Expert says late antiviral treatment may still help H5N1 patients
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 13, 2006 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
A virologist who has treated H5N1 avian influenza patients in Vietnam said the antiviral drug oseltamivir may help avian flu patients even when started later than 2 days after illness onset—generally considered ... S.Korea says third bird flu case confirmed
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 11, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
South Korea's agriculture ministry said on Monday it had found a third case of highly pathogenic bird flu in North Cholla province south of Seoul.
Last month South Korea confirmed its first two outbreaks ... Donors inject fresh funds into war on bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 9, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
Foreign donors on Friday injected fresh funds into the global fight against bird flu, pledging nearly $476 million for surveillance and response strategies to halt its advance, especially in Africa.
The ... China bird flu strain dispute all in the name
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 9, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
A dispute between China and the authors of a paper on bird flu centers on the name of the strain identified, not its existence, scientists said on Friday, adding China's vaccination programs were not to ... New Research Predicts US Entry Of H5N1 Avian Influenza
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 9, 2006 from Medical News Today (via http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=58202)
Scientists at the Consortium for Conservation Medicine (CCM), the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo report that H5N1 avian influenza is most likely ... U.S. CDC funds work on rapid tests for avian flu
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 6, 2006 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded four contracts worth $11.4 million in an effort to develop a 30-minute test for H5N1 avian influenza.
The CDC said it awarded the funds ... New AIV sequences uploaded to GenBank from the past week
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 1, 2006 from GenBank (via http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=Pager&DB=n)
Influenza A virus (A/Vietnam/PEV16T/2005(H5N1)) polymerase basic protein subunit 2 (PB2) gene, complete cds
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Influenza A virus (A/chicken/Burkina ... WHO: Avian influenza-situation in Indonesia-update 38
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 30, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_11_29/en/print.html)
29 November 2006
The Ministry of Health in Indonesia has confirmed the country's 57th death from H5N1 avian influenza. The 35-year-old female, whose infection was announced on 13 November, died early ... Indonesia: 35 year-old woman dies of bird flu, toll of 57
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 29, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
A 35-year-old Indonesian woman has died of bird flu, taking the country's human death toll from the virus to 57, a health ministry official said on Tuesday.
The woman from West Java had been undergoing ... S.Korea confirms second H5N1 bird flu case
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 29, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
South Korea on Tuesday confirmed a second outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu at a poultry farm, after confirming over the weekend it had its first outbreak in three years of the strain that can kill ... OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Republic of Korea (diagnosis confirmation)
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 29, 2006 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int)
(Date of previous outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Republic of Korea reported to the OIE: 2004).
Information received on 26 November 2006 from Dr Chang-Seob Kim, Chief Veterinary Officer, ... S.Korea: confirms bird flu of H5N1 strain
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 25, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Saturday a poultry farm was hit by bird flu, saying it found the H5N1 strain of avian influenza in the country's first outbreak in three years of the virus that is ... CIDRAP: Reports show difficulty of diagnosing H5N1 cases
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 23, 2006 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
Nov 22, 2006 (CIDRAP News) – Two new reports on human cases of H5N1 avian influenza that occurred in Turkey and Indonesia last year show that the illness proved difficult to diagnose, with many tests yielding ... Greece finds bird flu virus in wild duck
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 18, 2006 from Reuters (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061117/hl_afp/healthflugreece)
Greece said it found bird flu in a wild duck shot by a hunter, adding that more tests were underway to establish whether the virus was the strain that can kill humans.
The H5 virus, most of whose sub-types ... Scientists identify key mutations in bird flu virus
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 16, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
Scientists have discovered two spots on the H5N1 bird flu virus which would need to mutate for the virus to infect people more easily.
H5N1 is largely a disease in animals because it has surface proteins ... Tamiflu to carry new caution in U.S.
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 15, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/News/GlobalCoverage.aspx?type=globa)
Roche AG´s influenza drug Tamiflu will come with a new caution urging close monitoring of patients for abnormal behavior such as delirium and self-injury, U.S. regulators said on Monday.
Officials felt ... WHO: Avian influenza-situation in Indonesia-update 37
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 13, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_11_13/en/print.html)
13 November 2006
The Ministry of Health in Indonesia has confirmed an additional two cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus.
The first newly-confirmed case is a 35-year-old female ... Indonesian toddler dies of bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 13, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
A 2-1/2-year-old Indonesian boy has died of bird flu, taking the country's human death toll from the virus to 56, a health ministry official said on Monday.
The toddler from Karawang regency in West ... Dr Margaret Chan to be WHO´s next Director-General
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 10, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2006/pr66/en/in)
9 NOVEMBER 2006 | GENEVA -- Dr Margaret Chan of China will be the next Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO). After her appointment, she told the World Health Assembly she wanted to be ... Dr Margaret Chan nominated to be WHO Director-General
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 9, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2006/pr65/en/in)
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