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Egypt - "There is a case, 37-years old, from Fayoum. She has been transferred to Abbasiya (hospital) in good condition," said Hassan el-Bushra, regional adviser for communicable diseases surveillance for the World Health Organisation. Theresa42, Christian, Niman http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16520
Egypt - An official report revealed the rise of number of suspected human cases by the bird flu virus until Monday to about 2300 persons, and the conditions that have been isolated in the different hospitals in 25 governorates. Theresa42 http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...4826#post64826
Chickens, Indonesia - Avian Flu in poultry spreading through the Indonesian Islands, report from Jayapura, the capital of Irian Yaya (a.k.a. West Papua, Irian Barat, New Guinea) Treyfish, Dutchy http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...4813#post64813
The entire Latin America region needs to take preventive measures to prepare for what promises to be a “difficult year” for dengue fever following an outbreak of the mosquito-borne infection in Paraguay. Snowy Owl http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16513
Deadly H5N1 virus does not only attack the lungs as previously thought, but also the nose and throat, shedding new light on how the virus can attack other parts of the body. Snowy Owl http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16509
The United Nations health agency urged local and international media today to boost coverage of bird flu and avoid misleading information about the disease. Snowy Owl http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16508
The Philippines opened a New Zealand-funded laboratory to help detect bird flu on Tuesday, as officials allayed fears that a migratory egret that died last week was infected. Snowy Owl http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16505
Egyptian Minister of Health Hatem el- Gabali on Tuesday called for international coordination to deal with any potential bird flu pandemic, the official MENA news agency reported. Hippocampus http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16503
Cats can become infected with the highly lethal H5N1 avian influenza virus, but at present there is no scientific evidence to suggest that there has been sustained transmission of the virus in cats or from cats to humans, FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) said in a statement today. Hippocampus http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16501
When it comes to emergency preparedness, many public health workers may not be practicing what they preach, according to an informal survey conducted by APHA. Hippocampus http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16524
Could some people have a little immunity to the H5N1 bird flu virus? One study in mice published on Monday suggests it is, in theory, possible. Mellie, Gsgs, ScottMcPherson http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16475
Neuraminidase Antibodies Afford Partial Protection against H5N1 in Mice and Are Present in Unexposed Humans. Gänseerpel http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16522<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o>
Stress - Like to kick back for an afternoon siesta? Good news: a new study shows that regular napping may cut your risk of dying from a heart attack or other heart problems. Hippocampus http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16498
Traditional Medicine:
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revised the label warnings on the antibiotic Ketek, to improve safe use by patients. Ketek is the brand name of Telithromycin. Hippocampus http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16495
Noroviruses (genus Norovirus, family Caliciviridae) are a group of related, single-stranded RNA, nonenveloped viruses that cause acute gastroenteritis in humans. Hippocampus http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16525
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Initial results from samples taken from domestic fowl from the village of Akcayir in the Silvan district (Turkey) of the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakir have tested positive for avian influenza. AlaskaDenise http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...32&postcount=3
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<st1:country-region><st1lace>Azerbaijan</st1lace></st1:country-region> - PCR equipment & mobile lab to <st1:country-region><st1lace>Azerbaijan</st1lace></st1:country-region>. Theresa42 http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16541<o></o>
United Nations Children's Fund ( UNICEF) representative for <st1lace>Central Java</st1lace> and <st1lace>Yogyakarta</st1lace> provinces of <st1:country-region><st1lace>Indonesia</st1lace></st1:country-region>, I Made Sutama, said the organization was raising USD 3.5 million worth of fund to help <st1:country-region><st1lace>Indonesia</st1lace></st1:country-region> preclude the spread of bird flu viruson Wednesday. AnneZ http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16545 <o></o>
the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is holding a series of high-level seminars in <st1lace>Europe</st1lace> and <st1lace>Central Asia</st1lace> over the next month that will stress the importance of working with the media in getting the right preventive message out to the public. AnneZ http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16546 <o></o>
