Bird Flu Finds Children's Lungs Faster
ScienceDaily (Oct. 27, 2007) — New findings, reported in the journal Respiratory Research, about how the virus binds to the respiratory tract and lung suggest children may be particularly susceptible to avian influenza,.
Bird flu hits central Vietnam
Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:50:43
( Press TV )
Bird flu kills hundreds of ducks in Vietnam
Bird flu has killed nearly 300 ducklings in central Vietnam, the second outbreak found in the Southeast Asian country this month.
Bird Flu Claims Its\' 89th Death in Indonesia
( KOMNAS FBPI )
Jakarta, October 24, 2007 - Bird Flu Command Post - Bird Flu claims another victim in Banten Province. DA, a 5-year old girl from Tangerang District, Banten Province died on Monday October 22, 2007. A laboratory test results from the Ministry of Health's Research and Development Center dated October 21, 2007 confirmed that DA is positively infected by the H5N1 virus.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
US gives additional US$38 million to help UN agency fight bird flu
( PR-inside.com )
ROME (AP) - The United States will contribute an additional US$38 million (¤26.76 million) to a U.N. program that works to control and prevent the spread of bird flu in animals worldwide, the U.N. food agency that runs the program said Wednesday.
With the new funds provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. support
for the program will total US$63 million (¤44.37 million), the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization said.
Bird Flu claims its' 88thdeath in Indonesia
( KOMNAS FBPI )
Jakarta, October 14, 2007 - Bird Flu Information Center - Bird Flu claims another victim in Indonesia. IR, a 12-year old boy from Tangerang District, Banten province died on Saturday October 13, 2007.
A laboratory test results from the Ministry of Health's Research and Development Center dated October 10, 2007 confirmed that IR is positively infected by the H5N1 virus.
INDONESIA BIRD FLU DEATH TOLLS UP TO 87
Jakarta, October 9, 2007 - Ministry of Health -
Test results from the Health Research and Development Center of the Ministry of Health confirmed that LT, a 44-year old woman from Pekanbaru in Riau Province, Sumatra is infected with the H5N1 influenza virus. Overall, Indonesia has now recorded 108 confirmed human H5N1 cases and 87 fatalities. The case fatality rate now stands at 80.55%. Up to today, Riau Province has recorded 5 bird flu positive cases with 4 fatalities.
( PR-inside.com )
ROME (AP) - The United States will contribute an additional US$38 million (¤26.76 million) to a U.N. program that works to control and prevent the spread of bird flu in animals worldwide, the U.N. food agency that runs the program said Wednesday.
With the new funds provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. support
for the program will total US$63 million (¤44.37 million), the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization said.
Bird Flu claims its' 88thdeath in Indonesia
( KOMNAS FBPI )
Jakarta, October 14, 2007 - Bird Flu Information Center - Bird Flu claims another victim in Indonesia. IR, a 12-year old boy from Tangerang District, Banten province died on Saturday October 13, 2007.
A laboratory test results from the Ministry of Health's Research and Development Center dated October 10, 2007 confirmed that IR is positively infected by the H5N1 virus.
INDONESIA BIRD FLU DEATH TOLLS UP TO 87
Jakarta, October 9, 2007 - Ministry of Health -
Test results from the Health Research and Development Center of the Ministry of Health confirmed that LT, a 44-year old woman from Pekanbaru in Riau Province, Sumatra is infected with the H5N1 influenza virus. Overall, Indonesia has now recorded 108 confirmed human H5N1 cases and 87 fatalities. The case fatality rate now stands at 80.55%. Up to today, Riau Province has recorded 5 bird flu positive cases with 4 fatalities.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Bird flu returns to Vietnam
( Digital Journal )
After months of no reported cases of avian influenza, ducks in Vietnam's Mekong Delta have tested positive for the virus, a local official said Thursday.
Fears of Indonesian human bird flu cluster recede
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Tests on Indonesian villagers suspected of being a cluster of human bird flu cases were negative for the feared virus, a health ministry official said Wednesday.
"Their results were all negative," said Momo, a Bird Flu Information Centre official, after tests on five people in Telaga Tujuh village, North Sumatra.
Eight suspected bird flu patients admitted to hospital in Medan
Medan, North Sumatra (ANTARA News) - Some eight suspected bird flu patients were admitted to Adam Malik Hospital in the North Sumatran city of Medan on Sunday night, a hospital spokesman said on Monday.
