h5n1 mp21k *** * bird flu in pigs *** China says deadly bird flu virus found in pigs for first time Fri Aug 20, 4:35 BEIJING (AFP) - China announced it had made the first ever discovery of a deadly strain of bird flu in pigs, a development that could have ominous implications for efforts to restrict the disease's spread to humans. Scientists discovered the lethal H5N1 virus in pigs tested in 2003 and again in others this year, China National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory official Chen Hualan told journalists. "It is not just the first time it has been found in China but in the world," 040823 ... . http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040820/hl_afp/health_flu_china_pigs_040820083544 040823 ... Yahoo! Search News Front Page Full Coverage Health Bird Flu http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=Health&cat=Bird_Flu News Stories - Three children hospitalised for bird flu tests in Malaysia - AFP via Yahoo! News (Aug 22, 2004) - WHO bird flu experts arrive in Vietnam - AFP via Yahoo! News (Aug 22, 2004) - Three More Malaysians Face Bird Flu Checks - Reuters via Yahoo! News (Aug 22, 2004) - China urged to provide more information on bird flu found in pigs: UN - AFP via Yahoo! News (Aug 21, 2004) - Lethal Strain of Avian Flu Is Reported Found in Pigs in China - at The New York Times (reg. req'd) (Aug 21, 2004) - No spread of bird flu in Malaysia, culling completed - AFP via Yahoo! News (Aug 21, 2004) - Avian flu 'discovered in pigs' - at BBC (Aug 20, 2004) - Widespread surveillance of pigs needed after bird flu discovery: WHO - AFP via Yahoo! News (Aug 20, 2004) - China says deadly bird flu found in pigs for first time - AFP via Yahoo! News (Aug 20, 2004) - Malaysia Teenager in Hospital for Bird Flu Checks - Reuters via Yahoo! News (Aug 20, 2004) - Bird Flu Believed Endemic in Asia, Winter Outbreak Likely - Reuters via Yahoo! News (Aug 20, 2004) Experts: Bird Flu Strain Sweeps SE Asia - AP via Yahoo! News (Aug 20, 2004) 040823 ... mp21k Avian flu can spread among cats Sep 3, 2004 (CIDRAP News) – http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/hot/avianflu/news/sep0304cats.html House cats can acquire H5N1 avian influenza and pass it on to other cats, Dutch researchers reported this week. 040903 ... Frances Businesses Batten Down for Frances 2 hours, 59 minutes ago Dampen sales, and possibly earnings, for a slew of companies -- from insurers to airlines 040903 ... . dollars_and_cents of Flu H5 N1 ? 040903 ... mp21k WHO warns it is more worried about bird flu than SARS - AFP via Yahoo! News (Sep 12, 2004) "Virtually nobody has the immunity against the new virus if it developed through the process of assorting between human and avian viruses," "Virtually nobody has the immunity against the new virus if it developed through the process of assorting between human and avian viruses," 040912 ... uow i am worried. 040912 ... mp21k *** * Vaccination vs Culling *** "We don't like vaccination," says Hans Wagner of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Bangkok. This is also why the World Health Organization has reacted with dismay to Indonesia's announcement that it will tackle its outbreak with vaccination instead of culling. Vaccination may even have contributed to the origin of the latest variant of H5N1, as it would put strains that could evade the vaccine at an advantage. http://www.newscientist.com/news/print.jsp?id=ns99994614 040914 ... a "Point" the intensive vaccination schemes in south China may have allowed the virus to spread widely without being spotted. 040914 ... Yahoo! Search Thai PM Summons Emergency Bird Flu Meeting Reuters - 1 hour ago Vietnam Confirms Baby Death From Bird Flu AP - 2 hours ago 040928 ... mp21k Oops... *** * Bird Flu in Human to Human *** 040928 ... 929 *** * "war" on bird_flu *** Thailand declares 'war' on bird flu amid fears of global pandemic AFP - Sep 29 11:36 AM 040929 ... . http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=ush-news&p=Bird+Flu 040929 ... 