Second farm under quarantine over avian flu concern in Canada
( People's Daily Online )
+ - 09:47, September 30, 2007
Another chicken farm has been put under quarantine over fears of avian flu in Canada's central Saskatchewan province, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced Saturday.
Bangladesh, Thailand report H5N1 in poultry; Canada finds H7N3
Lisa Schnirring Staff Writer
Sep 27, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Officials in Bangladesh and Thailand recently reported new H5N1 avian influenza outDeadly bird flu can pass from mother to fetusbreaks on chicken farms, and Canadian authorities today confirmed an outbreak of H7N3 influenza on a commercial poultry farm in Saskatchewan.
Deadly bird flu can pass from mother to fetus
PARIS (AFP) — The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu can pass through the placenta of a pregnant woman to her unborn fetus, scientists reported Friday.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
Singapore scientists speed up bird flu test
( ABC Radio Australia )
Last Updated 24/09/2007, 15:17:57 Select text size:
Scientists in Singapore say they've created a hand-held device that can detect the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus within half-an-hour.
Bird-flu outbreak brought under 'effective control'
( China.org.cn )
Local authorities are keeping a close eye on the bird-flu situation in the Panyu district of this South China city.
"The 68 people who came into close contact with the ducks killed by bird flu are receiving two medical checkups a day and all of them are said to be in good shape," a district government official surnamed Zhong, said.
Detecting Bird Flu: New Lab-on-chip Identifies H5N1 In Thirty Minutes
Science Daily — Researchers have successfully developed a miniaturized device that can be used to detect the highly pathogenic avian flu (H5N1) virus.
( ABC Radio Australia )
Last Updated 24/09/2007, 15:17:57 Select text size:
Scientists in Singapore say they've created a hand-held device that can detect the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus within half-an-hour.
Bird-flu outbreak brought under 'effective control'
( China.org.cn )
Local authorities are keeping a close eye on the bird-flu situation in the Panyu district of this South China city.
"The 68 people who came into close contact with the ducks killed by bird flu are receiving two medical checkups a day and all of them are said to be in good shape," a district government official surnamed Zhong, said.
Detecting Bird Flu: New Lab-on-chip Identifies H5N1 In Thirty Minutes
Science Daily — Researchers have successfully developed a miniaturized device that can be used to detect the highly pathogenic avian flu (H5N1) virus.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Bird-flu outbreak brought under 'effective control'
(China.org.cn )
Local authorities are keeping a close eye on the bird-flu situation in the Panyu district of this South China city.
"The 68 people who came into close contact with the ducks killed by bird flu are receiving two medical checkups a day and all of them are said to be in good shape," a district government official surnamed Zhong, said.
China confirms new bird flu outbreak
( Bangkok Post )
Beijing (dpa) - Chinese experts have confirmed an outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in ducks in the southern province of Guangdong, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday.
Nigeria: Bird Flu - 1,052 Birds Culled in Nasarawa
( All Africa.com )
Daily Trust (Abuja)
20 September 2007
Posted to the web 20 September 2007
Ahmed Tahir
Lafia
Over 1,052 birds have so far been culled in Panda Development Area of Nasarawa State in the wake of Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) that affected the area just as the people of the area were commended for reporting early signs of the flu.
(China.org.cn )
Local authorities are keeping a close eye on the bird-flu situation in the Panyu district of this South China city.
"The 68 people who came into close contact with the ducks killed by bird flu are receiving two medical checkups a day and all of them are said to be in good shape," a district government official surnamed Zhong, said.
China confirms new bird flu outbreak
( Bangkok Post )
Beijing (dpa) - Chinese experts have confirmed an outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in ducks in the southern province of Guangdong, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday.
Nigeria: Bird Flu - 1,052 Birds Culled in Nasarawa
( All Africa.com )
Daily Trust (Abuja)
20 September 2007
Posted to the web 20 September 2007
Ahmed Tahir
Lafia
Over 1,052 birds have so far been culled in Panda Development Area of Nasarawa State in the wake of Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) that affected the area just as the people of the area were commended for reporting early signs of the flu.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
South China city reports suspected bird flu outbreak
www.chinaview.cn 2007-09-15 19:29:08
GUANGZHOU, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's southern city of Guangzhou has reported massive deaths of ducks in a village which are suspected to be a bird flu outbreak, according to information posted on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture.
RI to get $15 million from Japan to fight bird flu
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia is to receive a Japanese grant worth US$15 million for its avian influenza eradication program, an Indonesian official said.
Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia Shin Ebihara and the Foreign Affairs Ministry`s director general for Asia Pacific and Africa, Primo Alui Joelianto, signed a memorandum of understanding on the grant here Thursday.
Pacific flu threat 'serious as ever': WHO
( Radio Australia )
Last Updated 13/09/2007, 20:22:36
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the threat of avian flu in the Pacific region is as serious as ever.
Members of the WHO's western Pacific region are currently in South Korea to discuss ways to combat bird flu after reports that many countries do not have the minimum systems in place to deal with an outbreak.
www.chinaview.cn 2007-09-15 19:29:08
GUANGZHOU, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's southern city of Guangzhou has reported massive deaths of ducks in a village which are suspected to be a bird flu outbreak, according to information posted on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture.
RI to get $15 million from Japan to fight bird flu
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia is to receive a Japanese grant worth US$15 million for its avian influenza eradication program, an Indonesian official said.
Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia Shin Ebihara and the Foreign Affairs Ministry`s director general for Asia Pacific and Africa, Primo Alui Joelianto, signed a memorandum of understanding on the grant here Thursday.
