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Thailand: Four test negative for H5N1
Deputy permanent secretary Dr Paijit Warachit said he ordered the mobile rapid diseaseinvestigation unit to collect blood samples from the four for testing against the H5N1 strain of the virus at Nakhon Sawan’s provincial Science Centre …
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Japan: 40% of workers might have to stay home in flu pandemic
Since Japan’s population is currently around 127 million, that would imply 31 million cases of H5N1 and about 635000 deaths. The estimates on attack rate and case fatality ratio are likely drawn by analogy with worldwide statistics for …
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Three books about pandemics
The Tyee has published Sick Politics, my review of three books dealing with the Spanish flu in Winnipeg, SARS in Toronto, and a future H5N1 pandemic in Canada.
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Thailand: Four (or five) new suspected human cases
Via Thaindian News: Pijit suspects 4 new cases of bird flu. Public Health authority of Pijit province, Doctor Prajak Wattanakul (ประจัà¸à¸©à¹Œ วัฒนà¸à¸¸à¸¥) alongside the Contagious Disease Control Unit reported from the Sam Ngam (สามง่าม) …
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West Bengal: Burying the evidence
Via The Telegraph: Flu fear after dead birds surface. The whole story, datelined Cooch Behar:. More than 300 dead chickens in a highly decomposed state were found lying beside NH31 this morning, triggering a bird flu scare in the area. …
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US: Louisiana defends against avian flu
“Because of that, the standards have tightened up a lot.” Ruston poultry farmer Stan Jones said an avian flu outbreak would be extremely damaging for the area’s farmers. “If you were to have bird flu detected in one of your houses, …
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More from Nigeria
The report did not say if it was the H5N1 strain that can be lethal for humans as samples have been sent to the World Reference Laboratory at Padova, Italy, for further laboratory analysis. The disease affected birds on …
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UK: 80 seabirds found dead on Orkney
But it’s probably not H5N1. Via The Telegraph: 80 seabirds found dead on Orkney. Excerpt:. An investigation has been launched after 80 dead seabirds were found in the centre of Kirkwall on …
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Branswell: Hutterites offer clues to flu transmission
Via The Calgary Sun, a CP story by Helen Branswell: Hutterite communities could help unravel mysteries of flu transmission. Excerpt:. The patterns …
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South Korea gets advice on H5N1
Via The Korea Times, an opinion piece by an American microbiologist currently living in Seoul: How to Effectively Contain Bird Flu. Excerpt:. In the event of a pandemic, Korea obviously does not have the capacity to produce enough …
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