3 Oct 2004 *** * Bird_flu in dog *** Thailand finds bird flu in dog Khaleej Times - 2 hours, 51 minutes ago 041003 ... Yahoo! Search BANGKOK - Asia’s deadly bird flu has been found in a dog for the first time in Thailand, authorities said on Sunday, as the country battles a second major outbreak of the virus this year. 041003 ... god bird flu. ha. get it? bird flu/ bird flew. kinda like bird perches/ bird purchase. i know i'm stupid, i know i'm weird, please just ignore me. 041003 ... Be on Notice Bird Flu: New bio-warfare agent. 041003 ... 103 Girl becomes 11th Thai bird flu fatality AFP - October 3 (103) 2 hours ago 041003 ... 4 Oct 2004 Asia's Human Bird Flu Toll Reaches 31 - AP via Yahoo! News 041004 ... 19 Oct 2004 *** * Bird flu in Tigers *** Bird flu kills 23 tigers at Thai zoo 1:22 PM ET 041019 ... Yahoo! Search BANGKOK (AFP) - A Thai tiger zoo housing hundreds of the big cats was shut down as bird flu tests confirmed 23 tigers had died of the virus and another 30 had fallen ill. 041019 ... . http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041019/hl_afp/health_flu_thailand_041019172206 A mutated bird_flu outbreak was blamed for the deaths of as many as 40 million people worldwide in 1918. Thailand will host a regional conference on bird flu next month to assess how best to stem the spread of the virus. 041019 ... 30 Oct 2004 Ducks May Infect Humans With Bird Flu 3:44 AM ET 041030 ... . *** * Bird Flu in Duck *** GENEVA - Domestic ducks may be infecting humans with bird flu, even though they show no external signs of having the disease, the U.N. health agency warned. 041030 ... somebody http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/041029/photos_hl_afp/041029173409_ksv9ke7l_photo0 041030 ... 1031 - World Unprepared for Avian Flu, Experts Warn - Reuters via Yahoo! News (Oct 31, 2004) 041101 ... 1031 - World Unprepared for Avian Flu, Experts Warn - Reuters via Yahoo! News (Oct 31, 2004) 041101 ... a "point" FROM POULTRY TO PEOPLE So far the H5N1 flu has infected 44 people and killed 32 of them, the virus has not yet acquired the ability to move from human to human. Once it does, experts agree, it could spread quickly and kill millions. Dr. Klaus Stohr, influenza coordinator for the World Health Organization believes the world is overdue for a pandemic that could kill millions, and he believes the H5N1 virus now killing off tens of millions of birds in Asia is the most likely source. Flu pandemics -- global epidemics of new strains of disease that kill an unusually high number of people -- come on average every 27 years. The last one was in 1968. "We are 36 years out. We believe that we are closer to the next pandemic than we ever were," 041101 ... 1129 WHO warns bird flu could be worse than SARS Health official says virus could kill millions around world http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6608053/ 2004 041130 ... 122005 Bird flu has claimed two more victims in Vietnam, alarming authorities and international experts as the toll from the disease mounts, with five deaths announced in the past four days. 2 hours, 11 minutes ago 050122 ... 2 hours 11 minutes ago 1222005 050122 ... 2 hours ago WHO Raises Specter of Human Bird_Flu Transmission 050122 ... 1252005 Bird flu likely jumped between humans: study CTV - 26 minutes ago 050125 ... m21k Vietnam reported two more avian flu deaths on Saturday, bringing the human toll to nine in three weeks. The string of deaths -- which include five this week alone -- has prompted the World Health Organization to ring alarm bells about the high fatality rate. More than 70 per cent of those infected in this latest outbreak have died. 050125 ... Vietnam * 1312005 * A 10-year-old girl has died of bird flu in Vietnam, the country's 12th confirmed victim in a month. 050131 ... 1 hour 52 minutes ago Pope John Paul II Rushed to Hospital with Breathing Problems 212005 050201 ... jpg The pope is shown observing a white dove (M_Species of "Bird") released by children at the Vatican, on Jan. 30. (1302005) http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20050202/s/r3643683007.jpg 050201 ... Thailand Bird flu outbreak in northern Sunday 2132005 050213 ... 1 hour 10 minutes ago CDC Chief: Bird Flu Could Become Epidemic 2212005 050221 ... Prediction http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050221/481/rjv10702210604 "scientists expect that a flu virus that has swept through chickens and other poultry in Asia will genetically change into a flu that can be transmitted from person to person." 