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The Bird Flu and You
There is more news about the Avian Bird Flu (H5N1), and some of it may be frightful sounding. Even President Bush finally addressed the issue in a recent speech. He mentioned that the US Military might be called in to help enforce a possible quarantine of those afflicted, since there is no vaccine for it. This obviously is a worse case...

H5N1 - The Bird Flu Pandemic Threat
Bird Flu is nothing new. There are actually many different kinds of bird flu caused by any one of the 20 strains of influenza virus mostly affecting chickens, ducks, turkeys, and other birds. The type of avian influenza which has scientists worried and reported recently in the news is called "H5N1". Scientists have discovered that the H5N1 bird...

Humans Can't Get Bird Flu From Humans: But That Could Change Soon
Bird flu, or avian flu, is an influenza virus strain that typically infects birds - including wild birds like ducks and domestic birds like chickens. There are many forms of bird flu, and most are relatively harmless, producing mild symptoms or even no symptoms. However, several strains of bird flu produce a highly contagious disease that kills...



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Satellite Data Reveals Why Migrating Birds Have a Small Window to Spread Bird Flu
In 2005 an outbreak of the H5N1 ‘bird flu’ virus in South East Asia led to widespread fear with predictions that the intercontinental migration of wild birds could lead to global pandemic. Such fears were never realised, and now new research reveals why the global spread of bird flu by direct migration of wildfowl is unlikely, while also providing a new framework for quantifying the risk of ...

Satellite data reveal why migrating birds have a small window to spread bird flu
( Wiley-Blackwell ) In 2005 an outbreak of the H5N1 "bird flu" virus in South East Asia led to widespread fear with predictions that the intercontinental migration of wild birds could lead to global pandemic. Such fears were never realized, and now research published in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology reveals why the global spread of bird flu by direct migration of ...

Bird flu: Experts to shift focus
Reuters. HANOI. Mid-size traders and farms that sell poultry to small farmers could act as avian flu transmission hubs and there needs to be better biosecurity at that level, a top United Nations expert said yesterday.