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| | Frequently asked questions about Avian Influenza or Bird flu |
 | | This is because long-term residents are at greater risk of exposure to avian influenza over time and, in the event of a more widespread outbreak amongst humans, there may be difficulties encountered in accessing appropriate medicines. | | | Answer: The symptoms are similar to that of other forms of influenza, including fever, sore throat, cough, headache and muscle aches and pains. | | | Is there a vaccine for avian influenza in humans? |
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http://www.health.gov.au/avian_influenza/faq.htm
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| | WHO: Avian influenza - fact sheet |
| | Published information about the clinical course of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza is limited to studies of cases in the 1997 Hong Kong outbreak. | | | Many laboratories in the WHO global influenza network have the necessary high-security facilities and reagents for performing these tests as well as considerable experience. | | | This strategy works to reduce opportunities for human exposure to the virus. |
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http://www.who.int/csr/don/2004_01_15/en
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| | Avian Flu Guidance |
| | For example, the strain of influenza A (H5N1) that has affected birds and humans in much of Asia is not the same strain that is affecting birds in the U.S. or Pakistan. | | | In the absence of sensitivity testing, a neuramindase inhibitor (oseltamavir) is the first choice since the likelihood is smaller that the virus will be resistant to this class of antiviral drugs than to amantadine or rimantadine. | | | The choice of antiviral drug should be based on sensitivity testing when possible. |
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http://www.osha.gov/dsg/guidance/avian-flu.html
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| | AVIAN INFLUENZA |
| | The medication is effective in reducing the severity of influenza Type A in humans. | | | Amantadine hydrochloride has been licensed for use in humans to treat influenza since 1966. | | | Specimens sent to the laboratory should be accompanied by a history of clinical and gross lesions, including any information on recent additions to the flock. |
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http://www.vet.uga.edu/vpp/gray_book/FAD/AVI.htm
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| | Avian influenza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | There is some evidence [10] that indicates that Kimchi and by extension Sauerkraut may be used to treat avian influenza in birds. | | | Those few changes turned a bird virus into a killer that could spread from person to person." [5] | | | One person in New York in 2003 and one person in Virginia in 2002 were found to have serologic evidence of infection with H7N2. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bird_flu
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| | WHO Avian influenza |
| | Latest news on the avian influenza situation in humans around the world. | | | Meeting on avian influenza and human pandemic influenza | | | Donation of three million treatments of oseltamivir to WHO will help early response to an emerging influenza pandemic |
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http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/en
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| | OIE - World organisation for animal health |
| | Use of antiviral drugs in poultry, a threat to their effectiveness for the treatment of human avian influenza | | | Global meeting to develop common approach on avian influenza and human pandemic influenza | | | Avian influenza: controlling the disease at its animal source does not authorize inappropriate animal depopulation methods on farm |
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http://www.oie.int
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| | NIAID Announces Contracts to Develop Vaccine Against H5N1 Avian Influenza |
| | "The outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza again in Asia earlier this year, which resulted in 34 documented cases of human illness and 23 deaths, underscores the national and international imperative to develop new and improved medical tools to prepare for the threat of pandemic influenza,” says Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of NIAID. | | | NIAID also supports research on transplantation and immune-related illnesses, including autoimmune disorders, asthma and allergies. | | | Likewise, the outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in humans in late 2003 and early 2004 did not result in a pandemic in part because it also did not spread easily from person to person. |
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http://www2.niaid.nih.gov/Newsroom/Releases/flucontracts.htm
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| | Avian Influenza in Poultry |
| | There is no effective treatment for avian influenza. | | | The clinical signs of avian influenza are similar to those of other avian diseases. | | | Avian influenza is a viral disease affecting the respiratory, digestive and/or nervous system of many species of birds. |
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http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PS032
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| | ASK THE VET (Avian influenza) |