050221 ... 51 minutes ago N.Korea to Return to Talks... 2212005 050221 ... . North_Korea? 050221 ... 2 hours ago Pandemic fear as bird flu infects nurses 3122005 050312 ... 442005 Bird flu has cost Asia at least $8 billion Mon 12:26 PM ET 050405 ... 6 hours ago Vietnam reports human bird flu infection 452005 050405 ... 28 minutes ago North_Korean bird flu 'different' 050405 ... 452005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4412777.stm 12:44 GMT 13:44 UK 050405 ... 6 hours ago Vietnam reports five more cases of bird flu, total reaches 33 050405 ... 12 hours ago 50th Asian dies from avian flu 462005 050406 ... Right Now THIS BLATHER STREAM SUCKS!!! 050407 ... 2 hours ago Bird Flu Toll Clims To 51 Xtra News, New_Zealand - 4102005 050410 ... 1 hour ago 5192005 050519 ... WHO Bird flu virus showing greater chances of pandemic 050519 ... H5N1 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/2849.html that the avian flu virus, medically called H5N1 virus, is becoming ‘more capable of human-to human transmission’ and is showing greater potential of causing a pandemic. 050519 ... 21 minutes ago New Bird Flu Death in Vietnam, Total Now 38 Since 2003 Medical News Today - 5232005 050523 ... 45 minutes ago 5232005 050523 ... China hit by flu fears 050523 ... 12 hours ago Vietnam reports another bird flu death, bringing regional death_'toll" to 54 050523 ... 6192005 Indonesian Farm Worker Tests Positive for Bird Flu 050621 ... 7 hours ago Flu virus confirmed in migratory birds 772005 050707 ... land of the brain-dead From the Financial Times: Before the Qinghai outbreak, the H5N1 virus had occurred only sporadically in wild birds close to poultry farms. Ian Jones, a virologist at Reading University in the UK, said: “It was expected to spread to migratory birds at some point but it is bad news that this has now happened.” Prof Jones said it was impossible to predict the impact of the development on the chance of H5N1 mutating into a form capable of causing a human pandemic. The optimistic view was that as the virus spread through the bird population it would change into a less virulent form, he added. source: http://news.ft.com/cms/s/9280c6f2-ee32-11d9-98e5-00000e2511c8.html Are you really interested in h5n1? This is possibly more than you ever cared to know about it from WHO/Western Pacific Regional Office. The first link was updated on June 21, 2005 (a word doc/link): http://www.wpro.who.int/avian%5Fflu/wpro/WPRO%20Updates/Weekly%20AI%20Summary%2021_06_05.doc *The following in the "" marks below are random thoughts and are written in chronological order; a definite blathering sequence. Excuse the brain splooge. If the last link was not enough to quench your thirst for information, here's an organized *POW, SPLOTCH, EW!* brain explodie extravaganza: http://www.wpro.who.int/avian%5Fflu/ 050708 ... 7202005 新华网 - 16小时前 050720 ... Indonesia 印尼政府确认３人死于禽流感 050720 ... 8272005 First case of bird flu in Europe 050827 ... 19 hours ago 9192005: Massive H5N1 Infections at Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta Indonesia 050919 ... 19 hours ago 9192005: Massive H5N1 Infections at Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta Indonesia 050919 ... 19 hours ago 9192005: Massive H5N1 Infections at Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta Indonesia 050919 ... 9262005 50 minutes ago: Indonesian confirms two new bird flu deaths; brings total to six 050926 ... UN 9292005: Global flu pandemic could kill 150 million 050929 ... Romania 10112005:- culls birds in flu scare 051011 ... 10112005 "Beer_threat" from Australia 051011 ... as the use of bird flu strain H5N1 a weapon in possible terrorism attack ("WMD") 051011 ... Turkey Turkey kills birds after flu appears http://www.todayonline.com/articles/77382.asp says bird_flu outbreak contained amid EU, Swiss bans 051011 ... Greece Bird flu found in 10172005 4 hours ago 051017 ... Karma Bird Flus Trace Back to 19th Century 051017 ... 1918 ...the strain that mutated into the deadly human flu pandemic. 051017 ... Italy Virulent avian flu was first recognized in in 1878... 