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There are at least 15 different types of bird flu virus around the world. The possible outbreak may be caused by a virus known as H5N1. It was first found to have spread from a bird to a human in Hong Kong in 1997. In addition to Asia this bird flu has been found among birds in ...
In the event that the outbreak cannot be contained, Defra may have to consider mass culling programmes and the possibility of vaccination. At this point, with the risk of the virus spreading to human populations, the Department of Health would appoint a UK national influenza pandemic committee ...
Should diseased birds reach Britain, the first step for veterinary officials would be to contain the outbreak as they did with Newcastle disease. An amber alert would be sounded and samples sent to the Veterinary Laboratory Agency (VLA) in Weybridge, Surrey. If Ian Brown, the head of avian ...
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Guayaquil, Ecuador: Conjunctivitis Outbreak Sending Hundreds for Treatment The health centers report the arrival of patients with the infection in their eyes, conjunctivitis is contagious. By Eva Acosta Cases of ‘patada china’ increase in Guayaquil The health centers report the arrival of patients wi...
bird flu; epidemiological units; H5N1; vaccination; zoo The current outbreak of avian influenza H5N1 began in South-east Asia in 2003 and by 6 February 2007 had caused outbreaks in birds in 53 countries resulting in the deaths of 166 humans, and 200 million poultry (the latter mostly culled...
In April of 2009 a novel influenza A (H1N1) virus was discovered to cause an outbreak of influenza in Mexico. Soon afterward the virus spread to the United States and then globally to become a pandemic infection. As of March 2010, almost all countries had reported infections, with more than...
During the initial outbreak, SARS-CoV was originally isolated from palm civets found in a Chinese market; but, SARS-CoV was not found in the wild palm civet population [12]. Bats harbor many coronaviruses and are considered the main reservoir for later infections in an intermediate host, ...
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