Bird flu hits poultry in two Vietnam provinces

Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:12PM IST

HANOI (Reuters) - Bird flu has spread to two more provinces in Vietnam, killing hundreds of chickens and ducks, the Agriculture Ministry said on Friday

Second Bird-Flu Victim From Bali Confirmed
( KOMNAS FBPI )

Jakarta, August 22, 2007 - Ministry of Health – Test results from the Health Research and Development Center of the Ministry of Health and the Eijkman Insitute in Jakarta have confirmed that AS, a 28-year old female from Banjar Batu Gaing, Baraban, Kediri, Tabanan District in Bali is the most recent confirmed H5N1 case in Indonesia. In total, Bali has now recorded two cases, with two fatalities. Overall, Indonesia has now recorded 105 confirmed human H5N1 cases and 84 fatalities. The case fatality rate now stands at 80%.

Poultry farming must be re-examined: WHO - Summary
( Earth Times )


Geneva - The nature of poultry farming needed to be re- examined the head of the World Health Organization, WHO, said Thursday. WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan said more and more diseases were emerging at the historically unprecedented rate of one per year, and more and more were spread from animals

Indonesia: H5N1 sample on its way to WHO
Robert Roos News Editor


Aug 17, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Indonesian officials said today they have sent a sample from a recent victim of H5N1 influenza to the World Health Organization (WHO), apparently ending the country's prolonged withholding of H5N1 samples.


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Antigen Sparing Adjuvant Strategy Might Increase Avian Flu Vaccine Production
( Medical News Today )

There is a strategy which could significantly boost the production of the avian influenza vaccine, allowing many more people to be vaccinated, according to an article in The Lancet. Professor Geert Leroux-Roels, Centre for Vaccinology, Ghent University and Hospital, Belgium and team said that if they combine the vaccine with an oil-in-water emulsion (adjudant) the body is able to produce six times as many avian flu neutralizing antibodies, compared to what the body can produce with a non-adjuvanted vaccine with an identical dose.

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Indonesia reports another H5N1 death

Aug 16, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – For the second time in 4 days, Indonesia's health ministry today announced a fatal human case of H5N1 avian influenza, this one in a 17-year-old girl from a town just west of Jakarta who died Aug 14

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Vietnam finds bird flu in poultry near China
Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:04AM IST

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has detected a bird flu outbreak in the northern province of Cao Bang bordering China, the country's second infection among poultry so far this month, the Agriculture Ministry said on Wednesday.

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Woman's death marks Bali's first H5N1 case

Aug 13, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Indonesia's health ministry today announced that a 29-year-old woman from Bali died yesterday of H5N1 avian influenza, signaling the first human case on the popular tourist island, and that her 5-year-old daughter had died earlier of a similar illness.

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BioTech Medics, Inc. Explores Patented SHBAN Solution as Potential Avian Bird Flu Water Prophylactic Additive at Poultry Farms
( Earth times )
Press Relelease


DALLAS, TX -- 08/14/07 -- BioTech Medics, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: BTME) announced today that research has commenced exploring the possibility of BioTech's Patented SHBAN(TM) Solution being used as a safe non-toxic prophylactic water additive in poultry farms. The product could be available this fall if testing is successful.

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New Bird Flu Cases Detected in Togo
( Medindia )

Three new cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu have been detected in poultry on farms in the west African nation of Togo, a report said Saturday.

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Vietnamese teenager dies of avian flu


Aug 8, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Vietnamese officials said yesterday that the death of a 15-year-old boy last week was caused by H5N1 avian influenza, according to news services.

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Jakarta warned of silent bird flu outbreak in poultry
(People's Daily Online )
+ - 14:29, August 08, 2007

Avian influenza has killed no less than 500,000 chickens in Greater Jakarta in the last six months but not all outbreaks have been reported to the health authority, local press reported Wednesday.

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WHO: Indonesia's withholding of viruses endangers world

Robert Roos News Editor


Aug 7, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – A World Health Organization official said yesterday that Indonesia is endangering the world's health by continuing to withhold H5N1 influenza virus samples collected from human patients.

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Flu mop-up after first-phase success
(The Telegraph ,Calcutta, India)
OUR CORRESPONDENT

Officials of the Manipur veterinary department carry out a poultry culling operation in Imphal
Imphal, Aug. 3: Manipur today began the second phase of its operation to eliminate the last traces, if any, of the deadly H5N1 avian virus that struck a farm on the outskirts of the capital town last week.

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Burma Confirm New Bird Flu Outbreak
( RFA )
2007.08.01

BANGKOK—Authorities in the central Burmese region of Bago have confirmed a new outbreak of avian influenza, officials told RFA’s Burmese service.

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World Tourism Organization
Tourism sector strengthens defences against Avian Flu
(Travel Daily News International
Wednesday, August 01, 2007


70 participants from more than 15 countries and several UN Agencies were gathered at the second UNWTO regional Avian and Human Influenza Simulation (AHI), which was actively supported by the government of Indonesia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to highlight the issues regarding Avian Flu.

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Manipur bird flu suspected to have come from Burma

Subhaschandra M
Mizzima News (www.mizzima.com)

July 31, 2007 - July 31- Fingers are being pointed at Burma for the outbreak of bird flu to have crossed the border to the Indian state of Manipur.

Indian officials and traders suspect that the bird flu virus has come from Burma last week.



Pregnant woman is Vietnam's latest victim

Jul 31, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – A hospital official in Vietnam today said a 22-year-old woman who was 7 months pregnant died of H5N1 avian influenza 3 days ago, pushing the country's death toll from the disease this year to three.



Autopsy rules out flu death
- On assignment, but not culling
The Telegraph Calcutta,India
OUR CORRESPONDENT

Imphal, July 29: Manipur veterinary workers culling poultry in the state were a relieved lot today, after it was confirmed that one of their colleagues’ sudden death yesterday was not caused by bird flu. An autopsy report confirmed that the victim died after consuming formalin, a preservative that can lead to lead poisoning among humans