051017 ... 43 minutes ago 10182005: Bird flu warning for whole of EU 051018 ... Russia 10192005 confirms bird flu outbreak 051019 ... 10212005 3 hours ago 051021 ... U.K. parrot tests positive for H5N1 051021 ... Sweden 10232005 12 hours ago confirms case of bird flu 051023 ... Duck in Sweden found with flu 051023 ... Parrot 's bird flu death sparks call for a worldwide ban on the trade in all live birds 051023 ... U.K. 10262005: Second parrot died of H5N1 flu in Britain 051026 ... Africa Bird flu 'set to hit next' 051026 ... India tests birds for avian flu 051026 ... Heron 10292005 8 hours ago tests positive for H5N1 bird flu strain 051029 ... 中国 1小时前: 有能力控制禽流感蔓延 051029 ... 1122005 Thailand confirms 20th human death from avian flu 051102 ... Hungary 1122005: Croatia- Swan From Had Deadly Strain Of Bird Flu 051102 ... WHO Global meeting on the H5N1 virus, , 7-9 November 2005 051103 ... to 1132005 1 hour ago: Russia warns of risk of bird flu passing humans 051103 ... mp21k "that H5N1 viruses have been circulating in China since 2001 with a seasonal pattern, peaking from October to March 051103 ... below when the average temperature is 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit). 051103 ... in Humidity, temperature, UV, all of these (decide) whether the virus can survive the environment," 051103 ... Japan 1142005 13 hours ago to cull 180,000 chickens after detecting signs of bird flu 051104 ... 13 hours ago 1172005 - Dollars_and_cents:- Pandemic could carry $950B bill: World Bank 051107 ... Chicken Bird flu triggers concern over consumption of eggs 051107 ... between 13 hours ago: GENEVA - The deadly avian flu virus H5N1 is certain to mutate into a strain transmittable birds and humans, World Health Organisation (WHO) director ... 051107 ... why 11112005: "A lethal ability to trigger inflammation in the lungs is one of the main reasons H5N1 bird flu is so deadly to humans, scientists have revealed. ... " 051111 ... nom) "This is basically a cytokine storm induced by this specific virus, which then leads to respiratory distress syndrome," Osterholm said. "This also makes sense of why you tend to see a preponderance of severe illness in those who tend to be the healthiest, because the ability to increase the production of cytokines is actually higher in those who are not immune-compromised. It's more likely in those who are otherwise healthy." 051111 ... nom which is what i was trying to explain the other week 051111 ... nom why i'm not worried about myself like i am about the 'healthy' people i know and/or don't know) 051111 ... Kuwait 11122005: H5N1 found in one bird flu case 051112 ... Kuwait 11122005: H5N1 found in one bird flu case 051112 ... Thailand Bangkok Post, - 11 hours ago Bangkok child has avian flu 051112 ... Flamingo 11122005 1 hour ago: found with bird flu in Kuwait 051112 ... 11172005 China confirms human H5N1 cases 051117 ... Snook fear and consume 051118 ... Snook then again that would kinda make me a hypocrite 051118 ... nom "A respected Japanese scientist, who works with the World Health Organization, says 300 people have died of H5N1 bird flu in China, including seven cases caused by human-to-human transmission." 18:27 24 November 2005 newscientist.com 051125 ... China confirms 23rd bird flu outbreak among poultry 051125 ... Maritimes 35 wild birds sampled in the tested positive for H5 avian influenza viruses 051125 ... 12132005 Ninth bird flu death in Indonesia 051213 ... 12212005 Researchers in Vietnam have reported two additional cases of H5N1 avian flu infection in which the virus developed resistance to the antiviral drug Tamiflu. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4545606.stm 051221 ... as 1052006 1 hour ago: Bird flu confirmed killer of two teenagers in Turkey 060105 ... 5 1082006: High pathogenic type H5N1 confirmed in Turky 060108 ... Fish OOps... Bird flu could be linked to farming 060108 ... by using chicken dung as feed in fish farms... 060108 ... if the chickens providing the manure are infected themselves... 060108 ... as Europe on alert over bird flu pandemic Turkey bird flu outbreak worsens 060110 ... 