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  • Global Poultry Industry is the Root of the Bird Flu Crisis 13 May 2008 04:51 GMT
    ... policy analysis and debate surrounding the current Bird Flu crisis. While panic in the media and at ... and transmission of lethal viruses like the H5N1 strain of bird flu. Once inside densely ... small scale chicken flocks. H5N1 outbreaks in Laos, which is surrounded by infected countries, have only ...

  • Kuwait reports H5N1 outbreaks in birds 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... Health officials in Kuwait have reported finding H5N1 avian influenza in backyard and captive birds ... chickens. In addition, a 15-year-old girl from Laos has been hospitalized with suspected H5N1 avian flu, the Chinese news service Xinhua reported today. ...

  • US, Institut Pasteur team up for flu virus surveillance 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... and at risk for the spread of H5N1 avian flu Exchanging technical expertise to promote rapid response ... and surveillance efforts in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Stewart Simonson, assistant secretary for public health emergency ...

  • WHO says Lao death likely caused by H5N1 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... (CIDRAP News) – A 42-year-old woman from Laos' Vientiane province who died yesterday probably had ... essentially the same information from WHO and Laotian officials. "It is very likely it is H5N1," ... she will be listed as Laos's second avian flu case-patient in less than a week and ...

  • Turkey, Laos report more H5N1 in poultry 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... Turkey, Laos report more H5N1 in poultry Mar 19, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Veterinary officials in Turkey have confirmed ...

  • Agencies to seek accord on naming of H5N1 strains 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... Agencies to seek accord on naming of H5N1 strains Dec 11, 2006 (CIDRAP News) – ... and has been found in poultry in Laos and Malaysia this year. In addition, the statement said, ...

  • OIE launches Japan-funded project to fight avian flu 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... OIE launches Japan-funded project to fight avian flu Sep 20, 2006 (CIDRAP News) – A ... Japanese government, will be implemented in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. ... national and regional contingency plans for controlling H5N1 avian influenza. Other activities include epidemiologic training ...

  • Avian flu strikes again in Laos 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... Jul 28, 2006 (CIDRAP News) – Laos has reported its first major outbreak of ... reported any human cases or deaths. The Laotian government culled all chickens on the farm, ... two provinces that the government has declared bird flu "red zones." The public health ministry said ...

  • Indonesia reports H5N1 deaths; Egypt cites new case 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... Organization (WHO) confirmed two other cases: a Laotian woman who died and a 10-year-old Egyptian ... Jakarta hospital, a doctor from the country's Bird Flu Information Centre told Agence France Presse (AFP) ... Meanwhile, on Mar 16 the WHO confirmed Laos' second human H5N1 case, in a 42-year-old ...

  • Egypt reports 13th avian flu death plus new case 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... Egypt reports 13th avian flu death plus new case Feb 16, 2007 ... Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed a fatal H5N1 avian influenza case in a 37-year-old woman ... other avian flu news, agriculture officials in Laos on Feb 13 reported two H5N1 outbreaks in poultry, ...

  • Study says new H5N1 strain pervades southern China 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... Study says new H5N1 strain pervades southern China Nov 3, 2006 ... Hong Kong and two poultry isolates from Laos and Malaysia were of the same type. To assess ...

  • Human H5N1 cases reported in Laos, Egypt, China 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... Human H5N1 cases reported in Laos, Egypt, China Feb 28, 2007 (CIDRAP News) ... China also have reported new cases. The Laotian girl fell ill Feb 10 and was hospitalized ... of Cairo, had tested positive for H5N1 avian flu, the Associated Press (AP) reported today. Health ...

  • Health minister puts all of Thailand on bird flu alert 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... Health minister puts all of Thailand on bird flu alert Aug 1, 2006 (CIDRAP News) – ... a rising number of cases of suspected avian flu in birds and humans, Thailand's health minister ... who violate a ban prohibiting poultry from Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar. Thailand's Jul 26 report to ...

  • WHO confirms avian flu case cluster in Indonesia 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... WHO confirms avian flu case cluster in Indonesia May 17, 2006 ... Organization officials have confirmed five cases of H5N1 avian influenza in an Indonesian family in ... online case count at this writing. In Laos , H5N1 was found in a duck on a ...

  • WHO changes H5N1 strains for pandemic vaccines, raising concern over virus evolution 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... WHO changes H5N1 strains for pandemic vaccines, raising concern over ... Thailand, and Cambodia and bird isolates from Laos and Malaysia. Clade 2 viruses were first identified in ...

  • H5N1 strikes birds in Laos 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... Feb 12, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Agriculture officials in Laos have reported an H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in poultry in a northwestern province, the country's first outbreak in ...

  • SPECIAL REPORT: When avian flu control meets cultural resistance 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... SPECIAL REPORT: When avian flu control meets cultural resistance Editor's note: This ... second of a two-part special report on bird flu in Vietnam. Part one, " Oct 26, ... H5N1 has recurred in neighboring Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand. And Vietnam's successful measures are ...

  • Massive chicken cull in Thailand as experts await human avian flu test results 12 May 2008 22:30 GMT
    ... cull in Thailand as experts await human avian flu test results Jul 31, 2006 (CIDRAP News) ... showed that the chickens were infected with bird flu; the strain was not specified in the ... poultry movement has been banned along the Thailand-Laos border. Last week, Laos reported its first major ...


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