Bulacan’s (Phillipines) provincial veterinarian disclosed yesterday that a massive bird flu simulation drill will be conducted within the year to test the preparedness of all sectors, including the newly inaugurated Regional Avian Influenza Diagnostic Laboratory (RAIDL) in Pampanga. AnneZ http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16547 <o></o>
<st1:country-region><st1lace>Vietnam</st1lace></st1:country-region>'s government will lift a ban on the hatching of ducks and geese because recent outbreaks of bird flu did not involve vaccinated waterfowl, an official said Wednesday. AnneZ http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16548
The Veterinary Department of Thessaloniki Prefecture in northern <st1:country-region><st1lace>Greece </st1lace></st1:country-region>on Tuesday advised the owners of homebred poultry to take advance precautions to prevent the spread of the bird flu, following reports of avian flu incidents in <st1:country-region><st1lace>Hungary</st1lace></st1:country-region>, the <st1:country-region><st1lace>United Kingdom</st1lace></st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region><st1lace>Turkey</st1lace></st1:country-region>. AnneZ http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16573 <o></o>
The highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu), caused by the dreaded H5N1 virus, is inching closer to <st1:country-region><st1lace>India</st1lace></st1:country-region>’s borders. Confirmed cases of bird flu have been reported from <st1:City><st1lace>Islamabad</st1lace></st1:City>, <st1:City><st1lace>Rawalpindi</st1lace></st1:City> and Mansehra in <st1:country-region><st1lace>Pakistan</st1lace></st1:country-region>. Tika http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16582
Nigeria has recorded, alarmingly, its first case of a human victim of bird flu. The victim, a 22-year-old woman, was a resident of Lagos and died on January 17, according to the Minister of Information, Mr. Frank Nweke Jr. Snowy Owl http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...5061#post65061
Last week with Jakarta under water several Franciscan Missionaries of Mary took off their religious habits, put on life jackets and jumped in to the rescue of children and adults. Snowy Owl http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16609
The outbreak and subsequent spread of the Rift Valley Fever has exposed the alarming lack of preparedeness and anticipation in the face of disease outbreak. Snowy Owl http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16605
Dave Hackenburg was the first to notice it - a mystery disease that's killed half the nation's bees. Snowy Owl, Sharpe, Ruthbeme, JetStubby, Thornton, Prepdeb, Hawkeye, Hippocampus, AnneZ, LMonty. http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16264
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<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1:country-region><st1lace>Indonesia</st1lace></st1:country-region> - The patient who afterwards was known was named Pungki, 28, that lived in the Village Randu Alas the <st1lace><st1laceName>Kare</st1laceName><st1laceType>Subdistrict</st1laceType></st1lace>, the Madiun Regency. According to the data, the curry Subdistrict, the area that close to the man's residence, positive dirtiest the bird flu virus.Dutchy http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=65237#post65237 <o></o>
<st1:country-region><st1lace>Turkey</st1lace></st1:country-region> - A 27-year-old man was admitted to hospital in the central <st1lace><st1laceType>province</st1laceType> of <st1laceName>Konya</st1laceName></st1lace> late Thursday after coming into contact with wild ducks and falling sick, the doctor treating him told the <st1lace>Anatolia</st1lace> news agency Friday. Oric http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16686 <o></o>
<st1:country-region><st1lace>Egypt</st1lace></st1:country-region> - A 37-year-old Egyptian woman who tested positive for the bird flu virus has died in hospital, bringing the number of deaths from the disease in <st1:country-region><st1lace>Egypt</st1lace></st1:country-region> to 13, a government health official said on Friday. Niman http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16691<o></o>
<st1:country-region><st1lace>Turkey</st1lace></st1:country-region> - Kocalar and Akoba villages in <st1:City><st1lace>Diyarbakir</st1lace></st1:City>'s Bismil district have also been placed under quarantine after testing + for BF. 340 birds culled. Zkurmus http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16699
Indonesia - Residents of the Dok IX area in Jayapura voluntarily culled 56 fowls and one bird Thursday, after seven chickens believed to be infected with bird flu died suddenly. AlaskaDenise http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=65211#post65211 <o></o><o></o>
Rats, Japan - Scientists suspect rats spread the recent outbreaks of avian flu at four farms in Miyazaki and Okayama prefectures after the H5N1 virus strain was brought over by migratory birds from China. Brendi, Theresa42, AlaskaDenise http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=65248&posted=1#post65248 <o></o>
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Tests on nearly 75 000 wild ducks, gulls and other birds have turned up no sign of dangerous H5N1 avian influenza in the United States, a federal agency said on Thursday. Mingus http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16659 <o></o>