| | The "flu" (influenza) season is rapidly approaching and so it seems appropriate to talk about avian influenza. | | | Birds showing signs of illness should be separated from other birds, examined by a veterinarian and treated symptomatically. | | | Although vaccines have been developed for influenza A in domestic fowl, there are of limited value because the virus is undergoing constant change. |
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http://theaviary.com/s0196-13.shtml
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| | Avian Influenza Fact Sheet, UC Davis Veterinary Medicine Extension |
| | Avian Influenza Fact Sheet, UC Davis Veterinary Medicine Extension | | | Turkeys on open ranges in Minnesota, a state in the major flyway for migrating ducks, frequently experience avian influenza problems. | | | Influenza viruses are very sensitive to most detergents and disinfectants. |
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http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/vetext/INF-PO_AvianInfluenzaFS.html
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| | Avian Influenza Update April 1998 |
| | This should help remind all of us the biosecurity is extremely important at all times. | | | We also have received information that serologically positive H7N2 avian influenza birds have been found in a menagerie flock of approximately 5,500 birds near Kenly, North Carolina. | | | The other flock is located several miles south of the previous areas of general quarantine. |
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http://www.ext.vt.edu/news/periodicals/livestock/aps-98_04/aps-900.html
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| | HPA - Infections Avian Influenza |
| | The potential for transformation of avian influenza into a form that both causes severe disease in humans and spreads easily from person to person is a great concern for world health. | | | Algorithm for the management of returning travellers from countries affected by avian influenza A (H5N1), presenting with febrile respiratory illness | | | Avian influenza (bird flu) is a disease of birds caused by influenza viruses closely related to human influenza viruses. |
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http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/avianinfluenza/menu.htm
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| | APHIS News |
| | Worldwide, there are many strains of avian influenza (AI) virus that can cause varying amounts of clinical illness in poultry. | | | Human infections with the avian influenza viruses under natural conditions have been documented in recent years. | | | According to the World Health Organization (WHO), particularly alarming is the HPAI strain of most of these outbreaks—H5N1—which has jumped the species barrier causing severe disease, with high mortality in humans. |
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http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/pubs/fsheet_faq_notice/fs_ahavianflu.html
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| | CIDRAP >> Avian Influenza |
| | Efforts and response to avian influenza in the United States | | | Proinflammatory cytokine responses induced by influenza A (H5N1) viruses in primary human alveolar and bronchial epithelial cells | | | Transmission of avian influenza viruses to and between humans |
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http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/hot/avianflu/index.html
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| | A review of avian influenza |
| | All other viruses cause a much milder, primarily respiratory, disease, which may be exacerbated by other infections or environmental conditions. | | | Since 1963, most of the major turkey-producing countries have had disease problems associated with influenza infections. | | | Although the presence of influenza viruses in birds held in quarantine is monitored continually in several countries around the world, there appear to have been periods, often lasting several years when no isolations have been made. |
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http://www.esvv.unizh.ch/gent_abstracts/Alexander.html
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| | Prevention of Avian Influenza |
| | The initial symptoms of avian flu are similar to those of other influenza viruses, including fever, generalised muscle pain, cough and sore throat. | | | Avian flu (H5N1) is a type of influenza A that mainly infects birds but occasionally affects humans. | | | Avian flu can be transmitted from live birds to people, although transmission between humans is very inefficient. |
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http://www.info.gov.hk/info/flu/eng
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| | CDC - Influenza (Flu) Avian Flu |
| | Seasonal flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. | | | Avian flu is caused by avian influenza viruses, which occur naturally among birds. | | | Skip directly to the search box, site navigation, or content. |
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http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/index.htm
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| | Poultry diseases - Fowl cholera |
| | Typing of the strain by the laboratory will help guide the choice of vaccine if vaccination is to be part of a prevention and control program. | | | Chronic respiratory disease; Heat stroke; Avian Influenza (Fowl Plague); Newcastle disease, Fowl typhoid (Salmonella gallinarum). | | | Sulpha drugs and antibiotics will reduce the mortality rate in an acute outbreak. |
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http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/poultry/5357.html
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| | MedlinePlus: Flu |
