Bird Flu :: Japan bird flu killed 31 chickens
Japan health officials confirms that bird flu killed 31 chickens at a farm in Okayama Prefecture, Okayama, Japan. Officials have begun sterilizing the farm in Takahashi, western Okayama Prefecture.
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Bird Flu :: Rapid response to avian bird flu threat
An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Yanbin Li, professor of biological engineering in the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, has developed a portable biosensor for in-field, rapid screening of avian influenza virus.
Bird Flu :: WHO chief issues H5N1 bird flu warning amid new deaths
Margaret Chan, the new head of the World Health Organization (WHO), warned against relaxing the world’s defenses against a potential influenza pandemic, as two more human deaths from H5N1 avian flu were confirmed, one in Egypt and one in Indonesia.
Bird Flu :: Bird flu outbreak in southern Hungary
Hungarian authorities confirms five geese found dead in south-eastern Hungary are being tested in Budapest for suspected bird flu.
Bird Flu :: Call for bird flu antiviral drugs to be shared
New predictions about bird flu, involving the use of a mathematical model, suggest that international cooperation to share antiviral drugs might be the best way to deal with an emerging pandemic.
WHO :: UN health agency stresses multi-disease prevention strategy
The United Nations health agency outlined its ambitious goals of expanding the integrated delivery of immunization and preventive treatment against a whole host of diseases.
Bird Flu :: South Korea Bird flu outbreak update
A bird flu outbreak is reported in a poultry farm in Chonan, 90km south of the capital Seoul in South Korea. Experts have not determined if it is the H5N1 strain.
Bird Flu :: Bird flu mutation in Egypt has not increased transmissibility between humans
Despite two cases of genetic mutation in bird flu in Egypt that moderately reduced the effectiveness of oseltamivir, the most strongly recommended drug, the United Nations health agency is not changing its recommendation because the level of resistance is not yet well established and the virus has not become more easily transmissible between humans.
Bird Flu :: Moderately Tamiflu resistant bird flu in Egypt – WHO
Viruses with a genetic mutation, linked in laboratory testing to moderately reduced susceptibility to oseltamivir, have been discovered in two persons previously reported with H5N1 infections in Egypt. Both patients had been on treatment with oseltamivir for two days before the clinical samples that yielded the viruses were taken.
Bird Flu :: Japan bird flu type highly virulent
A biological test showed an outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm in southwestern Japan last week was due to a highly virulent type within the H5N1 strain of the virus, a farm ministry official said.