American and Indonesian personnel at U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2 (Namru-2) here aim to help protect <st1:country-region><st1lace>U.S.</st1lace></st1:country-region> servicemembers deployed in tropical regions. AlaskaDenise. http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16678 <o></o>
Millions more South Asians will suffer from diseases like malaria and cholera, or go hungry due to global warming, but governments are not fully aware of the dangers, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. AlaskaDenise http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16679 <o></o>
A secondary problem has developed from the bird markets: they have become a potential source of bird flu and other diseases transmittable from animals to humans and vice versa. AlaskaDenise http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16684
A seasonal dengue fever outbreak in <st1:country-region><st1lace>Indonesia</st1lace></st1:country-region> has killed at least 307 people and sickened more than 20,000 others this year, health officials and local media reports said yesterday. Snowy Owl http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16384 <o></o>
The state veterinary service of <st1:country-region><st1lace>Azerbaijan</st1lace></st1:country-region> refutes information about the fact that the birds, that be killwas [killed/died] in the village fear the Neftchalinskeyeo region, they were infected by "bird influenza". Theresa42 http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16687<o></o>
<st1:country-region><st1lace>Vietnam</st1lace></st1:country-region> is likely to lift a ban on hatching waterfowl in March if no more bird flu outbreaks are detected, local media reported Wednesday. Nguyen Anh http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16690 <o></o>
Alexander Capron, former director of Ethics, Trade, Human Rights and Health Law at the World Health Organization, will tackle the ethical challenges of preparing for a flu pandemic at a <st1lace><st1laceType>University</st1laceType> of <st1laceName>South Carolina</st1laceName></st1lace> lecture. Hippocampus http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16693<o></o>
<st1:country-region><st1lace>Indonesia</st1lace></st1:country-region> will not share bird flu samples with the World Health Organization until the U.N. body agrees to stop providing the strains to commercial vaccine makers without its permission, the health minister said Thursday. Snowy Owl http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16692 <o></o>
Empirical Evidence for the Effect of Airline Travel on Inter-Regional Influenza Spread in the <st1:country-region><st1lace>United States</st1lace></st1:country-region>. Mingus http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16653 <o></o>
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<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1:country-region><st1lace>Indonesia</st1lace></st1:country-region> – <st1lace>Sumatra</st1lace> A Child in Payakumbuh was expected by Bird Flu Dutchy http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=65967&postcount=43<o></o>
<st1:country-region><st1lace>Egypt</st1lace></st1:country-region> - One new sus case in Al Gharbiyah (+ one we've already heard about). Also, a neg reported from Al Gharbiyah. Total number of sus cases to date in Al Gharbiyah now 300. Theresa42 http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=65900#post65900 <o></o>
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Chickens, <st1:country-region><st1lace>Russia</st1lace></st1:country-region> – <st1:City><st1lace>Moscow</st1lace></st1:City> area - In the <st1:City><st1lace>Moscow</st1lace></st1:City> area is discovered sequential, already eighth, the focus of "bird influenza". On this reported RBK in the Ministry of Agriculture of <st1:City><st1lace>Moscow</st1lace></st1:City> region. The loss of 75 hens was fixed in the particular auxiliary of economy. Virus H5N1 in the <st1:City><st1lace>Moscow</st1lace></st1:City> area continues to be extended. The new centers of the infection of poultry by the virus of "bird influenza" are revealed on particular podvor'yakh of village Solodovo of Volokolamsk region, in the territory of the populated area the Ershovskiye dachas of the Odintsovskeyeo region and on particular podvor'e in the Moscow city Ramenskoye. Theresa42, Niman, Sharpe, Colormyquilt http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=65949#post65949<o></o>
Wild Birds, <st1:country-region><st1lace>Russia</st1lace></st1:country-region> – Caucusus. Antibodies to the bird flu virus H5 have been discovered in samples of wild birds in Kalmykia. Sharpe http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16867 <o></o>
Chickens, <st1:country-region><st1lace>India</st1lace></st1:country-region> - Belgachhia. The deadly H5N1 avian flu virus has been detected in the serum of about 12 samples of chicks in the blood test conducted at the Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (RDDL) at Belgachhia in the city last week. Sharpe, Niman, Laidback Al http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16820 <o></o>
Four peacocks & a goose, Pakistan. have died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the only zoo in the Pakistani capital, <st1:City><st1lace>Islamabad</st1lace></st1:City>, an Agriculture Ministry official said on Tuesday. Hawkeye http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=65947#post65947 <o></o>
