SUDAN - Dust storm in Khartoum [not bf]

[Theresa42]

Not bf, but whoa! (Wasn't there something in Barry's book -- or somewhere else -- about dust storms in Kansas and the start of the 1918 pandemic?)

Duststorm approaching Khartoum yesterday:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=452050&in_page_id=1770

 

[gsgs]

Re: SUDAN - Dust storm in Khartoum [not bf]

dust storm in Qinghai is supposed to have contributed
to the Qinghai-lake outbreak

 

[Sally Furniss]

Re: SUDAN - Dust storm in Khartoum [not bf]

How can a dust storm contribute to an out break?

 

[gsgs]

Re: SUDAN - Dust storm in Khartoum [not bf]

possible reasons:

bird migration
bird immunity weakens
bird habits change
bird nutrition changes
virus travels on sandcorns , dried bird-feces , airborne (?)


http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16644

> Dust storms, like those that struck near China's Lake Qinghai
> around May 4, 2005, exacerbated the spread of this HPAI H5N1 virus,
> causing the deaths of a record number of wild birds and triggering
> the subsequent spread of H5N1

 

[vinny]

Re: SUDAN - Dust storm in Khartoum [not bf]

how far could the virus be carried by this dust storm and still be a viable virus.....?

 

[gsgs]

Re: SUDAN - Dust storm in Khartoum [not bf]

I don't know.
But which birds are most likely to get H5N1 from sand ?
Some filter the sand for worms, AFAIK.
What about bar-headed geese ?

Maybe, when 2 viruses meet on a sandcorn,
they can reassort or recombine ?
I never heard this ... but what do I know ?

 

[Sally Furniss]

Re: SUDAN - Dust storm in Khartoum [not bf]

The article is about possible stress placed on migratory birds by changes in the weather such as a sandstorm or a sudden temperature drop.