Some Bird Flu Strains Have Acquired Properties That Might Enhance Potential To Infect Humans
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 15, 2008 from ScienceDaily (via http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080612074908.ht)
The study was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. Avian influenza A H7 viruses are fairly common in birds, but rarely infect humans. Most cases of avian influenza ... OIE: Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry), Haiti
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 15, 2008 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int)
Information received on 12/06/2008 from Mr Max Millien, Directeur, Chef du Service santé animale, Direction de la Santé Animale, PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti
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Start ... OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, United Kingdom
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 6, 2008 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int)
Information received on 05/06/2008 from Dr Nigel Gibbens, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, LONDON, United ... UK: Avian Influenza H7 confirmed in Oxfordshire
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The Chief Veterinary Officer, Nigel Gibbens, has today confirmed Avian Influenza in chickens on premises near Banbury in Oxfordshire after preliminary tests were positive for the H7 strain. All birds on ... SKorea steps up fight against worst bird flu outbreak (AFP)
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SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea is to disinfect all poultry farms nationwide to combat its worst outbreak of bird flu, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. In the capital Seoul, all 15,000 chickens, ducks ... South Korea"e;s bird flu outbreak spreads to Seoul (Reuters)
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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's worst outbreak of bird fluhas spread to the capital with agriculture ministry officialssaying on Tuesday four dead birds raised at a Seoul districtgovernment office ... OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Japan
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 30, 2008 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int)
Information received on 29/04/2008 from Dr Toshiro Kawashima, Director, International Animal Health Affairs Office, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tokyo , Japan
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submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 30, 2008 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int)
Information received on 29/04/2008 from Mr Torben Grubbe, M. Sc., Animal Health Division, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, S?borg, Denmark
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submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 28, 2008 from Yahoo News (via http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/birdflu/*http://news.ya)
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has detected a strain of bird fluin four wild swans after stepping up checks following majoroutbreaks of the disease in neighboring South Korea, local andgovernment officials said ... Bird flu resurfaces in northeast India (Reuters)
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 22, 2008 from Yahoo News (via http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/birdflu/*http://news.ya)
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Authorities in a remotenortheastern state of India prepared to cull thousands ofchickens after a fresh outbreak of bird flu in poultry wasdetected on Tuesday, officials said. ... WHO: Avian influenza-situation in Egypt-update 10
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 20, 2008 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/don/2008_04_17/en/index.html)
17 April 2008 -- The Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt has announced a new human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection. The case is a 2-year-old male from Al-Honsanya, Sharkea Governorate. ... Egyptian 2-year-old boy infected with bird flu (Reuters)
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CAIRO (Reuters) - A 2-year-old Egyptian boy has beeninfected with the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, bringing thenumber of cases in the most populous Arab country to 50, statenews agency MENA said on Wednesday. ... China rejects human-to-human bird flu report (AFP)
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 12, 2008 from Yahoo News (via http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/birdflu/*http://news.ya)
BEIJING (AFP) - China has rejected a study which found a probable case of human-to-human bird flu transmission in the country, state media reported.
The study, published in British medical magazine ... (Yet) another human A/H5N1 influenza case and cluster – when should Europe be concerned?
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 11, 2008 from Euro Surveill 2008;13(15). (via http://www.eurosurveillance.org/edition/v13n15/080410_5.asp)
A Chinese report of a case from Jiangsu province of an almost certain son-to-father transmission of avian influenza type A/H5N1 infection was published this week, along with an accompanying comment ... WHO: Avian influenza-situation in Egypt-update 8
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 9, 2008 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/don/2008_04_08/en/index.html)
8 April 2008
The Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt has announced a new human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection.
The case is a 19-year-old male from Kafr El-Dawar District, Behera ... China confirms Tibetan bird flu outbreak
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 8, 2008 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/07/content_7935374)
China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) on Monday confirmed an outbreak of bird flu at a farm in a Tibet Autonomous Region village.
The testing of 268 dead chickens at a farm at ... South Korea confirms new bird flu outbreak (Reuters)
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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Monday confirmed a newoutbreak of bird flu at a duck farm in the southwest and saidit was investigating two other possible cases days afterreporting an outbreak at a nearby ... WHO: Avian influenza-situation in Pakistan-update 2
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 5, 2008 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/don/2008_04_03/en/index.html)
3 April 2008
Two additional H5N1 cases were confirmed by serological testing, thus providing final H5N1 infection test results on a previously reported family cluster in Peshawar.
These tests were conducted ... Vietnam starts human trials for bird flu vaccine (Reuters)
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HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has started clinical trials fordeveloping a human vaccine for the H5N1 virus, researchers saidon Thursday in the Southeast Asian country that has recorded 52deaths from bird ... Dogs catch flu directly from birds, study finds (Reuters)
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 3, 2008 from Yahoo News (via http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/birdflu/*http://news.ya)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dogs can catch influenza directlyfrom birds, Korean researchers said on Wednesday, saying theirfinding shows pets could play a role in future pandemics.
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