

[Bigblog.com] Search: Top bird flu scientist warns against antiviral abuse @ Big ...: The outbreak of bird flu in turkeys in north-west Turkey was caused by the same strain of H5N1 bird flu that was isolated in August 2005 from poultry in Siberia – meaning that the deadly strain has reached Europe as feared. The European Union’s commissioner for health, Markos Kyprianou, announced the finding on Thursday in Brussels.

 [Drmartinwilliams.com] Info and links re bird flu, especially the nasty H5N1 variant in Asia: different regions, rather different characteristics] is not a surprise and is consistent with the H5N1 virus being present in mainland China for some time. The general description of the sequences is very similar to the announcements by Japan and Vietnam and is also constent with the sequences from Vietnam and the two sequences from smuggled ducks on deposit at GenBank.

 [Msnbc.msn.com] Second drug may be effective against bird flu - Bird Flu - MSNBC.com: Roche said last week it was considering donating a "substantial amount" of Tamiflu to the World Health Organization. Countries in North America and Europe are also stockpiling as much of the drug as they can, although production is limited.

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