Launch of global early warning system for animal diseases transmissible to humans
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 26, 2006 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int/eng/press/en_060724.htm)
Geneva, Rome, Paris: A global early warning system for animal diseases transmissible to humans (zoonoses) was formally launched this week in WHO, Geneva by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), ... OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry in Thailand (Pichitr province)
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 25, 2006 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int/Messages/060724THA.htm)
Highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry in Thailand
(Date of previous outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry in Thailand reported to the OIE: November 2005).
Information ... Thailand: H5N1 virus outbreak confirmed in Phichit
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 25, 2006 from Bangkok Post (via http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/25Jul2006_news03.php)
The eight-month bird flu-free hiatus in Thailand ended yesterday as the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry confirmed a fresh outbreak of the H5N1 virus in the northern province of Phichit. The confirmation ... Thailand: More suspected bird-flu cases emerged
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 24, 2006 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/24/content_4871468)
Three more people with suspected bird-flu have been reported in Phichit, one of the provinces listed by the Thai government as an avian-flu "red zone", local media Monday reported.
Two ... China: A H5N1 outbreak reported in Akesu city of Xinjiang
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 21, 2006 from MOA
A H5N1 HPAIV outbreak reported in Akesu city of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,where 3045 poultry died and 356976 poultry were culled.An emergency mechanism has been launched and the local veterinary ... Bulgaria finds avian flu in domestic birds
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 21, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=globalNe)
Bulgaria said on Thursday it had detected bird flu in three backyard farms in a village in the south of the country near to the Turkish border and suspected it was the feared H5N1 strain of the virus. ... WHO: Avian influenza-situation in Indonesia-update 23
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 20, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_07_20/en/print.html)
The Ministry of Health in Indonesia has confirmed the country's 54th case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus.
The case, which was fatal, occurred in a 44-year-old man from East Jakarta, ... Caribbean: conference on Avian flu
submitted by wanglh at Jul, 19, 2006 from Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (via http://www.cbc.bb/content/view/6475/45/)
Local and regional health and agricultural officials are meeting in Barbados to map out a preparedness and prevention plan for the avian pandemic influenza.The one-week meeting at the Sherbourne Conference ... 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. ... China: Tests being conducted to confirm possible 2003 bird flu death
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 10, 2006 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/10/content_4814409)
China is conducting lab tests to confirm whether a man died of bird flu in 2003, the Ministry of Health said on Monday.
A letter published by eight Chinese scientists in a June ... Indonesia: Test shows a 3-year-old girl dies of bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 7, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=globalNe)
A 3-year-old Indonesian girl who died this week has tested positive for bird flu, a Health Ministry official said on Friday, citing a local test.
If confirmed by a World Health Organization (WHO) laboratory, ... Spain: First case of H5N1 bird flu detected
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 7, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=globalNe)
A Spanish laboratory has confirmed the country's first case of H5N1 bird flu after analyzing a sample taken from a wild migratory water bird, the Agriculture Ministry said on Friday.
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