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Zoo Animal Succumbs to Avian Influenza in Germany

...ck swan, in Germany following infection with avian influenza virus has created shock waves among animal-lovers.// So far bird flu had only killed wild animals and farm poultry in Germany. Therefore the death of the Australian black swan at Dresden Zoo in eastern Germany has raised fears that animal collectio...

Experts Advice That Pregnant Women Should Receive Flu Vaccination

...en to the list of people who are usually given the influenza vaccine//. This recommendation has come from the influenza sub-group of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), and they have explained tha...

Demand for More Widespread Use of HPV Vaccine

...ussis, diphtheria, rubella, mumps, and Haemophilus influenza B have been nearly eliminated in the United States as a result of this strategy." For instance vaccinating high-risk, previously unvaccinated adults, all young children routinely and high-risk infants at birth has helped to reduce Hepatitis B infec...

Waxing And Waning Of Dengue Epidemics Attributed To Cross-Immunity

...n type of framework," Rohani said. "Now with avian influenza being very much on everyone's mind, we're beginning to realize that the genetic diversity of infectious agents is really important." Source: Eurekalert...

Effectiveness of Potential Bird flu Vaccine to be Tested on Monkeys

...u vaccine against the deadly H5N1 variety of avian influenza virus will be tested on vaccinated and unvaccinated monkeys, by researchers at two universities.// According to researchers from Shiga University of Medical Science and Hokkaido University, the results are expected to be known within about six mont...

India to Claim Bird Flu-Free Status Next Month

...s in 10 countries. So far 231 human cases of avian influenza have been reported with 133 or over 50 percent of them being fatal cases. On the avian flu vaccine developed by the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) for an indigenous strain of the disease, Pawar said: "Prior to commercialisation of ...

India To Claim 'Bird Flu Free' Status

...ree nation' status next month, as no case of avian influenza has been reported in the country for the last thre...said Friday. // "There has been no case of avian influenza for the last three months, which makes us eligible for the bird flu free nation status," he told rep...

GLEWS - A Worldwide System to Alert Onset of Animal Diseases that are a Threat to Humans

...Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and avian influenza which have spread because they were not controlled in time and at the source, again because of inappropriate detection measures. With the GLEWS in place, a concerted effort will be launched worldwide to effectively meet such emergencies and combat ...

Drug Firms Competing to Produce Cheap and Effective bird flu vaccine

...nd will build these developments into our pandemic influenza planning.' ...

India to Host Asian Review Meet on Avian Flu

... WHO for this conference. The outbreaks of avian influenza reported in Asia, Europe and Africa in recent years have been unprecedented in terms of their geographical scope, spread and consequences. They have resulted in substantial poultry deaths as well as the culling of more than 200 million poultry, wi...

Poultry Meat Industry Free of Bird Flu in NZ

...mprehensive testing programme for notifiable avian influenza has clearly demonstrated that the New Zealand Poul...the presence of highly pathogenic notifiable avian influenza as well as low pathogenic notifiable avian influenza through the testing blood samples from thousand...

Only Modest Benefit of Flu Shots Among Older Adults

... children have the highest rates of infection with influenza each year and that they are the major spreaders of influenza in the community and introducers into the household,” he said. (Soure: Newswise)...

New Bird Flu Outbreak Reported in China

...western region of Xinjiang.// The national avian influenza laboratory tested samples and confirmed the presence of the H5N1 avian influenza virus, stemming from an outbreak that began on July 14 near the town of Aksu, the agriculture minist...

India Develops Test for Diagnosis of Deadly Livestock Disease

...t week announced that they have developed an avian influenza vaccine for the first time in India which can prev... bovine viral diarrhoea virus (NS3 gene) and avian influenza virus (NP gene)" Pradhan said. This technique can be applied for diagnosis of any disease of man or ...

Hail the Tamiflu and Shun the Scam

...d’s broiler poultry flock escapes the deadly avian influenza virus while plans are in place to vaccinate the na...g checked for evidence of infection with the avian influenza virus. The highly pathogenic bird flu virus, which killed 132 Asians, was the H5N1 strain in the y...

India Hopes to Become Free of Bird Flu Soon

...try is minimised. India remained free from Avian influenza till mid- February this year and the first outbreak was notified on February 18, it said. Source:PTI News...

G8 Leaders Vows to Combat Infectious Diseases Worldwide

...at the recent emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza "demands our immediate attention." Russia, which is chairing the G8 presidency for the first time, has chosen to fight infectious diseases as one of the key topics at the summit, along with education and energy security. The G8 gathers Britain, C...

Chinese Poultry Smuggled into United States

...ntact, had been contaminated with the deadly avian influenza virus. State officials, however has said that no testing for bird flu had been carried out by the federal food safety regulators as yet.The officials have claimed that the poultry appears to have been imported in New York or New Jersey. State off...

Funds Allocated to Illinois and Chicago to Prepare in Case of a Flu Pandemic

...llions of dollars//, for executing plans to combat influenza pandemic. Health officials have been perturbed about cases of bird flu in Europe and Asia, which has also raised concerns of an impending worldwide pandemic. The U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said "The funds will build o...

Britain Feels the Urgency to Vaccinate the Poultry against Bird Flu

...hat vaccinating the poultry in advance of an avian influenza outbreak should not be done as there is a limitation in the availability of vaccines. The European Union has allowed Europe's two largest poultry producers, France and the Netherlands, to vaccinate hens, ducks and geese against a deadly H5N1 strai...

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