http://aboutbirdflu.net Everything you need to know about bird flu Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:53:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en H5N1 is easily transmissible between birds facilitating a potential global spread of H5N1. While H5N1 undergoes mutation and reassortment, creating variations which can infect species not previously known to carry the virus, not all of these variant forms can infect humans. H5N1 as an avian virus preferentially binds to a ... http://aboutbirdflu.net/guidelines/infectivity-of-h5n1/ Medical News Today Published: Time Magazine this week cited the approval of a bird flu vaccine earlier this year as the top medical development in 2007. Key testing of the vaccine, the first ever approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to prevent bird flu, was done by doctors and ... http://aboutbirdflu.net/uncategorized/in-the-news-time-cites-bird-flu-vaccine-as-top-medical-development-of-2007/ According to reports, a 16-month-old baby boy in Bangladesh contracted the bird flu virus. Although the country first got its reported case last February 2007, the bird flu virus became dormant. The boy from a slum in the capital Dhaka "has survived. He has been quarantined and his condition has improved," ... http://aboutbirdflu.net/news-and-updates/bird-flu-case-in-bangladesh-confirmed/ Indonesia has finally decided to help the World Health Organization in its global fight against the bird virus by sharing information on the virus. Before that, Indonesia decided to stopped sharing information on the said virus in protest for a lack of access to vaccines that were produced by developed ... http://aboutbirdflu.net/news-and-updates/indonesia-opens-information-to-who/ A new drug has joined the fight against bird flu, also known as the avian flu: Prepandix. The European Commission has granted pharmaceutical giant, GlaxoSmithKlein a marketing license for the pre-pandemic vaccine . According to the World Health Organization, vaccines are important for preventing influenza and the reduction of health consequences ... http://aboutbirdflu.net/news-and-updates/new-vaccine-joins-the-fight/ According to Steven Gamblin and his co-workers at the National Institute for Medical Research in London and the University of St Andrews, going against the bird flu with Tamiflu may not be enough. Mutations arising which have a selection advantage are very quickly exploited [by the virus],' Gamblin says. 'Our study ... http://aboutbirdflu.net/news-and-updates/tamiflu-may-not-be-enough/ South Korea's response to the bird flu maybe considered as extreme but it needs to be done. The country has decided to “disinfect” all poultry farms, the agriculture ministry said last Tuesday. "The government will take strong steps to stop the spread of bird flu, which is causing enormous damage to ... http://aboutbirdflu.net/news-and-updates/15000-poultry-culled-in-seoul/ Japanese officials are getting worried that the the H5N1 virus (also known as the bird virus) is spreading among the birds in the northern region. This was after a swan was positively identified and was tested for the disease. According to a farm official in Hokkaido, there's been no poultry affected ... http://aboutbirdflu.net/news-and-updates/dead-swan-in-japan-is-positive-for-h5n1/ After confirming a bird flu outbreak earlier this year, the South Korean government isn't taking this lightly. Besides culling all poultry in the affected areas, they have secured enough drugs against the dreaded disease for 2.5 million people.There hasn't been any human cases in the country but they've taken precaution ... http://aboutbirdflu.net/news-and-updates/koreas-not-taking-any-chances/ We reported last time that a possible vaccine is in the works at Purdue; here's another positive light on the vaccine coming from Vietnam. The vaccine which is currently being trialled on thirty Military Medical Institute students have gotten good results so far. The vaccine manufacturer, Vabiotech, was given the go ... http://aboutbirdflu.net/news-and-updates/bird-flu-vaccine-trial-positive-results/