Bird Flu

GLOBAL - Summary of Bird Flu / Avian Influenza related news from across the world.  

GLOBAL - Summary of Bird Flu / Avian Influenza related news from across the world.  

GLOBAL - The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its publication, H5N1 Avian Influenza: Timeline of Major Events.  

GLOBAL - Summary of Bird Flu / Avian Influenza related news from across the world.  

More than 300 million poultry in Asia were lost. there were indications that bird flu was being carried by migratory birds and the chances of it appearing ...  

A potential human influenza pandemic could come about if the H5N1 bird flu virus mutates to allow human to human transmission. ...  

Laboratory results of 17 suspected avian flu sufferers being treated at Wahidin Sudirohusodo General Hospital in Makassar have come up negative, ...  

GLOBAL - Summary of Bird Flu / Avian Influenza related news from across the world.  

BANGLADESH - The veterinary authorities have sent a follow-up report to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) regarding one further outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) of the H5N1 sub-type.  

The quantity of the vaccine and the antiviral drugs against the H5N1 virus that causes the disease has to be determined after considering various factors, he explained on the sidelines of an Avian Flu Forum at ...  

Via Bird Flu Information Corner, which has become a must-read blog: Semarang: government dismisses birdlfu alert .  

A team from Qatar University has begun studies on bird flu to help international efforts aimed at curbing the outbreak of the disease. This was announced by Dr Siham Yusuf AlQaradawi, the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). She said the college attaches immense significance to...  

QU had earlier hosted an Avian Flu Forum where top global health experts discussed the global implications of the virus and the impact on communities in the ...  

BOSNIA-HERCEOGINA - A project funded by the World Bank has been initiated this week to help control avian flu in the country. The report, subtitled BiH Starts with the WB Supported Avian Influenza Project worth $7 million was prepared by Sanela Stanojcic-Eminagic as a USDA Foreign Agricultural...  

He added since the H5N1 virus was first detected in humans in Indonesia in 2005, most bird-to-human infections were found to have stemmed from traditional ...  

GLOBAL - Summary of Bird Flu / Avian Influenza related news from across the world.  

Nov 20, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Indonesia's health ministry has ruled out H5N1 avian influenza in a cluster of 17 suspected cases in South Sulawesi province, countering earlier reports of positive hospital and university tests, Reuters reported today.  

... earlier work that developed a two-step anti-malaria vaccine to devise a similar vaccine to fight against any form of influenza, including avian flu. ...  

UK - The UK is officially free from Avian Influenza (AI) from yesterday (20 November), according to the rules laid down by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).  

INDONESIA - The government has plans to close all live markets for poultry meat to small vendors by 2010 in order to help control avian influenza.  

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THAILAND - The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has received a follow-up report from the Thai veterinary authorities regarding the latest outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).  

Currently, the H5N1 avian flu virus is limited to outbreaks among poultry and persons in direct contact to infected poultry, but the mortality rate among ...  

School Planning Avian Flu. Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, refers to a large group of different influenza viruses that primarily affect birds. Wild birds can carry the viruses, but  

NAGAPATTINAM: A project, to be funded by the Food and Agriculture Organisation, will study the role of migratory birds in the spread of avian influenza, using tracking devices in three bird sanctuaries later ...  

INDONESIA - A report warns that although there have been no human cases of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) since July, the threat of a pandemic still exists.  

GLOBAL - Summary of Bird Flu / Avian Influenza related news from across the world.  

GLOBAL - Summary of Bird Flu / Avian Influenza related news from across the world.  

Kurnia said the hospital had conducted urgent tests for the first seven patients, with the results indicating the presence of the H5N1 avian influenza virus ...  

Bird flu has been found at a native-chicken farm in the northern province of Sukhothai, raising fears of a new outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu virus in the country.  

Two hundred and seventy birds were slaughtered in Sukhothai province after the H5N1 strain of avian influenza was found in a dead chicken, though there are ...  