| | Influenza: The Disease (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) | | | NIAID Launches Influenza Genome Sequencing Project (11/15/2004, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) | | | Focus on the Flu (04/07/2005, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/influenza.html
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| | Avian Influenza - Home Page |
| | Avian influenza is a viral infection that affects most species of birds. | | | Press release of new EU avian influenza measures - | | | This website looks at vaccination as a supplementary control measure during avian influenza outbreaks. |
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http://www.avian-influenza.com
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| | Bird Flu |
| | This is to avoid simultaneous infection of human influenza and avian influenza so that the possibility of re-assortment of the virus genes that could trigger an influenza pandemic would be minimized. | | | Only infected chickens have been known to spread the disease to people who have come in close contact with them. | | | You should consult your doctor as soon as possible and inform your doctor if you have had contact with live birds or have recently traveled to a country which has cases of avian influenza. |
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http://www.ava.gov.sg/javascript/birdflu.html
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| | avian influenza on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Hospital Treats Suspected Cases Of Avian Flu In Hanoi | | | Update: isolation of avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses from humans - Hong Kong, 1997-1998. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/X/X-avninflnz.asp
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| | Avian Influenza forum page |
| | OIE PAGE : Avian influenza- methods for the disease control | | | A large number of viruses of the influenza group circulate naturally in wild birds, wildfowl in particular. | | | OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code -Avian Influenza Chapter- 2005 |
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http://www.poultry-health.com/fora/avinfind.htm
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| | VDACS - Animal Health & Welfare - Avain Influenza |
| | VDACS - Animal Health & Welfare - Avain Influenza | | | Low-path A.I. poses no threat to human health, nor does it affect the quality or safety of poultry products entering the market. | | | VDACS has implemented mandatory pre-slaughter testing on all breeder birds, commercial turkeys and broilers, as well as mandatory testing of any flocks with respiratory symptoms. |
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http://www.vdacs.state.va.us/animals/avian.html
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| | Influenza virus resources |
| | Complete genome sets of the H5N1 subtype Influenza A virus in human after 2000. | | | Influenza Virus Resource presents data obtained from the NIAID Influenza Genome Sequencing Project as well as from GenBank, combined with tools for flu sequence analysis. | | | Align your sequence(s) with others in the database |
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/FLU/FLU.html
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| | FAO's Animal Production and Health Division - AGA |
| | The statement has been issued through the International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) and is available in six languages. | | | Guiding Principles for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Surveillance and Diagnostic Networks in Asia | | | Joint FAO/OMS/OIE/World Bank Conference on Avian Influenza and Human Pandemic Influenza - Geneva, 7-9 November 2005 |
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http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/subjects/en/health/diseases-cards/special_avian.html
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| | Avian Influenza Biosecurity |
| | This disease is causing dramatic production losses in many poultry flocks. | | | These guidelines should be followed to provide protection against introduction of avian influenza into the U.S. Keep poultry houses locked; fasten from inside while inside. | | | There is currently a serious outbreak of Avian Influenza in Mexico. |
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http://agrinet.tamu.edu/kb/Enciclopedias/ai.html
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| | Main ProMED-mail |
| | 05-DEC-2005 / Avian influenza, human - East Asia (191): Indonesia, Viet Nam: corr. | | | 11-DEC-2005 / Avian influenza - Eurasia (97): Romania | | | Use of this web site and related services is governed by the Terms of Service. |
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http://www.promedmail.org
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| | Health & Consumer Protection DG > A to Z |
| | Receive by email, regular information on the topics that most interest you. | | | The Commission has asked Member States to implement a ban on all imports of feathers and live birds from Russia and Kazakhstan with immediate effect, due to confirmed outbreaks of Avian Influenza (AI) in these countries. | | | Russia and Kazakhstan have been added to the list of nine Asian countries (Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, China, Vietnam, North Korea, Pakistan and Malaysia) not allowed to export birds, their meat or products to the EU because of AI. |
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http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/health_consumer/dyna/enews/enews.cfm?al_id=58
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