Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)

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NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Indonesia, Thai vaccine grant, flu vaccine for tourists, Hib deaths, call for action on TB

Apr 2, 2009

 

Poultry program's changes aim to stiffen avian flu safeguards

(CIDRAP News) – The US Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) approval yesterday of two more avian influenza (AI) tests for use in a voluntary national poultry health program will improve the protection of US flocks from avian flu, according to USDA officials and animal health experts.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Egypt, flu vaccine efficacy, tainted pistachios, sprout outbreak, prions in elk, vector database, outbreak monitoring

Apr 1, 2009

 

NEWS SCAN: Flu antivirals, animal-disease spread, India adds labs, flu hits islands, handwashing and MRSA, climate and bluetongue

 

H5N1 virus may be adapting to pigs in Indonesia

(CIDRAP News) – Scientists report that H5N1 avian influenza viruses may be adapting to pigs, as evidenced by the finding that H5N1 viruses isolated from pigs in Indonesia were less harmful to mice than were H5N1 viruses from chickens.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 case confirmed, pandemic vaccine allocation, killing H5N1, DNA flu vaccine, combining antiseptics

Mar 30, 2009

 

NEWS SCAN: Flu activity fades, H5N1 in Egypt, Israeli anthrax vaccine, funds for new lab, little-known viruses

 

NEWS SCAN: Avian flu prevention, PCA roof leak, meningitis in Africa, USDA's social networking tools

Mar 26, 2009

 

NEWS SCAN: Avian flu, pandemic guidance for cargo haulers, receipts track E coli , cholera outbreak, oysters and norovirus

Mar 23, 2009

 

Signs of drug resistance found in African H5N1 viruses

(CIDRAP News) – Scientists who analyzed 67 H5N1 avian influenza viruses from across Africa report that the viruses fall into three distinct sublineages, or families, and that some have mutations that make them resistant to antiviral drugs.

Robert Roos
 

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