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.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Egyptian woman dies of bird flu, 2nd in week
Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - A 25-year-old Egyptian woman died of bird flu on Sunday, the second fatality among humans in Egypt in less than one week, the Health Ministry said
China's latest bird flu patient discharged from hospital
Xinhua
NANJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The latest bird flu patient was discharged from an unidentified hospital on Dec. 26 in the eastern province of Jiangsu, local health authorities said.
WHO confirms H5N1 cases in Egypt, Vietnam
CIDRAP News
Dec 28, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed three human cases of H5N1 avian influenza in Vietnam and Egypt, one of which was fatal, raising the global H5N1 count to 346 cases with 213 deaths.
Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - A 25-year-old Egyptian woman died of bird flu on Sunday, the second fatality among humans in Egypt in less than one week, the Health Ministry said
China's latest bird flu patient discharged from hospital
Xinhua
NANJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The latest bird flu patient was discharged from an unidentified hospital on Dec. 26 in the eastern province of Jiangsu, local health authorities said.
WHO confirms H5N1 cases in Egypt, Vietnam
CIDRAP News
Dec 28, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed three human cases of H5N1 avian influenza in Vietnam and Egypt, one of which was fatal, raising the global H5N1 count to 346 cases with 213 deaths.
Friday, December 28, 2007
WHO confirms H5N1 case in Pakistan cluster
CIDRAP News
Robert Roos News Editor
Dec 27, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced its first confirmation of a human case of H5N1 avian influenza in Pakistan, in a young man who was part of a family cluster of suspected cases and died of the disease.
Bird flu death toll in Vietnam nears 50
RIA Novosti
09:34 | 27/ 12/ 2007
HANOI, December 27 (RIA Novosti) - The Vietnamese Health Ministry confirmed on Thursday the 47th known death in the country from bird flu.
European countries report more H5N1 in poultry
CIDRAP News
Dec 27, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Germany, Poland, and Russia recently reported fresh outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza in poultry, according to media accounts and reports from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
CIDRAP News
Robert Roos News Editor
Dec 27, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced its first confirmation of a human case of H5N1 avian influenza in Pakistan, in a young man who was part of a family cluster of suspected cases and died of the disease.
Bird flu death toll in Vietnam nears 50
RIA Novosti
09:34 | 27/ 12/ 2007
HANOI, December 27 (RIA Novosti) - The Vietnamese Health Ministry confirmed on Thursday the 47th known death in the country from bird flu.
European countries report more H5N1 in poultry
CIDRAP News
Dec 27, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Germany, Poland, and Russia recently reported fresh outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza in poultry, according to media accounts and reports from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Avian flu deaths reported in Egypt, Indonesia, Vietnam
CIDRAP News
Dec 26, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – A young woman in Egypt and another of almost the same age in Indonesia died of H5N1 avian influenza yesterday, raising the global H5N1 death toll to 211, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.
Russia Culls 600,000 Chickens At Avian Flu-Hit Farm
AHN
December 25, 2007 9:15 p.m. EST
Windsor Genova - AHN News Writer
Rostov-On-Don, Russia (AHN) - More than 600,000 chickens were culled at a Russian farm on Tuesday after tests confirmed an outbreak of the avian influenza virus.
Pigeons 'unlikely carriers of bird flu'
( Gulf News )
By Mariam M. Al Serkal, Staff Reporter
Dubai: Pigeons and doves are unlikely to carry the H5N1 bird flu virus, a top municipality official said yesterday.
CIDRAP News
Dec 26, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – A young woman in Egypt and another of almost the same age in Indonesia died of H5N1 avian influenza yesterday, raising the global H5N1 death toll to 211, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.
Russia Culls 600,000 Chickens At Avian Flu-Hit Farm
AHN
December 25, 2007 9:15 p.m. EST
Windsor Genova - AHN News Writer
Rostov-On-Don, Russia (AHN) - More than 600,000 chickens were culled at a Russian farm on Tuesday after tests confirmed an outbreak of the avian influenza virus.
