Bird Flu

Indonesia: B2B H5N1 outbreak in East Java. Via Bird Flu Information Corner, a translated report from Jawa Pos: Bojonegoro, East Java ::: Bird flu attacks geese and chickens. About 57 geese and 5 chickens dropped dead in Kelurahan ...  

When the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the outbreak of swine flu, some experts predicted that if swine flu combined with the avian flu in Asia, it would probably cause a genetic mixing of the swine flu and the avian flu, and the result would be very serious.  

'The obvious risk is of H5N1 combining with the pandemic [H1N1] virus' Virologists and influenza authorities are becoming increasingly concerned that the 2009 A-H1N1 flu virus could “reassort” with the highly virulent H5N1 avian flu that’s still prevalent in parts of the world like China, and that a mutation could occur resulting in a new strain that has the lethality of H5N1 and the human transmissibility of A-H1N1. The concerns have grown in...  

The authors say their findings cast doubt on the role of statins in combating a flu pandemic. Vietnam has first H5N1 case in 6 months A 23-year-old man in northern Vietnam has died of H5N1 avian influenza, marking the country's first case in 6 months ...  

DILI, 23 November 2009 (IRIN) - Ask Afonso de Jesus what he knows about avian influenza (H5N1) and the answer is worrying. “What’s that?” the 27-year-old chicken vendor asked, holding a bird ...  

Hanoi - A 23-year-old man has died of avian influenza, bringing Vietnam's bird-flu death toll to five this year, health officials said Tuesday, also confirming two more deaths from swine flu. The Ministry of Health reported the man, from the north ...  

Via Bird Flu Information Corner, a translated report from Padang Today: Padang, West Sumatera ::: Duck farmer suspected to contract bird flu. A resident of Tanjuang Durian, Nagari Baru Kecamatan Bayang Kabupaten Pesisir Selatan, Dasrizal (37), suspected to contract bird...  

Surgeons and other healthcare professionals specialising in solid organ transplants have been issued with expert advice to guide them through the complex clinical issues posed by the global H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic. The paper, published online by the American Journal of Transplantation, also urges them to stay alert to the significant concerns that swine flu could combine with seasonal flu, and possibly even bird flu (H5N1), to develop into a...  

University of Guelph scientists have made a discovery that may lead to more effective vaccines to protect poultry and humans from the deadly avian influenza virus. "We have found one of the molecular determinants of the H5N1 avian influenza virus that can induce immune responses in chickens," said Prof. Shayan Sharif, a researcher in the Department of Pathobiology and lead author of the study published recently in the journal PLoS ONE. “This...  

PHILIPPINES - The Department of Agriculture (DA) has temporarily banned the entry of birds and poultry, including their products, from Czech Republic as part of its efforts to keep the Philippines safe from avian influenza or the bird flu virus.  

The H1N1 influenza virus originated from people.Because we know this virus spreads easily from a person, people with the H1N1 virus should stay home, stay away from other people, and very definitely stay away from the farm to avoid spreading the virus to animals.Dr. Cate Dewey, Ontario Veterinary College:It's a virus, a brand new virus, that's made up of component parts from a human influenza, a pig influenza and an avian influenza virus.It...  

Voice of AmericaChina expert warns of pandemic flu mutationReutersHONG KONG (Reuters) - China must be alert to any mutation or changes in the behavior of the H1N1 swine flu virus because the far deadlier H5N1 bird flu virus is endemic in the country, a leading Chinese disease expert said. ...Vaccine-maker tries to assure patients H1N1 doses are safeLos Angeles TimesDoctors wary of swine flu's apparent dipBaltimore SunHow to know if you're...  

Next bird flu monitoring to start in Azerbaijan from November 16APAThe next bird flu monitoring will start in Azerbaijan from November 16, chief of State Veterinary Service under Agriculture Ministry Ismayil Hasanov said at ...and more »  

The Star-Ledger - NJ.comWHO calls for 'close' watch on flu in farmers, animalsAFPCurrently, countries are only required to notify avian influenza cases in birds to international authorities, although some nations have tougher domestic ...Flu dogma being rewritten by a strange virus no one pegged to trigger a pandemicThe Canadian PressH1N1: The good, the bad, and the pricklyEdmonton SunH1N1 Deaths Exceed 6000 - Animals Affected As...  

Directors jump flu queueLondon Free Press... SUN MEDIA TORONTO -- Hospital directors and professional athletes are jumping ahead of six-year-olds to get their H5N1 flu shots, Health Minister Deb ...and more »