Pacific flu threat 'serious as ever': WHO
( Radio Australia )
Last Updated 13/09/2007, 20:22:36
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the threat of avian flu in the Pacific region is as serious as ever.
Members of the WHO's western Pacific region are currently in South Korea to discuss ways to combat bird flu after reports that many countries do not have the minimum systems in place to deal with an outbreak.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Indonesia to start producing Tamiflu
Denpasar (ANTARA News) - Indonesia will start producing oseltamivir (tamiflu) pills in an adquate amount this year in anticipation of the possibility of a further spread of the bird flu virus.
Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Aburizal Bakrie said here on Tuesday the drug would be produced in an adequate quantity so the country no longer needed to import
Germany finds H5N1 in frozen duck meat
Sep 10, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – A government official in Bavaria said today there was a chance that some frozen duck meat contaminated with the H5N1 avian influenza virus made its way to consumers' tables, according to a German news agency.
Complacency on bird flu will be deadly - WHO
( Netscape.com )
September 11 2007 at 03:50AM
Jeju Island, South Korea - The World Health Organisation warned on Monday against complacency in the fight against bird flu, saying another human influenza pandemic is inevitable sooner or later.
Denpasar (ANTARA News) - Indonesia will start producing oseltamivir (tamiflu) pills in an adquate amount this year in anticipation of the possibility of a further spread of the bird flu virus.
Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Aburizal Bakrie said here on Tuesday the drug would be produced in an adequate quantity so the country no longer needed to import
Germany finds H5N1 in frozen duck meat
Sep 10, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – A government official in Bavaria said today there was a chance that some frozen duck meat contaminated with the H5N1 avian influenza virus made its way to consumers' tables, according to a German news agency.
Complacency on bird flu will be deadly - WHO
( Netscape.com )
September 11 2007 at 03:50AM
Jeju Island, South Korea - The World Health Organisation warned on Monday against complacency in the fight against bird flu, saying another human influenza pandemic is inevitable sooner or later.
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Newest Confirmed Bird flu in Riau Province
Jakarta, September 6, 2007 - Ministry of Health – A 33-year old man known as “GS”, from Hang Kampar District in Riau Province, Sumatra is infected with the H5N1 influenza virus, according to laboratory tests conducted in Jakarta. Overall, Indonesia has now recorded 106 confirmed human H5N1 cases and 84 fatalities.
Bird flu continues to spread in Germany
( People's Daily Online )
+ - 10:44, September 08, 2007
Bird flu continues to spread in Germany after authorities identified new cases in two more duck farms, local reports said Friday.
Indonesia dismisses human transmission on bird flu
www.chinaview.cn 2007-09-03 19:37:16
JAKARTA, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia confirmed that there has been no human-to-human transmission of avian influenza virus in the country, Health Minister Siti Fadilah Syupari said here Monday.
Jakarta, September 6, 2007 - Ministry of Health – A 33-year old man known as “GS”, from Hang Kampar District in Riau Province, Sumatra is infected with the H5N1 influenza virus, according to laboratory tests conducted in Jakarta. Overall, Indonesia has now recorded 106 confirmed human H5N1 cases and 84 fatalities.
Bird flu continues to spread in Germany
( People's Daily Online )
+ - 10:44, September 08, 2007
Bird flu continues to spread in Germany after authorities identified new cases in two more duck farms, local reports said Friday.
Indonesia dismisses human transmission on bird flu
www.chinaview.cn 2007-09-03 19:37:16
JAKARTA, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia confirmed that there has been no human-to-human transmission of avian influenza virus in the country, Health Minister Siti Fadilah Syupari said here Monday.
Monday, September 3, 2007
Warning of new bird flu danger
( THE AGE )
August 31,2007
BIRD flu has spread between several humans, according to a new study of deaths in Indonesia last year.
WHO confirms 5 Vietnam H5N1 cases, lists lab test criteria
Lisa Schnirring Staff Writer
Aug 31, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) today recognized five human H5N1 influenza cases from Vietnam dating back to late May, after publishing formal criteria for accepting positive test results for H5 flu viruses from national laboratories.
New poultry scare
Migrant birds have tested positive for the H7 strain of bird flu, reports Reem Leila
( AL- AHRAM )
The H7 strain of the bird flu virus has been detected in Egypt for the first time. Nine migrant birds, all of them ducks, tested positive for the virus when 6,432 samples were taken from the approximately one million birds that annually migrate over Al-Manzalah Lake in the Sharqiya governorate from central and eastern Europe. The recently identified H7 strain is thought to pose little risk, certainly in comparison with the virulent H5N1 strain of the virus.
( THE AGE )
August 31,2007
BIRD flu has spread between several humans, according to a new study of deaths in Indonesia last year.
WHO confirms 5 Vietnam H5N1 cases, lists lab test criteria
Lisa Schnirring Staff Writer
Aug 31, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) today recognized five human H5N1 influenza cases from Vietnam dating back to late May, after publishing formal criteria for accepting positive test results for H5 flu viruses from national laboratories.
New poultry scare
Migrant birds have tested positive for the H7 strain of bird flu, reports Reem Leila
( AL- AHRAM )
The H7 strain of the bird flu virus has been detected in Egypt for the first time. Nine migrant birds, all of them ducks, tested positive for the virus when 6,432 samples were taken from the approximately one million birds that annually migrate over Al-Manzalah Lake in the Sharqiya governorate from central and eastern Europe. The recently identified H7 strain is thought to pose little risk, certainly in comparison with the virulent H5N1 strain of the virus.
Friday, August 24, 2007
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
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
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Friday, August 17, 2007
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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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.
More...
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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Tuesday, August 14, 2007
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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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.
More...
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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Wednesday, August 8, 2007
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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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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