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The deadly avian influenza virus H5N1 is known to spread from bird to bird and in some cases from bird to human. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin - Madison have discovered Read more..
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Ready or not, a flu pandemic is coming, says Dr. Julie Gerberding,
director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Gerberding
talked about preparing for the pandemic threat at a national conference
Thursday at Logistics Health in La Crosse. No one knows when the
pandemic is coming or what strain of flu virus will cause it, but it is
overdue, she said.
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Researchers at Rutgers University and The University of Texas at Austin have reported a discovery that could help scientists develop drugs to fight the much-feared bird flu and other virulent strains of influenza.
The researchers have determined the three-dimensional structure of a site on an influenza A virus protein that binds to one of its human protein targets, thereby suppressing a person's natural defenses to the infection and paving the way for the virus to replicate efficiently...
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Scientists have succeed in replicating flu pandemic antibodies from 90 year old survivors By Stuart Fox Posted 08.18.2008 at 6:04 pm 3 Comments The H5N1 Virus: Photo by Quiplash! (CC Licensed) Ninety years ago the Spanish flu swept across the globe, killing between 50 and 100 million people in only a few months. Since then, the specter of another flu pandemic dealing death and woe...
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Ninety years after the sweeping destruction of the 1918 flu pandemic, researchers at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt have recovered antibodies to the virus ??? from elderly survivors of the original outbreak. In addition to revealing the surprisingly long-lasting immunity to such viruses, these antibodies could be effective treatments to have on hand if another virus similar to the 1918 flu breaks out in the future.In February, in a separate study, MIT researchers...
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Risk assessment for contracting highly pathogenic avian influenza from eating poultry products, shell eggs and egg products Send a link to a friend [ December 05, 2008 ] T he U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
- H5N1 Avian Influenza Update (thepoultrysite.com)
Migrating waterfowl may be carrying avian influenza viruses from Asia to the Americas, U.S. government researchers report.
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LAOS - The authorities have sent a follow-up report to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) with details of a further four outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
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Seattle-based nonprofit health organization PATH said it will partner with biotech Lentigen Corp. to try and develop a vaccine for pandemic influenza.
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GLOBAL - Summary of Bird Flu / Avian Influenza related news from across the world.
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- BIRD FLU: Global Response to Avian Influenza (thepoultrysite.com)
- BIRD FLU: Avian Flu Strikes Assam Block (thepoultrysite.com)
- BIRD FLU: Avian Flu Prompts Mass Cull (thepoultrysite.com)
Dec 4, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Animal health officials in India yesterday reported that the H5N1 avian influenza virus has spread to poultry in new areas of Assam state, as medical officials in Vietnam acknowledged fresh outbreaks in two provinces.
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- Another Thai province reports H5N1 outbreak (news.google.com)
GLOBAL - Summary of Bird Flu / Avian Influenza related news from across the world.
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- BIRD FLU: Biologists Testing for Bird Flu (thepoultrysite.com)
- BIRD FLU: US and UN Fight Against Bird Flu (thepoultrysite.com)
- BIRD FLU: 17 in Hospital with Suspected Bird Flu (thepoultrysite.com)
BHUTAN - The government has warned the public of possibility of an outbreak og highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) following its spread across Assam, the adjacent border area with India.
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- Bird Flu Outbreak in Laos (thepoultrysite.com)
After laboratory examinations found strains of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza, the Indian health ministry confirmed outbreak of bird flu last week. ...
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will discuss sensitive questions about virus sample sharing and access to vaccines in case of a flu pandemic. Indonesia, the country most affected by H5N1 bird flu, has resisted providing viral samples to the international community because it argues
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