Study says H5N1 has varied effects in small land birds
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Oct 18, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – A study on the effects of the H5N1 avian influenza virus on small land birds suggests it is often lethal in sparrows but has lesser effects on starlings and pigeons and does ... FAO receives $1.9 mln from USAID to fight bird flu in Cambodia
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PHNOM PENH, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has received an additional 1.9 million U.S. dollars of grant from the United ... US bird flu plans failing children, report says
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By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - U.S. plans for an influenza pandemic have failed to take into account children, who will likely be among the biggest spreaders of ... WHO Interim Protocol: Rapid operations to contain the initial emergence of pandemic influenza
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Updated October 2007English - [pdf 292kb]
Changes to this version of the protocolThis document replaces previous versions of the protocol. In brief, key changes include:
More emphasis on rapid ... WHO: Towards a unified nomenclature system for the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses
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Over the last four years, a variety of different names have been used in publications to refer to emerging lineages of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses. As a result, discussion and comparison ... WHO:Avian influenza-situation in Indonesia-update 19
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12 October 2007
The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza. A 12-year-old male from Tangerang District in Banten Province developed symptoms ... Avian Flu-1918 and Today-Protein Enhances Lethality Of Virus
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Often called the most devastating epidemic in the recorded history of the world, the 1918 influenza virus pandemic was responsible for more than 40 million deaths across the globe. The incredible lethality ... Bird flu virus strain in Vietnam mutates
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Bird flu virus strain in Vietnam has mutated, becoming more dangerous, local newspaper Pioneer reported Wednesday.
However, the mutation is not big enough for the virus to transmit ... WHO: the interdisciplinary working group and the intergovernmental meeting on pandemic influenza preparedness: sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits
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A/PIP/IGM/1Provisional agenda
A/PIP/IGM/4Sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits: Interdisciplinary Working Groupon Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
A/PIP/IGM/DIV/1Schedule ... WHO: Avian influenza-situation in Indonesia-update 18
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8 October 2007
The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza. A 44-year-old female from Pekanbaru City in Riau Province developed symptoms on ... Bird flu outbreak reported in Russia
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Hundreds of thousands of birds at a poultry farm in Russia´s southern Krasnodar Terroritory are being destroyed following an outbreak of bird flu.
Russia´s agricultural watchdog says the lethal HRN1 ... New bird flu strain dangerous to humans
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 8, 2007 from Science Daily (via http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&artic)
A new strain of the bird flu virus spreading around the world is more infectious to humans, a study lead by a U.S. researcher has found.
Led by Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, ... Indonesia woman dies of bird flu; toll up to 87 (Reuters)
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - A 44-year-old Indonesian woman has diedof bird flu, taking the country's total death total from thedisease to 87, a health ministry official said on Monday. The woman, from Pekan ... Viet Nam: Seminar discusses plan on avian influenza in humans
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A seminar was held in Hanoi on October 5 to discuss amendments and supplements to an action plan on preventing avian influenza in humans.
Participants at the event, co-hosted by the Department of Preventive ... Mutated bird flu eases human-to-human spread (AFP)
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CHICAGO (AFP) - Bird flu has mutated so that it can more easily spread to humans and a change in a single amino acid could radically increase its virulence, according to two new studies. While there has ... WHO: Avian influenza-situation in Indonesia-update 17
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2 October 2007
The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza. A 21-year-old male from Jakarta Province developed symptoms on 18 September, was ... FACTBOX-Bird flu"e;s spread around the globe
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Oct 2 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation confirmed on its Web site on Tuesday the death of a 21-year-old Indonesian man from Jakarta from bird flu. The outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza ... Lancet Audio: Professor Jiang Gu discusses the H5N1 research article in this week´s issue
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The Lancet 29 September 2007 (mp3, 16.3Mb) Professor Jiang Gu from Beijing University, China, discusses the H5N1 research article in this week's issue. The virus was found in human tissue other ... OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Canada
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Canada
Information received on 28/09/2007 from Dr Brian Evans, Chief Veterinary Officer, 59 Camelot Drive, Room 146 W, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, OTTAWA, Canada
Summary
Report ... Database lists choice pandemic-planning resources
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 25, 2007 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/ne)
Public health officials looking for ideas and tools to help them prepare for an influenza pandemic can find an online collection of peer-reviewed resources on a Web site that was officially launched today: ... 5273 items, 20/Page, Page[182/264][|<<] [|<] [181] [182] [183] [184] [185] [186] [187] [188] [189] [190] [>|] [>>|] Search local
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