OFFLU Network on Avian Influenza
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 18, 2006 from Emerg Infect Dis, 2006 Aug (via http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol12no08/06-0380.htm)
OFFLU is the name of the network of avian influenza expertise inaugurated jointly in 2005 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Organisation for Animal Health. ... Italy: a simulation exercise on avian influenza will take place this week
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 17, 2006 from OIE
Dr Romano Marabelli, Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Health, Italy, informed the OIE that a simulation exercise on avian influenza will take place in his country from 18 to 21 July 2006.
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Animal ... Thailand puts 7 provinces on bird flu watch list
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 17, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=globalNe)
Thailand has stepped up bird flu surveillance in seven provinces for the hot, monsoon season when the virus could re-emerge, a senior government official said on Saturday.
"July is a risky month. Over ... Indonesia: a 44-year-old man died from bird flu, total to 42
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 16, 2006 from AP (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060716/ap_on_he_me/indonesia_bi)
A 44-year-old man died of bird flu in Indonesia, a senior health official said Sunday, putting the country on the cusp of being the world's hardest hit by the disease.
If the diagnosis by a local lab ... WHO:Avian influenza-situation in Indonesia-update 22
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 15, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_07_14/en/print.html)
The Ministry of Health in Indonesia has confirmed the country's 53 rd case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus.
The case, which was fatal, occurred in a 3-year-old girl from a suburb ... Iraq: Detection of a Qinghai-like avian influenza, subtype H5N1 virus from domestic cats (Felis domesticus) in Kurdish area
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 14, 2006 from Genbank (via http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/viewer.fcgi?db=nucleotide)
Genbank recently reviced a submission of NA sequence from Lab in Cairo, Egypt. Influenza A virus (A/cat/Iraq/820NAMRU3/2006(H5N1))
No publication is available yet. US: HHS Announces Additional $225 Million for State and Local Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Efforts
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 12, 2006 from HHS (via http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2006pres/20060711.html)
As part of President Bush's plan to mobilize the nation and prepare for an influenza pandemic, HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt today announced an additional $225 million in funding for state and local preparedness.
“Earlier ... New York unveils bird flu emergency plan
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 11, 2006 from AFP (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060710/ts_alt_afp/healthfluusn)
New York officials unveiled an emergency response plan to limit the havoc a global flu pandemic might wreak on one of the world's densest, busiest cities.
The plan, drawn up by the Department of Health ... India says nearly done on local bird flu vaccine
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 11, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=globalNe)
India is close to developing its own vaccine against avian flu in poultry with final phase trials showing 90 percent success, the head of the country's top animal disease research laboratory said on Monday. ... CIDRAP: Report says avian flu entered Nigeria 3 times
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 7, 2006 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
Nigeria was the first African nation to report H5N1 avian influenza, and now scientists have found evidence that the virus was introduced into the country at least three separate times, possibly by migratory ... MedImmune Receives FDA Approval to Use Reverse Genetics Technology for FluMist(R) Vaccine Production
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 7, 2006 from PR News (via http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060706/nyth052a.html?.v=2)
MedImmune, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) to use reverse genetics technology to construct ... PAHO conducts Avian Influenza preparedness workshop in Grenada
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 7, 2006 from GBN (via http://www.klassicgrenada.com/index.pl/article?id=1841218)
The Pan American Health Organization is conducting a national workshop on Avian Influenza preparedness here this week.
The workshop which will be held on Thursday and Friday is designed to help the ... Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 5, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/country/cases)
Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO
4 July 2006
Country
2003
2004
2005
2006
Total
cases
deaths
cases
deaths
cases
deaths
cases
deaths
cases
deaths
Azerbaijan
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
5
8
5
Cambodia
0
0
0
0
4
4
2
2
6
6
China
0
0
0
0
8
5
11
7
19
12
Djibouti
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Egypt
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
6
14
6
Indonesia
0
0
0
0
17
11
35
29
52
40
Iraq
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
Thailand
0
0
17
12
5
2
0
0
22
14
Turkey
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
4
12
4
Viet ... WHO: Avian influenza-situation in Indonesia-update 21
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 5, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_07_04/en/print.html)
The Ministry of Health in Indonesia has confirmed the country's 52nd case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus.
The case, which was fatal, occurred in a 5-year-old boy from Tulungagung ... FDA warns Sanofi Pasteur after flu vaccine flunks test
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 5, 2006 from Pocono Record (via http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060)
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter to vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur after Sanofi reported that some batches of its influenza vaccine failed sterility tests in April.That report ... Journal review: reports of human AIV case in mainland China since 2005 [Primary member]
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 7, 2006 from FIC
Fulltext in Chinese
Treatment review of a HPAIV human case in Jianyang city, Sichuan province, Chinahttp://www.flu.org.cn/scn/article_detail.asp?articleId=4686 Clinical analysis of first HPAIV ... China: New H5N1 case confirmed in Ningxia municipality
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 1, 2006 from MOA (via http://www.agri.gov.cn/ztzl/fkqlg/yqfb/t20060630_640482.htm)
The press office of MOA confirmed on 29th, June that National AIV referrence Lab confirmed a H5N1 outbreak in Xuanhe county of Zhongwei city, Ningxia municipality.
A team of experts is heading to the ... Nigeria:Bird flu spreads to new state
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 1, 2006 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30339321.htm)
The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has appeared in remote Taraba state in eastern Nigeria, but in most other parts of Africa's most populous country the spread of the virus is slow, officials said on Friday. ... Epidemiology of human H5N1 cases reported to WHO
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 1, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_06_30/en/print.html)
30 June 2006
This week’s issue of the Weekly Epidemiological Record, published online by WHO, sets out results from the first analysis of epidemiological data on all 205 laboratory-confirmed H5N1 cases ... HongKong: adopt new alert system for flu pandemic
submitted by wanglh at Jun, 30, 2006 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/29/content_4768311)
The Hong Kong Hospital Authority announced Thursday that a new alert system for influenza pandemic will be implemented from July 1 to replace the existing one.
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