Chickens, <st1:country-region><st1lace>Laos</st1lace></st1:country-region> - Landlocked <st1:country-region><st1lace>Laos</st1lace></st1:country-region> has reported its first case of the H5N1 bird flu virus in seven months, found on a chicken farm near <st1:City><st1lace>Vientiane</st1lace></st1:City>, a senior official said on Tuesday. Sharpe http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16868 <o></o>
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The <st1:country-region><st1lace>UK</st1lace></st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region><st1lace>Hungary</st1lace></st1:country-region> have been feuding over the source of the British contamination, which led to the destruction of 160,000 turkeys in <st1:country-region><st1lace>Britain</st1lace></st1:country-region>. Hawkeye http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16875 <o></o>
"It's possible that small rodents, such as rats, carried the virus into the chicken coops," said Toshihiro Ito, a professor of veterinary microbiology at <st1lace><st1laceName>Tottori</st1laceName><st1laceType>University</st1laceType></st1lace> who chairs the team of specialists. He said the rats were likely infected by the wild birds from <st1:country-region><st1lace>China</st1lace></st1:country-region>. Hawkeye http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16874 <o></o>
The Belarus Ministry of Agriculture on Monday approved a set of measures to protect the country from the bird flu epidemic, coming in from <st1:City><st1lace>Moscow</st1lace></st1:City>. The Russian sanitary authorities confirmed on Sunday that five districts across the <st1:City><st1lace>Moscow</st1lace></st1:City> region were affected by the virus and put on the two-week quarantine. Hawkeye http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16871 <o></o>
Stephanie Childs, a spokeswoman for Omaha-based ConAgra Foods Inc., said a company task force was formed more than a year ago to develop an operating plan in the event of a national disaster. The plan specifically addresses bird flu, examines areas that could be affected and how the company could respond, she said. Laidback Al http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=65965&postcount=7 <o></o>
Restrictions brought in to deal with the outbreak of bird flu at a Bernard Matthews farm will have to stay in place for at least another three weeks, it emerged yesterday. Hawkeye http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16877 <o></o>
Auction mart bosses are celebrating after the ban on bird sales imposed following the avian flu outbreak in <st1:City><st1lace>Suffolk</st1lace></st1:City> was lifted. Hawkeye http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16876 <o></o>
Poultry experts (<st1:country-region><st1lace>India</st1lace></st1:country-region>) feel that the threat of recurrence of the dreaded bird flu is not yet over though it is too late to take any preventive action now. Snowy Owl, Tika http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16582 <o></o>
World temperatures in January were the highest ever recorded for that month of the year, <st1:country-region><st1lace>US</st1lace></st1:country-region> government scientists said Friday. Snowy Owl http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16853 <o></o>
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Poultry, Afganistan - Afghan authorities were culling poultry after an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in chicken in an eastern Afghan city, a U.N. official said Wednesday. http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16984<o></o>
Pests?, <st1:country-region><st1lace>Russia</st1lace></st1:country-region> - Bird flu pestholes registered in two villages of the <st1lace><st1laceType>Republic</st1laceType> of <st1laceName>Adugeya</st1laceName></st1lace>. The villages Ulyap and Jambechiy are located in Krasnogvardeysky District of the republic. Treyfish, Theresa42 http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16955<o></o>
<st1lace><st1:City>Poultry</st1:City>, <st1:country-region>Russia</st1:country-region></st1lace> - Russian authorities suspect bird flu cases that have emerged in recent days have spread further following poultry deaths in the nearby region of <st1:City><st1lace>Kaluga</st1lace></st1:City>, the state veterinary service said Wednesday. Kissa-kala, Theresa42 http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16981<o></o>
The head of family and community health in the Ministry, Dr. Zemuy Alemu, noted that extreme precaution measures need to be taken as the birds migrate to <st1:country-region><st1lace>Eritrea</st1lace></st1:country-region> from mid-September to mid-November. He further indicated that the bird flu can also be dangerous to humans and that once that is the case it could be difficult to control. He added that the case has not yet been witnessed in <st1:country-region><st1lace>Eritrea</st1lace></st1:country-region> but in case it does so all concerned bodies should be informed on time. Niko http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16901 <o></o>