HAITI - The veterinary authorities sent a follow-up report to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) regarding an outbreak of low-pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) of the H5N2 sub-type.  

The H5N1 strain of avian influenza was found in a dead chicken in Sukhothai province, prompting the slaughter of 270 other birds nearby. ...  

QATAR University observed yesterday the 25th anniversary of its Biomedical Programme with an Avian Flu Forum, organised by the Department of Health Sciences, to discuss the global implications of the disease.  

The Jakarta administration plans to force traditional-market poultry sellers out of the city in an effort to prevent outbreaks of avian influenza in the capital, the Jakarta Globe on Monday quoted an official ...  

US - Kansas State University researchers surveyed consumers to find out how their chicken purchasing would change in the event of an avian flu outbreak in the US. The results differed by location. When asked about food irradiation, 40 per cent of the respondents said they had not heard about the...  

Main Category: Bird Flu / Avian Flu Also Included In: Immune System / Vaccines ; Genetics ; Flu / Cold / SARS Article Date: 06 Nov 2008 - 3:00 PST A protein found in the virulent avian influenza virus strain ...  

Via CIDRAP, Lisa Schnirring reports: Laos reports new avian flu outbreak . Excerpt: Government officials in Laos today confirmed that the H5N1 avian influenza virus struck birds in a village in the northwestern ...  

Officials from the Philippine Anti-Smuggling Group have intercepted smuggled frozen meat from China in a warehouse in Valenzuela City, Philippines.  

BANGKOK, Nov 10 (TNA) - The deadly H5N1 avian influenza has been detected in a dead fowll in central Thailand's Sukhothai province, Agriculture Minister ...  

The Ministry of Health in Egypt, one of six countries where highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has become well-established, has worked to slash the time ...  

If a case of avian flu is discovered in a U.S. poultry flock, it's likely that poultry consumption would decline.  

Nov 4, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Government officials in Laos today confirmed that the H5N1 avian influenza virus struck birds in a village in the northwestern part of the country, according to media reports.  

Nov 4, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Government officials in Laos today confirmed that the H5N1 avian influenza virus struck birds in a village in the northwestern part of the country, according to media reports. The outbreak occurred in Donngeun village in ...  

GLOBAL - Summary of Bird Flu / Avian Influenza related news from across the world.  

BANGKOK - Thailand's Public Health Ministry on Thursday (November 13) declared nine northern provinces under a special watch for the deadly avian influenza after the disease was discovered in two districts in the region recently.  

toll (of bird flu) remains 112.' A total of 137 people had been infected by bird flu in Indonesia, making the country hardest hit by the deadly virus. The avian influenza has killed so far 244 people in the world. Indonesia has been striving to diminish  

The Ministry of Health of Indonesia in September retrospectively announced two confirmed cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. ...  

Thailand has culled more than 200 chickens after detecting the H5N1 bird flu virus in a rural area more than 400 kms north of Bangkok, the Agriculture Ministry said.  

Via The Times of India , a story datelined Lucknow: Govt in proactive mode to tackle bird-flu . Excerpt: Bird flu and the scare generated by it is being met head-on by the state animal husbandry department.  

GLOBAL - Summary of Bird Flu / Avian Influenza related news from across the world.  

GLOBAL - Summary of Bird Flu / Avian Influenza related news from across the world.  

Nov 13, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Officials in Thailand said today that H5N1 avian influenza struck poultry in Uthai Thani, the second province to report the virus in less than a week. Sakchai Sriboonsue, director-general of the province's livestock ...  

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has culled more than 200 chickens after detecting the H5N1 bird flu virus in a rural area more than 400 kms (250 miles) north ...  

Public Health Ministry officials from nine northern Thai provinces will confer Thursday on the deadly avian influenza after the disease was discovered in two districts following the abrupt arrival of winter in recent days, a senior ministry official said Wednesday. more... | PDA  

Doha: Qatar University (QU) hosted the Avian Flu Forum yesterday where top global health experts discussed the global implications of the virus and the impact on communities in the Middle East and Asia.  

