3 New Confirmed Cases of Human Avian Influenza In Indonesia
( KOMNAS FBPI )
Jakarta, January 28, 2008 - Bird Flu Information Center -
Indonesia has recorded three new cases of human avian influenza. RF, MIY and Nas are confirmed to be infected by H5N1 virus based on the test results from the Health Research and Development Center of the Ministry of Health and Eijkman Institute dated January 27 2008.
H5N1 spreads to more districts in India, Bangladesh
CIDRAP News
Jan 28, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Animal health officials in India reported yesterday that H5N1 avian influenza had spread to 13 of 19 districts in West Bengal state, as authorities in neighboring Bangladesh said poultry outbreaks have occurred in close to half of the country's districts.
Over 326,000 chickens affected by bird flu virus in Bangladesh
Xinhua
DHAKA, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Bird flu has so far affected more than 326,000 chickens in 29 out of Bangladesh's 64 districts since the first detection of the virus in the country last year, a government official said on Sunday.
Bird flu spreads to more districts; culling targets increased
( THE HINDU )
Special Correspondent
LKATA: Parts of two more districts, South 24 Parganas and Paschim Medinipur, have been struck by avian flu that has now spread across blocks spanning 13 districts of West Bengal — well above half the total number in the State.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Deadly bird flu virus spreads across Thailand, India and Bangladesh
( GULF NEWS )
AP
Bangkok: The deadly bird flu virus has killed 30 chickens in Thailand, marking the second outbreak of bird flu in 10 months, livestock officials said yesterday.
Over 2,500 chickens culled in S Bangladesh
Xinhua
DHAKA, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Some 2,646 chickens, ducks and pigeons were culled and 1,140 eggs destroyed in Bangladesh's southern Patuakhali district, about 160 km south of capital Dhaka Thursday night after detection of avian influenza.
WHO confirms H5N1 deaths in Vietnam, Indonesia
CIDRAP News
Jan 24, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed that two more people have died of H5N1 avian influenza, a 34-year-old man from Vietnam and a 30-year-old man from Indonesia. Both cases were reported previously
Indonesia reports 98th bird flu death
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 30-year-old man has died of bird flu, the health ministry said Thursday, bringing the toll to 98 in the nation worst hit by the H5N1 virus.
( GULF NEWS )
AP
Bangkok: The deadly bird flu virus has killed 30 chickens in Thailand, marking the second outbreak of bird flu in 10 months, livestock officials said yesterday.
Over 2,500 chickens culled in S Bangladesh
Xinhua
DHAKA, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Some 2,646 chickens, ducks and pigeons were culled and 1,140 eggs destroyed in Bangladesh's southern Patuakhali district, about 160 km south of capital Dhaka Thursday night after detection of avian influenza.
WHO confirms H5N1 deaths in Vietnam, Indonesia
CIDRAP News
Jan 24, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed that two more people have died of H5N1 avian influenza, a 34-year-old man from Vietnam and a 30-year-old man from Indonesia. Both cases were reported previously
Indonesia reports 98th bird flu death
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 30-year-old man has died of bird flu, the health ministry said Thursday, bringing the toll to 98 in the nation worst hit by the H5N1 virus.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Tangerang resident identified as bird flu sufferer
ANTARA News
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 30-year-old resident of Tangerang, a suburb west of Jakarta, has been positively infected with the bird flu virus and is currently being treated in a hopital in east Jakarta, the Health Ministry reported on Tuesday.
Media: Vietnamese man dies of bird flu
www.chinaview.cn 2008-01-23 09:31:01
HANOI, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- A 32-year-old man from Vietnam's northern Tuyen Quang province died from bird flu, local newspaper Youth reported Wednesday.
More H5N1 outbreaks in India; virus hits Turkish poultry
CIDRAP News
Jan 22, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – An animal health official in India said today that outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza in the country's West Bengal state have spread to seven districts, as authorities in Turkey announced that the virus struck a village in a Black Sea coastal province.
WHO catalogs H5N1 viruses, launches tracking system
CIDRAP News
Jan 22, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Countries affected by H5N1 avian influenza have sent material containing 734 H5N1 virus isolates to the World Health Organization (WHO) over the past 5 years, and from now on the public will be able to track particular isolates that have been submitted and what is being done with them, according to the WHO.
ANTARA News
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 30-year-old resident of Tangerang, a suburb west of Jakarta, has been positively infected with the bird flu virus and is currently being treated in a hopital in east Jakarta, the Health Ministry reported on Tuesday.
Media: Vietnamese man dies of bird flu
www.chinaview.cn 2008-01-23 09:31:01
HANOI, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- A 32-year-old man from Vietnam's northern Tuyen Quang province died from bird flu, local newspaper Youth reported Wednesday.
More H5N1 outbreaks in India; virus hits Turkish poultry
CIDRAP News
Jan 22, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – An animal health official in India said today that outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza in the country's West Bengal state have spread to seven districts, as authorities in Turkey announced that the virus struck a village in a Black Sea coastal province.
