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| Avian Flu Roundup |
| 2008-04-17 |
| Egypt confirms 50th case of human bird flu infection - RIA Novosti SKorean PM calls for 'all-out fight' against bird flu - culls 3 mln birds as bird flu spreads fast - Malaysia Star Bird flu in W Bengal not contained - The News - International India fails to contain bird flu Dawn - International Meanwhile, reports from Perm, in the Urals, said a total of 37,500 birds have died, and tests are being carried out for the virus. "It has adapted to hotter climates. Look at Indonesia and the southern parts of Vietnam, they are hot all year round but the virus has become endemic in these places," said Hong Kong-based microbiologist Guan Yi, a leading expert on the virus. "The virus can survive up to three days in water. It’s no problem even if the temperature of the water is up to 38 or 39 degrees (celsius) (100-102F) because that's the body temperature of the chicken and duck, which is fine for the virus," Guan said. Japan Considers Bird Flu Inoculations For The General Public - "Japan has stockpiled vaccines for 10 million people using strains of the H5N1 virus from China, Indonesia and Vietnam. So far the government’s stance has been to use them only after a breakout. "If the first vaccination is deemed effective, the ministry will consider vaccinating an additional 10 million people, mainly those involved in maintaining social infrastructure such as gas and electricity networks, the official said." Ducks, people and rice paddies – rather than chickens – are the major factors behind outbreaks of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Thailand and Viet Nam, and are probably behind outbreak persistence in other countries of the region such as Cambodia and Lao - PDR. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #1 You can add widespread Tamiflu resistance to that list. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2008-04-17 17:08 |