U.S. CDC funds work on rapid tests for avian flu
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 6, 2006 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded four contracts worth $11.4 million in an effort to develop a 30-minute test for H5N1 avian influenza.
The CDC said it awarded the funds ... New AIV sequences uploaded to GenBank from the past week
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 1, 2006 from GenBank (via http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=Pager&DB=n)
Influenza A virus (A/Vietnam/PEV16T/2005(H5N1)) polymerase basic protein subunit 2 (PB2) gene, complete cds
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Influenza A virus (A/chicken/Burkina ... WHO: Avian influenza-situation in Indonesia-update 38
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 30, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_11_29/en/print.html)
29 November 2006
The Ministry of Health in Indonesia has confirmed the country's 57th death from H5N1 avian influenza. The 35-year-old female, whose infection was announced on 13 November, died early ... Indonesia: 35 year-old woman dies of bird flu, toll of 57
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 29, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
A 35-year-old Indonesian woman has died of bird flu, taking the country's human death toll from the virus to 57, a health ministry official said on Tuesday.
The woman from West Java had been undergoing ... S.Korea confirms second H5N1 bird flu case
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 29, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
South Korea on Tuesday confirmed a second outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu at a poultry farm, after confirming over the weekend it had its first outbreak in three years of the strain that can kill ... OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Republic of Korea (diagnosis confirmation)
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 29, 2006 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int)
(Date of previous outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Republic of Korea reported to the OIE: 2004).
Information received on 26 November 2006 from Dr Chang-Seob Kim, Chief Veterinary Officer, ... S.Korea: confirms bird flu of H5N1 strain
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 25, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Saturday a poultry farm was hit by bird flu, saying it found the H5N1 strain of avian influenza in the country's first outbreak in three years of the virus that is ... CIDRAP: Reports show difficulty of diagnosing H5N1 cases
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 23, 2006 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
Nov 22, 2006 (CIDRAP News) – Two new reports on human cases of H5N1 avian influenza that occurred in Turkey and Indonesia last year show that the illness proved difficult to diagnose, with many tests yielding ... Greece finds bird flu virus in wild duck
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 18, 2006 from Reuters (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061117/hl_afp/healthflugreece)
Greece said it found bird flu in a wild duck shot by a hunter, adding that more tests were underway to establish whether the virus was the strain that can kill humans.
The H5 virus, most of whose sub-types ... Scientists identify key mutations in bird flu virus
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 16, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
Scientists have discovered two spots on the H5N1 bird flu virus which would need to mutate for the virus to infect people more easily.
H5N1 is largely a disease in animals because it has surface proteins ... Tamiflu to carry new caution in U.S.
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 15, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/News/GlobalCoverage.aspx?type=globa)
Roche AG´s influenza drug Tamiflu will come with a new caution urging close monitoring of patients for abnormal behavior such as delirium and self-injury, U.S. regulators said on Monday.
Officials felt ... WHO: Avian influenza-situation in Indonesia-update 37
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 13, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_11_13/en/print.html)
13 November 2006
The Ministry of Health in Indonesia has confirmed an additional two cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus.
The first newly-confirmed case is a 35-year-old female ... Indonesian toddler dies of bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 13, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
A 2-1/2-year-old Indonesian boy has died of bird flu, taking the country's human death toll from the virus to 56, a health ministry official said on Monday.
The toddler from Karawang regency in West ... Dr Margaret Chan to be WHO´s next Director-General
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 10, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2006/pr66/en/in)
9 NOVEMBER 2006 | GENEVA -- Dr Margaret Chan of China will be the next Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO). After her appointment, she told the World Health Assembly she wanted to be ... Dr Margaret Chan nominated to be WHO Director-General
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 9, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2006/pr65/en/in)
NOVEMBER 2006 | GENEVA -- Dr Margaret Chan of China was nominated today by the Executive Board of the World Health Organization for the post of Director-General. The Director-General is WHO's chief ... Chinese scientists identify deadly gene in H5N1
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 7, 2006 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HKG277591.htm)
Chinese scientists have identified a gene in the H5N1 bird flu virus which they say is responsible for its virulence in poultry, opening the way for new vaccines.
There are many different strains of ... ProMED Mail: Avian Influenza, Italy-clarification
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 6, 2006 from ProMED Mail (via http://www.promedmail.org)
The low-pathogenic H5 strain detected in Italy was obtained as a result of surveillance efforts from a premise rearing primarily waterfowl, a small number of galliform birds and one psittacine. In detail, ... Influenza research at the human and animal interface-Report of a WHO working group
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 3, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/influenza/WHO_)
Contents- Introduction- Executive summary- Detection and diagnosis of human H5N1 infections- Protecting humans: vaccines and antiviral drugs- Surveillance in birds and other animals: assessing the coming ... Italy: bird flu in wild ducks near Grosseto
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 2, 2006 from AGI on line (via http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200611011242-1068-RT1-)
After the discovery of avian influenza yesterday in the Grosseto area, hundreds of animals will be put down. Late yesterday evening, the Health Ministry asked the National Avian Influenza Centre for its ... Egypt: Seventh Egyptian dies of bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 31, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
An Egyptian woman died of bird flu on Monday, bringing the total number of human deaths in Egypt to seven, the state news agency MENA said.
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