WHO catalogs H5N1 viruses, launches tracking system
CIDRAP News
Jan 22, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Countries affected by H5N1 avian influenza have sent material containing 734 H5N1 virus isolates to the World Health Organization (WHO) over the past 5 years, and from now on the public will be able to track particular isolates that have been submitted and what is being done with them, according to the WHO.
Monday, January 21, 2008
NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA HUMAN CASE IN INDONESIA
( KOMNAS FBPI )
Jakarta, January 21, 2008 - Bird Flu Information Center - An 8-year-old boy, identified only as St, a resident of Tangerang Municipality, Banten Province, has tested positive of H5N1. The boy showed his first symptoms on 7 January 2008 and then he was admitted to Cengkareng Hospital on 16 January 2008. Afterwards, he was transferred to the Infectious Disease Hospital Sulianti Saroso (RSPI-SS) on17 January 2008, showing symptoms of fever, cough, leucopenia, thrombocytopenia, pneumonia.
Avian flu in West Bengal
( THE ECONOMIC TIMES )
The one-week-old avian influenza epidemic, which has six districts of West Bengal in its virulent grip, manifests a failure of governance.
India struggles with worst-ever outbreak
( TAMIL STAR )
Jan 21, 2008, 20:12
Kolkata, India - Villagers in eastern India are continuing to eat chickens killed by bird flu, prompting fears the country's worst-ever outbreak of the virus could worsen, an official said Monday.
Further Swan Positive for Bird Flu
( The Poultry Site )
UK - The British Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs has confirmed that a fifth mute swan collected on 14 January as part of wild bird surveillance from the same area has tested positive for highly pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza.
( KOMNAS FBPI )
Jakarta, January 21, 2008 - Bird Flu Information Center - An 8-year-old boy, identified only as St, a resident of Tangerang Municipality, Banten Province, has tested positive of H5N1. The boy showed his first symptoms on 7 January 2008 and then he was admitted to Cengkareng Hospital on 16 January 2008. Afterwards, he was transferred to the Infectious Disease Hospital Sulianti Saroso (RSPI-SS) on17 January 2008, showing symptoms of fever, cough, leucopenia, thrombocytopenia, pneumonia.
Avian flu in West Bengal
( THE ECONOMIC TIMES )
The one-week-old avian influenza epidemic, which has six districts of West Bengal in its virulent grip, manifests a failure of governance.
India struggles with worst-ever outbreak
( TAMIL STAR )
Jan 21, 2008, 20:12
Kolkata, India - Villagers in eastern India are continuing to eat chickens killed by bird flu, prompting fears the country's worst-ever outbreak of the virus could worsen, an official said Monday.
Further Swan Positive for Bird Flu
( The Poultry Site )
UK - The British Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs has confirmed that a fifth mute swan collected on 14 January as part of wild bird surveillance from the same area has tested positive for highly pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Indonesian teenage girl dies of bird flu
ANTARA News
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 16-year-old Indonesian girl has died of bird flu, taking the country's confirmed human death toll from the virus to 96, a health ministry official said
Centre confirms bird flu in Bengal
( THE TIMES OF INDIA )
EW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in two districts of West Bengal, a day after the state government declared an alert in the area.
Bird Flu
10,000 fowls culled in Barisal city in a night
( THE DAILY STAR )
Our Correspondent, Barisal
Officials, joined by law enforcers including Rab, cordoned about two-kilometre area in Barisal city Monday night, caught about 10,000 fowls from houses and small farms and culled them after detection of bird flu in two indigenous dead hens.
H5N1 Bird Flu: What You Need to Know
( NEWS LOCALE )
TUESDAY, JAN 15, (News Locale) - The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has struck again in India, this time two districts are the target. In the last 10 days, untimely and mysterious death of poultry animals was reported from Birbhum and South Dinajpur districts in the state.
ANTARA News
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 16-year-old Indonesian girl has died of bird flu, taking the country's confirmed human death toll from the virus to 96, a health ministry official said
Centre confirms bird flu in Bengal
( THE TIMES OF INDIA )
EW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in two districts of West Bengal, a day after the state government declared an alert in the area.
Bird Flu
10,000 fowls culled in Barisal city in a night
( THE DAILY STAR )
Our Correspondent, Barisal
Officials, joined by law enforcers including Rab, cordoned about two-kilometre area in Barisal city Monday night, caught about 10,000 fowls from houses and small farms and culled them after detection of bird flu in two indigenous dead hens.
H5N1 Bird Flu: What You Need to Know
( NEWS LOCALE )
TUESDAY, JAN 15, (News Locale) - The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has struck again in India, this time two districts are the target. In the last 10 days, untimely and mysterious death of poultry animals was reported from Birbhum and South Dinajpur districts in the state.
Monday, January 14, 2008
NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA HUMAN CASE IN INDONESIA
(KOMNAS FBPI)
Jakarta, January 14, 2008 - Bird Flu Information Center - A 32-year-old female, identified only as TM, a resident of Tangerang District, Banten Province has been infected by avian influenza. She first showed flu-like symptoms on 3 January 2008 and then being treated at the Medika health clinic in Sepatan, Tangerang.
