Scarce flu vaccine not designed for new strain New Zealand variety worries officials submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 25, 2004 from San Francisco Chronicle (via http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/10/) *to access the full regional surveillance of New Zealand, please visit http://www.esr.cri.nz/frame.html?content=/features/surveillance/flu/fluindex.html
As Americans scramble for scarce doses of flu ... Doctors look to antivirals as option to prevent flu submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 22, 2004 from newsday.com (via http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-hsdrug204013656oct21,0) The unexpected flu vaccine shortage is thrusting a class of powerful virus-fighting drugs into a sudden spotlight.For more than a quarter century, doctors have turned to antiviral medications, drugs that ... Vietnam faces new outbreaks of bird flu submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 21, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/21/content_2120102) Vietnam has recently found eight chicken flocks in four southern Mekong provinces being hit by bird flu which either killed or led to the forced culling of 9,340 fowls, local media reported Thursday.
New ... Thailand:Government plans six labs upcountry for speedily test bird flu in humans submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 21, 2004 from MCOT (via http://www.mcot.org/query.php?nid=32031) The Ministry of Public Health Thursday tried to allay public fears that bird flu infected tigers could pass the virus to humans by insisting that the two caretakers from the bird flu-ridden tiger zoo in ... Thailand Orders Cull of Tigers with Bird Flu submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 21, 2004 from Reuters
BANGKOK - Thailand ordered a cull of 40 tigers suspected of suffering from bird flu yesterday after seven more of the big cats died, bringing the tiger death toll at an infected zoo to 30.
"We ... Vietnam reports more poultry deaths submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 19, 2004 from XinhuaNet News (via news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/18/content_2104111.htm) HANOI, Oct. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Vietnam has recently detected some 6,000 sick and dead fowls in four southern provinces, part of whose samples are tested positive for bird flu virus strain H5. ... Vietnam considers bird flu vaccine usage submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 19, 2004 from XinhuaNet News (via news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/19/content_2109177.htm) HANOI, Oct. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Vietnam is preparing for the use of vaccines to cope with bird flu which has reappeared in some southern provinces, including sending experts to Chinese ... Thailand to end open-field duck farming to eradicate bird flu submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 19, 2004 from XinhuaNet News (via news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/19/content_2109657.htm) BANGKOK, Oct. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- The Thai government is determined to end all open-field duck farming by the coming winter so as to eradicate the avian influenza.
Ducks ... Bird Flu May Have Killed Thai Tigers -- Minister submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 19, 2004 from Reuters (via http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&am) TAK, Thailand (Reuters) - The bird flu epidemic that has killed 31 people in southeast Asia this year may also have killed 23 tigers at a zoo in eastern Thailand, a cabinet minister said Tuesday.
"I磛e ... Seven U.S. States Report Influenza Cases, CDC Says submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 19, 2004 from bloomberg (via http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aK) Seven states reported influenza cases for the week ended Oct. 9, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its first report of the season, after almost half the U.S. supply of vaccine was ... US:First case of influenza confirmed in Minnesota submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 19, 2004 from AP MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The state Health Department says a 44-year-old Minneapolis woman is recovering after contracting the first case of laboratory-confirmed influenza of the season in Minnesota.
The department ... More bird flu outbreaks reported in southern Vietnam submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 18, 2004 from AP (via http://asia.news.yahoo.com/041018/ap/d85pn9000.html) More bird flu outbreaks reported in southern Vietnam
Vietnam reported Monday more bird flu outbreaks among poultry, underscoring the difficulty in stopping the spread of the disease, which has killed ... Can bird flu become a pandemic? submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 17, 2004 from Manila Bulletin (via http://www.mb.com.ph/HLTH2004101720728.html) Recently, newspapers were again awash with news items on the current bird flu epidemic in Thailand. Is there really a possibility, as some experts say, that the disease, which has already claimed several ... WHO:Influenza activity in the world weeks 36-39, 2004 submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 17, 2004 from WHO Influenza activity in the world
Influenza activity remains low in most parts of the world (weeks 36–39)
6 October 2004
Except in Canada, where an increasing influenza activity was reported, activity ... Promed:Thousands of chickens die in Vietnam from suspected bird flu submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 17, 2004 from PromedMail Thousands of chickens have died this month in 2 southern provinces of Vietnam, but the government, battling charges of a cover-up, has denied that bird flu is to blame, state media said Saturday [16 Oct ... Malaysia´s bird flu hit state still in quarantine submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 16, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/15/content_2095128) KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Malaysia's north state of Kelantan cannot be declared bird flu-free though the standard 21-day quarantine period from the last reported case has lapsed, a veterinary ... Global Equine influenza isolates/activity 2004 (Q1-Q3) [Primary member] submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 28, 2004 from Equine Flu Net (via http://www.equiflunet.org.uk)
Table of equine influenza isolates/activity 2004 (Q1)
Influenza activity
Serology (HI/SRH)
Antigen detection
VI(Egg/Cell)
AMERICA
Argentina
Sporadic
RT/PCR
Yes
USA
Sporadic
1
ASIA
AFRICA
EUROPE ... First influenza virus detections in Europe: 2004-2005 season, European submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 15, 2004 from Eurosurveillance (via http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ew/2004/041014.asp) First influenza virus detections in Europe: 2004-2005 season, European Influenza Surveillance Scheme
John Paget1 (j.paget@nivel.nl) Adam Meijer1, Olav Hungnes2
1 EISS co-ordination centre, NIVEL, Utrecht, ... US CDC: Mid-Year Addition of Influenza-Associated Pediatric Mortality to the List of Nationally Notifiable Diseases, 2004 submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 15, 2004 from USCDC (via http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5340a8.htm) Beginning October 1, 2004, CDC added influenza-associated pediatric mortality (i.e., among persons aged <18 years) to the list of conditions voluntarily reportable to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance ... China,Foshan: Influenza Surveillance Brief 2004 Jan-Sep submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 14, 2004 from F.I.C Translated by F.I.C
Date
Type of specimen
No. Of specimens
No. Of virus isolated
Percentage
Jan, 2004 to Sep, 2004
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