Pigeons 'unlikely carriers of bird flu'
( Gulf News )
By Mariam M. Al Serkal, Staff Reporter
Dubai: Pigeons and doves are unlikely to carry the H5N1 bird flu virus, a top municipality official said yesterday.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Indonesia reports 94th bird flu death
ANTARA News
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 24-year-old Indonesian woman has died of bird flu in the capital Jakarta, the health ministry said Wednesday, bringing the toll in the nation worst hit by the H5N1 virus to 94.
Vietnamese child dies suspectedly from bird flu
Xinhua
www.chinaview.cn 2007-12-26 10:15:14 Print
HANOI, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- A four-year old child from Vietnam's northern Son La province has recently died after showing bird flu symptoms, local newspaper Labor reported Wednesday
China tests human bird flu vaccine
( PRESS TV )
Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:59:30
China has announced its success in the second phase clinical testing of the human vaccine against H5N1 virus which causes the avian flu.
UAE ready to deal with bird flu threat
( Khaleej Times )
By Asma Ali Zain (Our Staff Reporter)
24 December 2007
DUBAI — Health authorities in the country are reviewing the international situation on avian flu and are expected to update the existing plans to monitor the spread of the disease in the country as holidayers return.
ANTARA News
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A 24-year-old Indonesian woman has died of bird flu in the capital Jakarta, the health ministry said Wednesday, bringing the toll in the nation worst hit by the H5N1 virus to 94.
Vietnamese child dies suspectedly from bird flu
Xinhua
www.chinaview.cn 2007-12-26 10:15:14 Print
HANOI, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- A four-year old child from Vietnam's northern Son La province has recently died after showing bird flu symptoms, local newspaper Labor reported Wednesday
China tests human bird flu vaccine
( PRESS TV )
Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:59:30
China has announced its success in the second phase clinical testing of the human vaccine against H5N1 virus which causes the avian flu.
UAE ready to deal with bird flu threat
( Khaleej Times )
By Asma Ali Zain (Our Staff Reporter)
24 December 2007
DUBAI — Health authorities in the country are reviewing the international situation on avian flu and are expected to update the existing plans to monitor the spread of the disease in the country as holidayers return.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Indonesia clears four of bird flu in cluster probe
ANTARA News
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia has cleared four out of six members of a family hospitalised with bird flu symptoms, a health official said on Saturday, in a case that has raised concerns over potential human-to-human spread of the disease.
Polish government says new H5N1 flu confirmed
AFP
1 day ago
WARSAW (AFP) — A new outbreak of the potentially lethal H5N1 avian flu has been detected in northern Poland where cases have already been reported, the Polish Agriculture Ministry said Saturday
Common buzzard found dead in HK tests positive for H5N1
Xinhua
www.chinaview.cn 2007-12-21 21:37:12 Print
HONG KONG, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The common buzzard that was found dead earlier on Hong Kong's largest but thinly populated island tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu virus, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said Friday.
ANTARA News
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia has cleared four out of six members of a family hospitalised with bird flu symptoms, a health official said on Saturday, in a case that has raised concerns over potential human-to-human spread of the disease.
Polish government says new H5N1 flu confirmed
AFP
1 day ago
WARSAW (AFP) — A new outbreak of the potentially lethal H5N1 avian flu has been detected in northern Poland where cases have already been reported, the Polish Agriculture Ministry said Saturday
Common buzzard found dead in HK tests positive for H5N1
Xinhua
www.chinaview.cn 2007-12-21 21:37:12 Print
HONG KONG, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The common buzzard that was found dead earlier on Hong Kong's largest but thinly populated island tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu virus, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said Friday.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Five suspected bird flu patients moved to AI center
Serang, Banten (ANTARA News) - After three days of medical treatment at the Serang General Hospital, five suspected bird flu patients were moved to the special Avian-Flu (AI) center at the Jakarta-based Persahabatan Hospital by four ambulances on Friday.
Only limited human H5N1 spread in Pakistan
Khaleej Times
(Reuters)
21 December 2007
GENEVA - The World Health Organisation (WHO) suspects there has been only limited human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus in Pakistan, but international test results are pending, an official said on Friday.
