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FluForecast(R) Replikin Count(TM) Predicts That The H5N1 Cycle Which Began In 1996 Is Now Over
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluReplikins Ltd. announced that the quantitative analysis of Replikin Count(TM) in the virus gene structure predicts that the current H5N1 cycle is over. Sporadic outbreaks may continue, but the rapid epidemic spread and high mortality characteristics are expected to subside - until the next rapid rep ...
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Tue Feb 2008
Bird Flu Affects Half Of Bangladesh Districts
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluAvian influenza (bird flu) has spread to infect birds in half of Bangladesh's 64 districts, say Bangladeshi officials. The two latest outbreaks took place in Gopalganj and Sylhet, according to the Ministry of Health. Some dead crows which were later found to be infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus ...
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Tue Feb 2008
New Avian Influenza Flare-Ups
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluRecent avian influenza outbreaks in 15 countries demonstrate that the H5N1 virus remains a global threat and requires close monitoring and strong control efforts, FAO said. Since December 2007, Bangladesh, Benin, China, Egypt, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Myanmar, Poland, Russia, Ukrain ...
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Thu Jan 2008
eFoodSafety To Attend International Conference On Avian Influenza
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FlueFoodSafety.com, Inc.'s (OTCBB: EFSF) representatives will attend the Bangkok International Conference on Avian Influenza 2008, Integration from Knowledge to Control in Bangkok from January 23-25. ...
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Thu Jan 2008
Government Helps Protect Backyard Birds From Avian Influenza
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluA national campaign, led by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), is underway to promote Bird Health Basics-simple steps that owners of backyard flocks and pet birds can take to help protect their birds from dangerous diseases, such as avian influenza and exotic Newcastle disease. ...
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Thu Jan 2008
PuriCore's Sterilox Solution Highly Effective Against Pandemic H5N1 Avian Influenza
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluPuriCore (LSE:PURI), the life sciences company focused on the control of infectious pathogens with its novel, safe antimicrobial technology, announces that its Sterilox Solution has been proven highly effective against pandemic H5N1 avian influenza, a highly contagious and lethal outbreak pathogen. ...
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Thu Jan 2008
Sixth Swan Tests Positive For H5N1 Bird Flu Virus Strain, England
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluA sixth mute swan, which was collected on January 21st as part of wild bird surveillance in Dorset, England, has tested positive for H5N1, the virulent bird flu virus strain, reports Defra (Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs). Defra added that this sixth confirmation is not a sur ...
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Thu Jan 2008
NanoViricides Is On Course To Develop Bird Flu, Influenza, And Other Drugs
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluNanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: NNVC.OB), reported that they are on course with the development of nanoviricides? drug candidates against highly pathogenic avian influenzas (HPAI) including H5N1 bird flu, and common influenza. "We are now ready to begin animal studies on H5N1 at a renowned federal agen ...
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Thu Jan 2008
Information Session For Owners Of Small Flocks And Pet Birds, Canada
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluOwners of small or backyard flocks of birds are invited to attend a free information session on how to help prevent and detect bird diseases, such as avian influenza. The session is being hosted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Province of Nova Scotia. Area bird owners and the ...
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Thu Jan 2008
New Vaccine Against Deadliest Strain Of Avian Flu Tested By University Of Pittsburgh Scientists
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluA vaccine against the most common and deadliest strain of avian flu, H5N1, has been engineered and tested by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Vaccine Research and Novavax Inc. According to a study published by the Public Library of Science in the Jan. 30 issue of PLoS ONE, t ...
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Thu Jan 2008
The Aethlon Hemopurifier(R) Proves Effective In Capturing Bird Flu Virus
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluAethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB: AEMD), a pioneer in developing therapeutic devices for infectious disease, disclosed that researchers have demonstrated the effectiveness of the Aethlon Hemopurifier® in capturing the highly-fatal H5N1 strain of the Avian Flu Virus (Bird Flu). In pre-clinical studies, h ...
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Wed Jan 2008
GelVac(TM) Nasal Powder H5N1 (Bird Flu) Influenza Vaccine Passes Preclinical Toxicology Studies
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluCarrington Laboratories, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CARN) announced that its wholly owned DelSite Biotechnologies, Inc. subsidiary has successfully completed preclinical toxicology studies of its GelVac(TM) nasal powder influenza vaccine under FDA-reviewed protocols. Successful toxicology studies in ...
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Sat Jan 2008
Juvaris BioTherapeutics Announces Cooperative Research And Development Agreement With The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluJuvaris BioTherapeutics, Inc. announced that The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Juvaris BioTherapeutics, Inc. have entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) for the evaluation of a JVRS-100 adjuvanted H5N1 pandemic influenza vaccine. The ability of JVRS-10 ...
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Sat Jan 2008
India Bird Flu Cull Hampered
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluProgress in the planned culling of 400,000 poultry following recent outbreaks of bird flu in the state of Bengal in India are being hampered by farmers and poultry owners reluctant to co-operate with animal husbandry teams sent to carry out the task.According to a Reuters news agency photographer, s ...
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Sat Jan 2008
Indonesian Woman Dies Of Bird Flu, Total Is 95
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluA 32-year old woman who had caught the deadly strain of H5N1 bird flu in her home town near Jakarta died last Thursday, bringing to 95 the total number of people who have died from the virus in Indonesia, the highest so far of any country. A health ministry official confirmed the death was due to b ...
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Tue Jan 2008
Confirmed H5N1 Avian Influenza In Wild Swans In Dorset, UK
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluThe Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza among swans in the Chesil Beach area in Dorset . A Wild Bird Control Area and Monitoring Area are being established by Defra around the premises, encompassing Chesil Beach and Portl ...
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Tue Jan 2008
Avian Influenza - Still A Disease Of Birds, UK
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluThe British Veterinary Association (BVA) President Nick Blayney underlined the critical role of surveillance amid news of Avian Influenza having been confirmed in a three swans in the Chesil Beach area in Dorset. "While we must never be complacent about the risk of human disease" he said, "Avian In ...
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Tue Jan 2008
Mute Swans Infected With Bird Flu In Dorset, England
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluAuthorities are trying to find out how the virulent H5N1 bird flu virus strain infected and killed three mute swans in Dorset, England. Other birds at Abbotsbury Swannery are being tested. Abbotsbury Swannery, approximately 9 miles from Weymouth, is a bird sanctuary. According to Defra (Departmen ...
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Tue Jan 2008
Shape Of Sugar Molecule Could Be All That Is Stopping Bird Flu Pandemic
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluUS scientists have found that the shape of sugar molecules on cell surfaces in the upper respiratory tract determine how easy it is for influenza viruses to infect humans, and suggest that if the deadly strain of H5N1 bird flu were to adapt a way to bind to this shape of sugar molecule it would spre ...
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Tue Jan 2008
MIT Finds Key To Avian Flu In Humans
Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian FluMIT researchers have uncovered a critical difference between flu viruses that infect birds and humans, a discovery that could help scientists monitor the evolution of avian flu strains and aid in the development of vaccines against a deadly flu pandemic. The researchers found that a virus's ...
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Tue Jan 2008
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