WHO confirms Bangladesh's first H5N1 case
( CIDRAP News )

May 28, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed that a 16-month-old boy from Bangladesh had an H5N1 avian influenza infection in January but has since recovered.

Battling Bird Flu By The Numbers
(Science Daily )

ScienceDaily (May 28, 2008) — A pair of Los Alamos National Laboratory theorists have developed a mathematical tool that could help health experts and crisis managers determine in real time whether an emerging infectious disease such as avian influenza H5N1 is poised to spread globally.

BANGLADESH: Human Bird Flu Case Deadly for Poultry Industry
( IPS )

DHAKA, May 24 (IPS) - Authorities here have stepped up surveillance against avian influenza after the case of a 16-month-old boy, who took ill in January, was diagnosed as one of infection with the deadly H5N1 virus.