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Bird Flu Appears In Nigeria

...d come in contact with the birds, and it is yet to mutate into a form which can be transmitted from one human being to another. In Africa most rural people live in close proximity to their domestic birds, which may result in the rapid spread of the disease. It may be very difficult to exterminate the inf...

U.S. unprepared to tackle bird flu

...ividuals worldwide and officials fear that it will mutate into a form that spreads easily among people....

Connecticut Gears Itself For Pandemic

...us can become particularly dangerous if it were to mutate into a form which can be transmitted from one human being to another. The economy will also be affected, as there will be a 40% fall in the work force in the state due to absenteeism. This will involve the fire and police departments also. Connect...

DNA damage and cancer risk, increased due to red meat diet

...wel. They attach themselves to DNA and cause it to mutate and lead to bowel cancer. Researchers studied the effect of red meat on the DNA. They compared the cells of healthy volunteers who were on a vegetarian diet and others eating large quantities of meat and over a period of two weeks. Professor Dav...

Elderberries the drug against bird flu in humans?

...he main culprit and researchers fear that it might mutate in to a form, which will be easily contracted from person to person. Before anything of that sort could happen all the countries are pilling up antiviral drugs that could reduce the severity of the disease. Researchers say that it would take abou...

Countries Step up Battle Against Bird Flu

... disease in birds, scientists fear the virus could mutate into a form that could spread easily between humans, causing a pandemic in which millions could die. Experts say lack of financial, medical and technical resources in Africa could make it even more difficult to fight a major outbreak on the contine...

India Prepares Itself For H5N1

...rom one species to another in the near future, and mutate into a human virus, after which it will spread rapidly. India is particularly vulnerable as it has a large number of ducks which can contract the disease from migratory birds and pass it on to domestic poultry. Early detection of the virus is still t...

Guidelines to tackle bird flu pandemic

...fear that this strain might develop the ability to mutate and cause wide spread infection among men. This would result in a pandemic and kill millions of people. If this happened in US then he results would be very devastating as it would cause 2 million deaths, closure of schools for months together and di...

Wild ducks infected with bird flu

..., which as of now spreads fom birds to human, will mutate in to another form, which will easily pass from man to man. This would lead in the triggering of a global pandemic. So far 70 have been killed by this H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus and in case of mutation they fear that the number will increas...

Indonesia Claims To Have Arrested The Bird Flu.

... further death among the humans as this can easily mutate in to a deadly strain and cause death of millions of people and result in a pandemic....

Bad vaccines may trigger China bird flu

.... The fear among experts is that the virus could mutate from a disease that largely affects birds to one that can pass easily between people, leading to a human pandemic. Since late 2003, there have been 141 confirmed human cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, all of them in Asia, including six ...

Bird flu alert in Turkey.

...as it is said that H5N1 strain has the capacity to mutate and cause disease in humans....

Tamiflu Fails To Save Two Lives

...ncern among medical circles. The virus was seen to mutate in the patients, becoming more aggressive and killing the patients. The 274Y resistant strains were seen in both cases. This has been reported by the British Wellcome Trust doctors to the New England Journal of Medicine. This calls for more antivi...

Detection of Weak strains of bird flu virus – Target of European Unio

...der strains of avian influenza virus before it can mutate into more virulent forms, it has been proposed to ...n and control of bird flu. If the virus is able to mutate into a more virulent form, then human transmission can take place leading to a global pandemic outbr...

Avian flu scare in Malawi too!!

...1 people. The biggest fear is that this does not mutate into a deadly strain that could pass on from human to human. ...

Poultry Workers To Adopt Anti-Flu Guidelines

...breaks of the virus recently. If the virus were to mutate into a form that could be passed from one human being to another, then a catastrophic global pandemic may well be the end result. In the meantime Birdlife International has denied that the virus is being spread by migratory wild birds. There has be...

UK Prepares Itself For Flu Pandemic

...// Experts are of the opinion that the virus can mutate to spread rapidly among human beings. The exact number of applications received for the post has not been revealed. The person appointed will dedicate himself solely to a bird flu pandemic. He will also be responsible for acquiring vaccines for the H...

BC farms declared free of bird flu

...irus could spread to commercial poultry flocks and mutate into a deadly, high-pathogenic version. Over 62,000 ducks and geese were destroyed at the two farms where the virus was discovered. CFIA officials believe the virus may have been carried via through the shoes of a farmer or farm staff. It is also...

Romania suspects 5 new bird flu cases

... for people to catch, but there are fears it could mutate into a form which passes easily from person to person, sparking a pandemic in which millions could die. There have been no cases of human infection outside of Asia....

Mysterious Death Of Seabirds Triggers Bird Flu Concern

...e H5N1 virus and health experts fear that it could mutate into a form that is easily transmissible from human to human. If this happens, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a potential pandemic with millions of casualties worldwide. Last week, bird flu was reported in Ukraine...

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