The spokesman, M Nur Rasyid Lubis, said the condition of six of the patients has begun to improve while that of the two others, a pregnant women and a three-year old toddler, remained serious.
"The condition of the two other patients is still worrisome," Nur Rasyid said.
( Digital Journal )
After months of no reported cases of avian influenza, ducks in Vietnam's Mekong Delta have tested positive for the virus, a local official said Thursday.
Fears of Indonesian human bird flu cluster recede
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Tests on Indonesian villagers suspected of being a cluster of human bird flu cases were negative for the feared virus, a health ministry official said Wednesday.
"Their results were all negative," said Momo, a Bird Flu Information Centre official, after tests on five people in Telaga Tujuh village, North Sumatra.
Eight suspected bird flu patients admitted to hospital in Medan
Medan, North Sumatra (ANTARA News) - Some eight suspected bird flu patients were admitted to Adam Malik Hospital in the North Sumatran city of Medan on Sunday night, a hospital spokesman said on Monday.
The spokesman, M Nur Rasyid Lubis, said the condition of six of the patients has begun to improve while that of the two others, a pregnant women and a three-year old toddler, remained serious.
"The condition of the two other patients is still worrisome," Nur Rasyid said.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
H5N1 mutation that could help spark pandemic identified
Oct 5, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – An international research team led by the University of Wisconsin at Madison (UW-Madison) has identified a key mutation that would arm the H5N1 avian influenza virus with one of the tools it needs to more easily infect and spread among humans.
(Bird flu on Saskatchewan farm results in culling of 50,000 chickens
( News Medical.Net )
Disease/Infection News
Published: Thursday, 4-Oct-2007
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says chickens infected with a highly pathogenic H7N3 strain of avian influenza on a farm in Saskatchewan have all been destroyed.
Oct 5, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – An international research team led by the University of Wisconsin at Madison (UW-Madison) has identified a key mutation that would arm the H5N1 avian influenza virus with one of the tools it needs to more easily infect and spread among humans.
(Bird flu on Saskatchewan farm results in culling of 50,000 chickens
( News Medical.Net )
Disease/Infection News
Published: Thursday, 4-Oct-2007
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says chickens infected with a highly pathogenic H7N3 strain of avian influenza on a farm in Saskatchewan have all been destroyed.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
AR, Newest Bird Flu Fatality in Jakarta
( KOMNAS FBPI )
Jakarta, October 1, 2007 - Ministry of Health - Test results from the Health Research and Development Center of the Ministry of Health confirmed that a 21-year old man, known as "AR" from Cengkareng area in West Jakarta, is the most recent confirmed H5N1 case in Indonesia. Overall, Indonesia has now recorded 107 confirmed human H5N1 cases with 86 fatalities.
Bird flu outbreak reported in Russia
( Sciense Daily )
MOSCOW, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Hundreds of thousands of birds at a poultry farm in Russia's southern Krasnodar Terroritory are being destroyed following an outbreak of bird flu.
50,000 birds to be euthanized by gas
50,000 birds to be eythnized by gas
( Canada.com )
Angela Hall, The Leader-Post
Published: Friday, September 28, 2007
The strain of avian influenza detected at a Regina Beach-area commercial operation is deadly to domestic poultry, but generally isn't a risk to humans, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says.
( KOMNAS FBPI )
Jakarta, October 1, 2007 - Ministry of Health - Test results from the Health Research and Development Center of the Ministry of Health confirmed that a 21-year old man, known as "AR" from Cengkareng area in West Jakarta, is the most recent confirmed H5N1 case in Indonesia. Overall, Indonesia has now recorded 107 confirmed human H5N1 cases with 86 fatalities.
Bird flu outbreak reported in Russia
( Sciense Daily )
MOSCOW, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Hundreds of thousands of birds at a poultry farm in Russia's southern Krasnodar Terroritory are being destroyed following an outbreak of bird flu.
50,000 birds to be euthanized by gas
50,000 birds to be eythnized by gas
( Canada.com )
Angela Hall, The Leader-Post
Published: Friday, September 28, 2007
The strain of avian influenza detected at a Regina Beach-area commercial operation is deadly to domestic poultry, but generally isn't a risk to humans, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
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.
( 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.
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.
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