State sounds bird flu alert
( THE TIMES OF INDIA )
RAMPURHAT/KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: The deadly H5N1 avian influenza or bird flu virus in poultry may be back, and in our own backyard.
Study refines view of H5N1 virus's binding preferences
( CIDRAP News )
Robert Roos News Editor
n 14, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – A research report published last week says that the factors governing whether H5N1 avian influenza viruses can invade human cells are more complex than previously thought and have to do with the particular shape of the cell-surface sugar molecules to which viruses attach.
Indonesia reports 95th bird flu death
ANTARA News
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 32-year-old Indonesian woman has died of bird flu, the health ministry said in a statement Wednesday, bringing the toll to 95 in the nation worst hit
(KOMNAS FBPI)
Jakarta, January 14, 2008 - Bird Flu Information Center - A 32-year-old female, identified only as TM, a resident of Tangerang District, Banten Province has been infected by avian influenza. She first showed flu-like symptoms on 3 January 2008 and then being treated at the Medika health clinic in Sepatan, Tangerang.
State sounds bird flu alert
( THE TIMES OF INDIA )
RAMPURHAT/KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: The deadly H5N1 avian influenza or bird flu virus in poultry may be back, and in our own backyard.
Study refines view of H5N1 virus's binding preferences
( CIDRAP News )
Robert Roos News Editor
n 14, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – A research report published last week says that the factors governing whether H5N1 avian influenza viruses can invade human cells are more complex than previously thought and have to do with the particular shape of the cell-surface sugar molecules to which viruses attach.
Indonesia reports 95th bird flu death
ANTARA News
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 32-year-old Indonesian woman has died of bird flu, the health ministry said in a statement Wednesday, bringing the toll to 95 in the nation worst hit
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Indonesia Records Its 117 Bird Flu Human case
( KOMNAS FBPI )
Jakarta, Januari 11,2008 - Bird Flu Information Center
A laboratory test results dated January 10 2008 from the Ministry of Health's Research and Development Center and Jakarta based Eijkman Center confirmed that YF (F, 16) from Bekasi Municipality, West Java Province is positively infected by the H5N1 virus.
Woman's illness raises Indonesia's H5N1 total to 117
( CIDRAP News )
Jan 11, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Indonesia's health ministry announced that a 16-year-old girl from West Java province is hospitalized with H5N1 avian influenza, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today. This development follows new media revelations about details relating to recently confirmed H5N1 patients in China and Pakistan.
( KOMNAS FBPI )
Jakarta, Januari 11,2008 - Bird Flu Information Center
A laboratory test results dated January 10 2008 from the Ministry of Health's Research and Development Center and Jakarta based Eijkman Center confirmed that YF (F, 16) from Bekasi Municipality, West Java Province is positively infected by the H5N1 virus.
Woman's illness raises Indonesia's H5N1 total to 117
( CIDRAP News )
Jan 11, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Indonesia's health ministry announced that a 16-year-old girl from West Java province is hospitalized with H5N1 avian influenza, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today. This development follows new media revelations about details relating to recently confirmed H5N1 patients in China and Pakistan.
Monday, January 7, 2008
Suspected bird flu sufferer dies in Bandung hospital
ANTARA News
Bandung (ANTARA News) - Arlan Tamrin (35) who was Indonesia`s 108th suspected bird flu sufferer died while being treated in an isolation room of Hasan Sadikin Hospital here Monday.
How humans catch bird flu: Study
( THE TIMES OF INDIA )
PARIS: Scientists on Sunday said they had figured out how influenza viruses carried by birds latch on to humans, a discovery that may open the way to a vaccine against not just deadly avian flu but against all flu types.
RP bans birds, poultry products from S. Korea
( ABS- CBN News )
The Department of Agriculture on Monday reimposed a temporary ban on all imports of domestic and wild birds along with poultry and its products from South Korea following reports of the reemergence of avian influenza or bird flu virus in that country.
Indonesia to certify poultry farms free of bird flu
REUTERS
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia plans to certify commercial poultry farms that are free of bird flu as part of its efforts to control the spread of the disease, an agriculture ministry official said on Friday.
ANTARA News
Bandung (ANTARA News) - Arlan Tamrin (35) who was Indonesia`s 108th suspected bird flu sufferer died while being treated in an isolation room of Hasan Sadikin Hospital here Monday.
How humans catch bird flu: Study
( THE TIMES OF INDIA )
PARIS: Scientists on Sunday said they had figured out how influenza viruses carried by birds latch on to humans, a discovery that may open the way to a vaccine against not just deadly avian flu but against all flu types.
RP bans birds, poultry products from S. Korea
( ABS- CBN News )
The Department of Agriculture on Monday reimposed a temporary ban on all imports of domestic and wild birds along with poultry and its products from South Korea following reports of the reemergence of avian influenza or bird flu virus in that country.
Indonesia to certify poultry farms free of bird flu
REUTERS
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia plans to certify commercial poultry farms that are free of bird flu as part of its efforts to control the spread of the disease, an agriculture ministry official said on Friday.
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