Reports of potential H5N1 cases rise in Pakistan
Robert Roos News Editor
Dec 18, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Vigilance engendered by the possible family cluster of H5N1 avian influenza cases in Pakistan has led to many more reports of potential cases there, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said today.
More Bird Flu Cases From Tangerang
(Komnas FBPI)
Jakarta, December 14, 2007 - Bird Flu Information Center - A 47-year old man known as "M", from Cipondoh subDistrict, Tangerang Municipality in Banten Province is infected with the H5N1 influenza virus, according to tests conducted by the Health Research and Development Center of the Ministry of Healthand the Eijkman Institute in Jakarta.
Serang, Banten (ANTARA News) - After three days of medical treatment at the Serang General Hospital, five suspected bird flu patients were moved to the special Avian-Flu (AI) center at the Jakarta-based Persahabatan Hospital by four ambulances on Friday.
Only limited human H5N1 spread in Pakistan
Khaleej Times
(Reuters)
21 December 2007
GENEVA - The World Health Organisation (WHO) suspects there has been only limited human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus in Pakistan, but international test results are pending, an official said on Friday.
Reports of potential H5N1 cases rise in Pakistan
Robert Roos News Editor
Dec 18, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Vigilance engendered by the possible family cluster of H5N1 avian influenza cases in Pakistan has led to many more reports of potential cases there, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said today.
More Bird Flu Cases From Tangerang
(Komnas FBPI)
Jakarta, December 14, 2007 - Bird Flu Information Center - A 47-year old man known as "M", from Cipondoh subDistrict, Tangerang Municipality in Banten Province is infected with the H5N1 influenza virus, according to tests conducted by the Health Research and Development Center of the Ministry of Healthand the Eijkman Institute in Jakarta.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Donors pledge $406 million to fight avian flu
Dec 7, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – International donors at this week's New Delhi conference on avian and pandemic influenza pledged about $406 million, including $195 million from the United States, to fight H5N1 avian flu, according to news reports.
One dies of bird flu in China
( The Hindu )
NANJING: A man in east China’s Jiangsu province died of bird flu on Sunday, the provincial health department reported.
Dec 7, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – International donors at this week's New Delhi conference on avian and pandemic influenza pledged about $406 million, including $195 million from the United States, to fight H5N1 avian flu, according to news reports.
One dies of bird flu in China
( The Hindu )
NANJING: A man in east China’s Jiangsu province died of bird flu on Sunday, the provincial health department reported.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Chinese man dies of bird flu
( Stuff.co.nz )
Reuters | Monday, 03 December 2007
A man in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu has died of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus, the official Xinhua news agency has said, in the first case in the country since June.
Campaign to Combat Bird Flu in Full Swing
Mohammed Rasooldeen, Arab News
RIYADH , 2 December 2007 — More than four million birds have been culled in the Kingdom since avian flu was first detected on Nov. 12 in 1,500 birds at a farm in Al-Kharj, said Agriculture Minister Dr. Fahd Balghunaim.
Bird flu virus remains entrenched in six nations: Report
( The Times Of India )
30 Nov 2007,
NEW YORK: Most of the countries in the world are now prepared to take quick measures to tackle avian flu, however the virus H5N1, which still remains entrenched in six nations, pose a worldwide threat, a joint UN-World Bank report has warned.
( Stuff.co.nz )
Reuters | Monday, 03 December 2007
A man in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu has died of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus, the official Xinhua news agency has said, in the first case in the country since June.
Campaign to Combat Bird Flu in Full Swing
Mohammed Rasooldeen, Arab News
RIYADH , 2 December 2007 — More than four million birds have been culled in the Kingdom since avian flu was first detected on Nov. 12 in 1,500 birds at a farm in Al-Kharj, said Agriculture Minister Dr. Fahd Balghunaim.
Bird flu virus remains entrenched in six nations: Report
( The Times Of India )
30 Nov 2007,
NEW YORK: Most of the countries in the world are now prepared to take quick measures to tackle avian flu, however the virus H5N1, which still remains entrenched in six nations, pose a worldwide threat, a joint UN-World Bank report has warned.
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