World Bank: Bird flu pandemic could cost $2 trln
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 17, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
A severe bird flu pandemic among humans could cost the global economy up to $2 trillion, the World Bank said on Sunday, sharply raising earlier estimates.
The comments came as a senior World Health Organization ... UK: Health Protection Agency Collaborates To Introduce A New Pandemic Flu Data System
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 17, 2006 from Medical News Today (via http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=52046)
Delegates attending the final day of the Health Protection Agency annual conference heard of a system the Agency has developed to improve the UK 's preparedness for a future influenza pandemic.Surveillance ... S.Korea says 5 more infected with bird flu 2003-04
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 16, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
Five more South Koreans were infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus about three years ago but none of them developed any serious illnesses, officials said on Friday after recently completed testing on old ... WHO: Avian influenza-situation in Indonesia-update 31
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 15, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_09_14/en/print.html)
14 September 2006
The Ministry of Health in Indonesia has confirmed two additional cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. These cases occurred in March and May 2006.
The first ... U.S.: USDA final tests confirm low-pathogenic H5N1 in Maryland
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 13, 2006 from USDA (via http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?conten)
The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Interior today announced final test results, which confirm that an H5N1 avian influenza virus detected in fecal samples collected last month from resident wild mallard ... Sudan: bird flu case confirmed in Juba
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 13, 2006 from New Vision (via http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/520450)
THERE is a confirmed outbreak of bird flu (Avian Influenza) in Juba, Southern Sudan, the Ministry of Health has announced. The chairperson, National Task Force on Bird Flu, Dr. Sam Okware, said yesterday ... Study showed H5N1 replicates more strongly than common flu
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 11, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
The H5N1 bird flu virus replicates far more aggressively in people than common human flu viruses, a study of patients in Vietnam has found, offering further insight as to why the virus is so deadly.
The ... Thailand: Avian Influenza surveillance in human, as at September 8, 2006
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 10, 2006 from MOPH,Thailand (via http://thaigcd.ddc.moph.go.th/AI_case_report_060908.html)
I. Avian Influenza in human situation 2006
Since January 1, 2006 to September 8, 2006, the Bureau of Epidemiology has received reports of influenza or pneumonia cases in Avian Influenza Surveillance ... WHO: Avian influenza-situation in Indonesia-update 30
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 9, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_09_08a/en/print.html)
September 2006
The Ministry of Health in Indonesia has confirmed a new case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case is a 14-year-old female from Makassar, South Sulawesi Province. ... China lifts embargo on bird flu-stricken area in Hunan
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 6, 2006 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/06/content_5057125)
Chinese authorities Wednesday lifted the embargo on Kaifu district of Changsha City, Hunan Province in central China, where H5N1 bird flu cases were confirmed in August.
There have been no new cases ... Indonesia to vaccinate 300 mln birds against H5N1
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 5, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
Indonesia plans to begin vaccinating about 300 million poultry next month against bird flu, an official said on Tuesday, amid criticism over the country's efforts to stamp out the disease.
Indonesia ... China setting down rules to share bird flu samples
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 5, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
China has not provided international health agencies with samples of bird flu viruses found in the country since 2004, but is putting in place procedures to do so, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Scientific ... Thailand: New round of bird flu inspections begins in September
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 5, 2006 from TNA (via http://etna.mcot.net/query.php?nid=24577)
The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives will commence a new round of bird flu inspections beginning this month until November to clean up poultry production sites and spray disinfectants in provinces ... Russia: avian influenza returns to the Omsk region
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 4, 2006 from Regions.ru (via http://www.regions.ru/news/2003347)
Avian influenza returns to the Omsk region
During the course of laboratory investigations H5N1 avian influenza virus was isolated from the carcasses of wild birds at 14 lakes in the Omsk region. [Map ... Egypt: new bird flu case in poultry reported
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 3, 2006 from AFP (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060903/hl_afp/healthfluegypt)
The H5N1 strain of bird flu has been reported in a domestic poultry farm in southern Egypt, the first time the highly pathogenic virus was detected in the country in months.
The new case was reported ... U.S.: CONFIRMATORY TESTS BEING CONDUCTED ON PENNSYLVANIA WILD BIRD SAMPLES
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 3, 2006 from USDA and DOI (via http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1RD?printa)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 02, 2006 - The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Interior today announced that the presence of the H5 and N1 avian influenza subtypes in samples from wild mallard ducks in Pennsylvania. ... U.S. finds low-risk H5N1 bird flu strain in ducks in Maryland
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 2, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
Mallard ducks in Maryland have tested positive for bird flu, apparently a common, less pathogenic strain that poses no risk to humans, the U.S. Agriculture and Interior departments said on Friday.
The ... Indonesia launches national campaign against bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 1, 2006 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/01/content_5036088)
The Indonesian government launched Friday a national campaign against bird flu after more than two years of efforts to curb the disease, which has killed 47 people so far in the country.
"Bird flu will ... Expert calls for animal surveillance in Indonesia
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 1, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
A leading bird flu expert urged Indonesia on Thursday to do more animal surveillance to curb the H5N1 virus, which has killed 46 people so far in the country, the highest death toll anywhere in the world. ... Thailand: Dog contracts avian flu
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 31, 2006 from Nation Multimedia (via http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/08/31/national/national_300)
Hospital vet calls on public not to panic or abandon pets after Suphan Buri case
A dog in Suphan Buri contracted bird flu after eating infected ducks, new findings show.
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