The Embassy of the <st1:country-region><st1lace>United States</st1lace></st1:country-region> offered to the Togolese authorities, of the equipment of taking away and decontamination of avian flu. Offered by the Medical department of the durable Office of Development of the Agency of the <st1:country-region><st1lace>United States</st1lace></st1:country-region> for the international Development (USAID), this material was given to the persons in charge for the ministry for the Breeding and agriculture. AnneZ http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16903 <o></o>
Several of the nation's top experts in pandemic, bioterrorism, and disaster readiness will be on hand at the premier annual gathering of preventive medicine and public health leaders to discuss public health preparedness and response efforts at the national, state, and local levels. Snowy Owl http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16945<o></o>
During the last three months, the OIE provided African countries with a total of 18,000,000 doses of AI vaccines protecting adult poultry against H5N1 Avian influenza strain, in conformity with its quality standards on vaccines. . Vaccine was delivered to <st1:country-region><st1lace>Egypt</st1lace></st1:country-region> (14 million doses), <st1:country-region><st1lace>Mali</st1lace></st1:country-region> (1 million), <st1:country-region><st1lace>Mauritania</st1lace></st1:country-region> (2 million) and <st1:country-region><st1lace>Senegal</st1lace></st1:country-region> (1 million). Snowy Owl http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16946 <o></o>
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<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1:country-region><st1lace>Russia</st1lace></st1:country-region> ? Bird flu suspect in <st1:City><st1lace>Moscow</st1lace></st1:City> showing no symptoms, discharged from hospital -- tests due back in a couple of days. Theresa42 http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16988 <o></o>
Chickens, <st1:country-region><st1lace>Russia</st1lace></st1:country-region> ? <st1:City><st1lace>Moscow</st1lace></st1:City> - Veterinary workers wearing masks and white protective suits carted off refuse and burned it Tuesday inside the quarantined section of the popular Bird Market as guards patrolled the perimeter. Theresa42 http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17031<o></o>
Chickens, <st1:country-region><st1lace>Laos</st1lace></st1:country-region> - The National Committee for the Control of Communicable Diseases yesterday held an emergency meeting on how to tackle bird flu in <st1:City><st1lace>Vientiane</st1lace></st1:City>. Dutchy http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16716 <o></o>
Chickens, <st1:country-region><st1lace>Nigeria</st1lace></st1:country-region> - <st1:country-region><st1lace>Nigeria</st1lace></st1:country-region>'s Mid-western Edo state has reported its first cases of bird flu, indicating the continuous spread of the disease in the country despite massive containment efforts by the federal government. Pugmom, Theresa42 http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16991 <o></o>
Gates talked about developing vaccines for the world's "top 20 diseases." HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C and malaria headed his list and he speculated the job could be done within "10 to 15 years." AlaskaDenise http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=67405#post67405<o></o>
Seven people have reportedly died following an alleged outbreak of flu and dysentery in remote Mobutasa village in Obura-Wonenara district, <st1lace>Eastern Highlands</st1lace> province, earlier this week.Dutchy http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11571 <o></o>
Three women in remote Mt. Bosavi and Walagu, in the Southern Highlands province [of Papua New Guinea (PNG)], have died after eating contaminated pork, while an estimated 1000 pigs are known to have died from an outbreak of an as yet unidentified disease. Nguyen Anh http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17040 <o></o>
Food security remains highly precarious for pastoral livelihoods in eastern districts as households grapple with income losses following the adverse impacts of the outbreak and subsequent spread of RiftValley Fever (RVF). Snowy Owl http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17039<o></o>
The European Union is at least two years away from being able to respond effectively to an influenza pandemic, which may be sparked by the H5N1 bird flu virus that recently infected poultry in <st1:country-region><st1lace>Hungary</st1lace></st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region><st1lace>England</st1lace></st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region><st1lace>Russia</st1lace></st1:country-region>. AlaskaDenise http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17028 <o></o>
<st1:country-region><st1lace>Malawi</st1lace></st1:country-region>, with the help of USAID, Launches Communications Campaign on Avian Flu Avian Influenza (AI) is increasingly being viewed as a significant threat by public health officials around the world. Niko http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17006 <o></o>
New research suggests that strep infections in children may increase involuntary movements and disruptive behaviors associated with some psychiatric disorders. Hippocampus http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17048 <o></o>
Probably a stupid question, but how do we tell when it's getting pandemic? Susie, Snowy Owl, WetDirt, Laidback Al, JJackson, Colormyquilt, Solarpanel, AmishCountry, Prepdeb, Gjs47, JohnW, AlaskaDenise. http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16978<o></o>