14 confirmed bird flu cases in Turkey 060110 ... Japan 1102006 Tests Show 77 People Exposed to Mild Bird Flu 060110 ... wiki Fatality rate from known cases: 53.4% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H5N1 060118 ... 123 2006 13 hours ago 060122 ... WHO confirms two more Indonesians dead from bird flu 060122 ... Alaska Scientists test birds for signs of deadly flu strain 060122 ... Hong Kong HK finds H5N1-positive wild bird carcass 060122 ... 130 2006: Iraqis 'confirm' bird flu death 060130 ... 7 hours ago Nigeria braces against Africa"s 1st bird flu 060209 ... 8 minutes ago H5N1 CONFIRMED IN GREECE 060209 ... Italy 's Health Minister: H5N1 Virus Found in Italy 060212 ... 6 hours ago Bird flu reaches western Europe -- Italy, Grace, Bulgaria... 060212 ... Germany confirms case of H5N1 bird flu 060215 ... 91 2152006: Germany, Iran and Austria are the latest countries to find the deadly strain of the bird flu virus which has killed at least people worldwide. ... 060215 ... Egypt H5N1 strain confirmed in , death of second person in Iraq 060218 ... as Death_'toll' reaches 93 bird flu hits India, France and Egypt... 060219 ... Whirlwind spread of avian flu surprises scientists 060220 ... 2006 http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/20/news/spread.php 060220 ... 7 Hungary becomes th EU nation with deadly bird flu 060221 ... in British lab finds H5N1 virus dead Hungarian swans 060221 ... Malaysia says 40 chickens died of H5N1 bird flu virus 060221 ... 2 hours ago Slovakia confirms bird flu outbreak 060221 ... Italy confirms 16 cases of bird flu in wild fowl 060221 ... Bosnia confirms first case of bird flu 060221 ... EU Spain tests two more wild birds for flu 060221 ... Cat 9 hours ago infected with H5N1 bird flu 060228 ... in Germany... 060228 ... 3 hours ago Switzerland finds second bird flu case in dead swan 060301 ... Sweden reports first case of bird flu in two wild ducks 060301 ... Serbia Finds 1st Bird Flu Case 060302 ... Poland has its first case of H5N1 bird flu 060305 ... 46 minutes ago Bird flu found in cats in southern Austria 060306 ... 40 06 Mar 2006 - 15:00pm (UK) http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=38946 Countries Have Had Bird Flu H5N1... 060306 ... 4 hours ago Albania confirms 1st case of H5N1 bird flu 060308 ... and Flu panic hits cats, dogs - Disney 060308 ... as http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2076346,00.html DISNEYLAND PARIS was accused yesterday of hiding a dead swan panic over bird flu spread across Europe.... 060308 ... 100 World bird flu death_'toll' hits - 1 hour ago 060310 ... 22 hours ago Cameroon reports first case of H5N1 bird flu 060312 ... after Bird flu H5N1 infects a weasel the cats 060312 ... Stone Marten ...Bird flu found in in Germany... 060312 ... Fish What's_next? ... 060312 ... Why NOT Proof: Given Fish eats "dead H5N1" Bird... This completes the proof. Tell one ...And_I_will_tell_you_how_wonder_you_are.... 060312 ... Copyright 2006 kx21.com 060312 ... Prediction And what's_reality? Time_and_causality_of_Karma:- in the 21st Century: H5N1 everywhere... 060312 ... 1 hour ago Myanmar tests show first case of H5N1 bird flu 060313 ... 14 minutes ago H5N1 surfaces in Afghanistan, Myanmar, Malaysia 060316 ... in Deadly bird flu strain likely Pakistan 060316 ... Israel confirms deadly H5N1 bird 060319 ... flu ... 060319 ... 1st case of H5N1 confirmed in Serbia 060326 ... Jordan confirms first H5N1 bird flu outbreak 060327 ... First case of bird flu in Czech_Republic 060328 ... Baghdad H5N1 bird flu found in poultry in 12 hours ago 060329 ... near Bird flu detected Jerusalem... 060329 ... 30000 Israel culls chickens... 060329 ... 53 minutes ago First Human Case of H5N1 Bird Flu Found in Jordan 060331 ... its Burkina_Faso confirms first case of deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu... 060405 ... UK Confirms Avian Virus Found in Swan in Scotland 060405 ... U.K. 7 hours ago 060405 ... in H5N1 Bird Flu Cluster Iran Grows to Five 060522 ... 2 H5N1 kills more in Indonesia 060522 ... Russia Bird Flu Spreads In 's Siberian Altai 060522 ... Denmark reports first case of H5N1 bird flu in poultry 060522 ... Djibouti girl has H5N1: WHO 060522 ... wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H5N1 060525 what's it to you? who go blather from