"Rapid tests showed they may be infected with H5N1 avian influenza virus, but we are waiting for blood test results to come back from the Hasanuddin ...  

The Kelantan Veterinary Services Department has expressed concern that smuggled frozen chicken from Thailand could be infected with the bird flu virus. Department director, Dr Mohd Zairi Serlan said the smuggling of frozen chicken has been rampant ...  

Thailand has culled more than 200 chickens after detecting the H5N1 bird flu virus in a rural area more than 400 km north of Bangkok, the Agriculture Ministry said yesterday. Tests confirmed the count...  

Department Director, Dr Mohd Zairi Serlan said the smuggling of frozen chicken has been rampant lately in the wake of the rise in cases of bird flu in ...  

Thailand has culled more than 200 chickens after detecting the H5N1 bird flu virus in a rural area more than 400 kms north of Bangkok, the Agriculture Ministry said. Tests confirmed the country's f...  

TANAH MERAH: The Kelantan Veterinary Services Department is concerned that smuggled in frozen chicken from Thailand, banned in Malaysia, could be infected with the bird flu virus. Department Director, Dr Mohd Zairi Serlan said the smuggling of frozen ...  

Baylor College of Medicine researchers said they discovered a protein found in the virulent avian flu virus strain called H5N1 forms tiny tubules in which ...  

Thailand has detected a fresh outbreak of avian influenza among free-range chickens in the northern province of Sukhothai, the country's agriculture minister confirmed Monday.  

Thailand has culled more than 200 chickens after detecting the H5N1 bird flu virus in a rural area more than 400kms north of Bangkok, the Agriculture Ministry said. Tests confirmed the country's ...  

Although it is not possible to predict the actual pandemic influenza strain, global health authorities have identified H5N1 avian influenza as a strain with ...  

Thailand has detected a fresh outbreak of avian influenza among free-range chickens in the norther province of Sukhothai, media reports said Monday. ...  

Nov 12, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – A 15-year-old Indonesian girl from central Java recently died from an H5N1 avian influenza infection, according to news reports ...  

5, 2008) — A protein found in the virulent avian influenza virus strain called H5N1 forms tiny tubules in which it "hides" the pieces of double-stranded RNA ...  

Two people, a nine year old boy and a 23-year-old woman from Jakarta in Indonesia, have died from the H5N1 Avian Flu virus marking the country's 100th death from the disease. Both died on Sunday, January 27. "The woman died yesterday, but we just ...  

With an extended burst of applause, representatives from more than 120 nations closed an international meeting whose focus was highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza and the need to control and then eradicate the virus in poultry and prepare the planet for a human pandemic.  

Thailand has confirmed a second case of bird flu in less than a week. A senior agriculture official says the H5N1 virus was found in backyard chickens in the northern province of Uthai Thani, 220 kilometres from the capital, Bangkok. All suspect ...  

Bangkok: Thai officials culled more than 200 chickens after detecting the H5N1 bird flu virus in a rural area more than 400 kilometres north of Bangkok, the Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday. The o...  

BANGKOK, NOV 10 (BNA)--THAILAND HAS DETECTED A FRESH OUTBREAK OF AVIAN INFLUENZA AMONG FREE-RANGE CHICKENS IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCE OF SUKHOTHAI, THE COUNTRYS AGRICULTURE MINISTER CONFIRMED AS REPORTED BY DPA TODAY.  

Bird flu has become an epidemic in parts of the world. Many times, contracting the virus has led to the premature deaths of many of the victims of the virus. Unfortunately, detection of bird flu (avian flu) is not always easy as many of the flu symptoms ar  

The pre-pandemic influenza vaccine concept is based on using a currently circulating avian influenza virus likely to cause a pandemic, such as H5N1, ...