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<st1:country-region><st1lace>Turkey</st1lace></st1:country-region> - Two children hospitalized in <st1:country-region><st1lace>Turkey</st1lace></st1:country-region> on Bird Flu suspicion.Christian,CRH ? Land,Theresa42 http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17102<o></o>
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<st1:country-region><st1lace>Russia</st1lace></st1:country-region>, <st1:City><st1lace>Moscow</st1lace></st1:City> - In the village Udino of the Dmitrovskeyeo region of the <st1:City><st1lace>Moscow</st1lace></st1:City> area it is fixed the new case of the loss of poultry: Theresa42 http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=67323&postcount=3 <o></o>
A prolonged Salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter has expanded to 329 cases in 41 states, an increase of 41 cases since the outbreak was announced on Feb 14, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday. Snowy Owl http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17079<o></o>
The influenza season is peak travel time for Dr. Robert Webster, a St. Jude Children's <st1lace><st1laceName>Research</st1laceName><st1laceType>Hospital</st1laceType></st1lace> virologist and internationally-recognized flu authority. Snowy Owl http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17074<o></o>
<st1:country-region><st1lace>America</st1lace></st1:country-region> is not ready for the next big catastrophe, according to Stephen Flynn, a former Coast Guard commander. Flynn is concerned that <st1:State><st1lace>California</st1lace></st1:State>'s earthen levees won't hold in the event of an earthquake. Snowy Owl http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17072<o></o>
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Indonesia - Sumatra - Six patients who were treated in RS M. Djamil Padang was the Flora, pre-schoolers 11 months, Audina, 1, Danil, 5, Rahmad, 16, Gusrianti, 8, and Wenisa, pre-schoolers 10 months. Commonground, Richard McC http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...75&postcount=6
China - A woman farmer who was confirmed on Tuesday to be infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu is in a critical but stable condition in hospital. Nguyen Anh http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17385
Afganistan - The Food and Agriculture Organisation ruled out bird flu in two Afghans admitted to hospital in a province with the deadly virus, the United Nation said Wednesday. Christian, Theresa42 http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...78&postcount=3
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Chickens, Myanmar - With the detection of a new case of bird flu on Wednesday the Burmese government has had to slaughter over 1,500 chickens and ducks from farms in the suburbs of Rangoon. Nguyen Anh http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17457
Crows? & Sparrows?, Myanmar - Experts of the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department of Myanmar have assumed that the current outbreak of bird flu in Yangon might be due to the spread of H5N1 virus to chickens from native crows and sparrows. AnneZ http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17375
Ducks, Vietnam - Bird flu resurfaced in poultry in southern Vietnam, two weeks after veterinary officials declared the end of an outbreak there, highlighting the country's struggle to eradicate the lethal virus. AnneZ http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...0&postcount=14
News Reports:
Evidence is mounting that senior citizens and the elderly may not be the ones most in danger should there be an avian influenza pandemic, contrary to what many have predicted, according to a new report that looked at studies of the 1918 influenza pandemic. Snowy Owl http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17463
The detection of a fresh bird flu epidemic in Burma is causing anxiety to Indian traders and officials, who agreed on Thursday to increase items for trading with Burma in order to boost border trade between the two countries. Niko http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17478
Bird flu is on the march again across Asia as winter ends, but the battle against the killer virus is being hobbled by stark differences between the region’s diverse countries, health experts warn. Niko http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17474
NSW Premier Morris Iemma (Australia) today announced a new assault on bio-terrorism and the risk of an Avian flu or SARS pandemic with a $3.7 million special medical unit and $10 million to create a secret stockpile of protective equipment. Snowy Owl http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17462
A top Vietnamese veterinary official has denied attempts to conceal information about a bird flu outbreak in a northern province, saying the case was complicated and took time to confirm. Nguyen Anh http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17460
Arizona is better prepared than many other states to handle a pandemic flu outbreak, though it's impossible to be entirely prepared for the worst possible scenario, a state health official told lawmakers Wednesday. TheFluMaster http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17450
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