Indonesia: H5N1 samples going to WHO again

May 15, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Indonesia's health minister announced today at the World Health Organization's (WHO's) annual meeting that the country has resumed sending H5N1 avian influenza virus samples to the WHO, appearing to end a 5-month
standoff over developing countries' access to vaccines

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Ghana: H5N1 not a new introduction
Related to other isolates from Sub-Saharan African countries WATTpoultry.com
Dateline: Ghana
Release Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2007

The analysis of the H5N1 avian influenza strain isolated from the outbreak occurring in Ghana clearly indicates that it is closely related to other isolates from Sub-Saharan African countries like Ivory Coast, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Nigeria and that it is less similar to the Asian strains currently isolated.

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Avian influenza: assessing the pandemic threat

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WHO guidelines on avian influenza: preparing for the pandemic

WHO / World Health Organization (WHO) , 2005

This report from the World Health Organization evaluates the present pandemic threat from avian influenza (also known as avian flu or “bird flu”). The paper consists of four chapters. Chapter 1 charts the outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in humans and poultry during 2004.

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