Italy: tightens entry control amid bird flu scare [Primary member]
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Italy stepped up checks at its ports and airports Saturday amid fears that a bird flu endemic might spread into the country.
The sweeping measures signed by Italian Health Minister ... Portugal: guards against bird flu [Primary member]
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The Portuguese veterinary bureau said Friday that Portugal will strictly follow the bio-security procedures to prevent the spread of bird flu.
Fernando Bernardo, head of the bureau, ... Sweden: concerned over avian flu in Finland [Primary member]
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The Swedish Board of Agricultureis calling on fowl breeders here to be extra attentive following the apparent discovery of avian influenza in Finland, Radio Swedenreported on Monday.
There´s ... OIE:Evolution of the animal health situation with regard to avian influenza
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 30, 2005 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int/eng/press/en_050829.htm)
The OIE is vigilantly following the international animal health situation with regard to avian influenza.
Following the recent concerns caused by outbreaks of avian influenza in Russia and Kazakhstan ... U.S.:Government Plans to Triple Airport Quarantine Stations [Primary member]
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The government plans to more than triple the number of quarantine stations at airports around the country and hire scores of health officers as part of a broad plan to try to stop deadly infectious diseases ... Vietnam:avian flu virus infected civets
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 27, 2005 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
Reports today said three rare palm civets that recently died in captivity in Vietnam were infected with an H5N1 avian influenza virus, adding another species to the list of those susceptible to the pathogen. ... Finland: possible bird flu in seagulls reported
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 27, 2005 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L26675116.htm)
Finland´s Agriculture Ministry said on Friday it had found a possible outbreak of bird flu in seagulls in the northern town of Oulu, but probably not the highly pathogenic strain that has caused deaths ... Novavax reports positive preclinical results on its novel vaccine for pandemic influenza [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 26, 2005 from PRNewswire
Novavax, Inc.(Nasdaq: NVAX), a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today reportedpreclinical results on the Company´s novel Virus-Like Particle (VLP) influenzavaccine. Novavax´s biological group ... English translations of the latest avian influenza news from Russia available from EpiNorth Website
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English translations of the latest official Russian press releases on the avian influenza situation in Russia are available on the EpiNorth website (http://www.epinorth.org/). EpiNorth, the project for ... WHO:Geographical spread of H5N1 avian influenza in birds(update 28)
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 19, 2005 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/don/2005_08_18/en/print.html)
Beginning in late July 2005, official reports to the OIE from government authorities indicate that the H5N1 virus has expanded its geographical range. Both Russia and Kazakhstan reported outbreaks of avian ... Kazakhstan: Bird flu threat demands greater international response
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 25, 2005 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/b7b2b0c9ddcd2d)
The UN´s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has called for further support from the international community in mitigating the spread of bird flu, following a recent outbreak of the disease in ... Russia:New bird flu deaths reported
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Moscow/Shanghai. August 23. INTERFAX-CHINA - Bird flu in Russia´s Siberia region that borders China continued to spread Tuesday as more birds died from the illness and more birds were slaughtered ... OIE:UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA IN ANIMALS IN ASIA (TYPE H5)
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 23, 2005 from OIE
UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA IN ANIMALS IN ASIA (TYPE H5)
22 August 2005
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17/03 - ... Kazakhstan:bird flu spreads to new village
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ASTANA, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Kazakh veterinary officials on Friday reported new bird deaths from avian influenza in a village in north Kazakhstan, the seventh place in the Central Asian state to report an ... Mongolia:H5N1 indentified wild migratory birds
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NEW YORK, NY (August 18, 2005)--The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has positively identified the pathogenic form of avian flu--H5N1--in samples taken from birds last week in Mongolia by ... Japan:new bird flu case detected on farm near Tokyo(H5N2)
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 19, 2005 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=T23)
Japan has found a new case of bird flu in a region neighbouring Tokyo, but the strain is unlikely to be the virulent type that has been blamed for dozens of deaths in Asia, a local government official ... Vietnam: will start mass poultry vaccination next month
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 15, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/15/content_3355539)
Vietnam will start vaccinating fowlsnationwide against bird flu viruses, including the deadly strain H5N1, next month, one month ahead of schedule.
Besides chickens and ducks, ... Russia:Bird flu reported in sixth region
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Bird flu was reported Monday in Russia´s Urals region of Chelyabinsk, the sixth region in the country affected by the virus.
The bird flu virus was found in 60 birds that ... infectious diseases news:Should we question the benefits of influenza vaccination for the elderly? [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 17, 2005 from infectious diseases news
Should we question the benefits of influenza vaccination for the elderly?
by David S. Fedson and Kristin NicholSpecial to Infectious Disease News
August 2005
Almost 6 months ... Australia:Flu hits Victoria earlier and harder [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 15, 2005 from The Age
More than twice as many cases as last year of the potentially fatal illness have been reported.
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