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	H5N1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A bird-adapted strain of H5N1, called HPAI A(H5N1) for "highly pathogenic avian influenza virus of type A of subtype H5N1", is the causative agent of H5N1 flu, commonly known as "avian influenza" or simply "bird flu", and is endemic in many bird populations, especially in Southeast Asia.
		H3N2 ("swine flu") is endemic in pigs in China, and has been detected in pigs in Vietnam, increasing fears of the emergence of new variant strains.
		Flu virus-induced increases in the level of cytokines is also associated with flu symptoms including fever, chills, vomiting and headache.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/H5N1 (4470 words)

	Spanish flu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Spanish Flu Pandemic was a pandemic caused by an unusually severe and deadly strain of the subtype H1N1 of the species Influenza A virus (which apparently killed via cytokine storm, explaining the severe nature and unusual age distribution).
		The strain was unusual for influenza in that this pandemic killed many young adults and otherwise healthy victims; common influenzas kill mostly newborns, the old and infirm.
		One theory is that the virus strain originated at Fort Riley, Kansas, by two genetic mechanisms — genetic drift and antigenic shift — in viruses in poultry and swine which the fort bred for local consumption.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spanish_Flu (2522 words)

	Flu, NIAID Fact Sheet
		Influenza, or flu, is a respiratory infection caused by a variety of flu viruses.
		Flu outbreaks usually begin suddenly and occur mainly in the late fall and winter.
		Researchers are especially concerned because this flu strain, which is transmitted by birds and is quite deadly, is becoming endemic in Asia and has infected humans in an unprecedented number of countries.
	www.niaid.nih.gov /factsheets/flu.htm (2821 words)

	Flu Articles
		The flu is often confused with the common cold, but flu symptoms tend to develop quickly and are usually more severe than the typical sneezing and stuffiness of a cold.
		Influenza, commonly known as "the flu," is a highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory tract.
		The flu is caused by the influenza virus...
	www.varticles.com /health/flu (679 words)

	The Flu
		The A type can be divided into "strains" based on two antigens, the H and the N; every year or so at least one minor change occurs in either the H or N or both antigens, but that change is enough to make people who had the previously popular strain susceptible to the new one.
		Because of the constant change in the flu virus, the vaccine needs to be changed each year to protect against the flu strains that are expected to be responsible for that year's flu infections -- and you need to get the new vaccine each year to be protected against that year's expected strains.
		The "swine flu" of the mid-1970's was actually reported first in swine, and millions of Chinese chickens were destroyed in late 1998 to help control the possible spread of the Hong Kong flu strain to people.
	www.drreddy.com /shots/flu.html (2705 words)

	New Scientist Special Report on Bird Flu
		Health authorities fear this strain, or its descendent, could cause a lethal new flu pandemic in people with the potential to kill billions.
		Flu has been a regular scourge of humanity for thousands of years.
		But sometimes a bird flu virus jumps to an animal whose immune system it is not adapted to.
	www.newscientist.com /channel/health/bird-flu (1910 words)

	Bird Flu and Bird Flu H5n1 Strain
		Although this type of effect has not been felt from the flu for many years, with the onset of bird flu this is becoming a very real possibility.
		The Greek agriculture ministry has said that the broad H5 category of avian flu had been detected in seven wild swans in the north of the country, adding that the samples would be sent to an EU reference laboratory in Britain for further tests.
		Flu (also "bird flu", "avian influenza h5n1) flu" (which is a bird flu) and contrasted with flu from an avian adapted strain of h7n3 (which is also a bird flu
	www.bird-flu-report.com /bird-flu/BirdFluH5n1Strain (382 words)

	Flu 'Oddities' - Citizens for Legitimate Government
		Deadly bird flu strain found in Nigeria 02 Jul 2006 The most lethal strain of bird flu has been detected in the eastern Nigerian state of Taraba, bringing to 15 the number of states, out of a total of 36, to be affected by the virus, a state official said Saturday.
		Bird flu plan 'may spread virus' --British measures to deal with an outbreak have been attacked as likely to promote wider infection 18 Mar 2006 Farmers will be free to move birds out of areas hit by avian flu, with permission from a vet, under British plans to deal with an outbreak of the disease.
		Bird flu moving freely from Asia to Europe and Africa 23 Feb 2006 Indonesia said a 27-year-old woman died of bird flu as it prepared to scour the capital for infected poultry, while Malaysia and India expanded the slaughter of chickens to try to contain the H5N1 virus.
	www.legitgov.org /flu_oddities.html (11636 words)

	Avian Flu - What we need to know
		Human flu viruses preferentially bind to what are known as α 2,6 galactose receptors, which populate the human respiratory tract from the nose to the lungs.
		Sweden recorded its first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain on Wednesday, saying European laboratory tests confirm two birds found dead in the southeast were infected with the virus.
		The H5 strain of bird flu has been found at two sites in Afghanistan and there's fear that tests could prove it to be the deadly H5N1 virus, a UN agency warned on Monday.
	avianflu.typepad.com (11416 words)

	Scarce flu vaccine not designed for new strain / New Zealand variety worries officials
		The current flu vaccine is made from a strain developed by her laboratory, and she is working right now on an A/Wellington-like strain for manufacturers who will make next year's vaccines.
		When flu vaccines are well-matched to the prevailing flu strains, the shots can prevent flu in 70 percent to 90 percent of vaccinated adults, according to the CDC.
		Despite the late emergence of the new flu strain, influenza was unusually mild throughout the Southern Hemisphere from May through October.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/10/24/FLU.TMP (1132 words)

	New Vaccine Designed for a Deadly Flu Strain
		Influenza A viruses are further broken down into subtypes based on surface antigens known as H and N. Antigens from "New Caledonia" and "B Shanghai" strains of the influenza virus were present in the 2004-2005 flu season.
		It is believed to be among the most deadly of all flu strains.
		A slightly different strain of H3N2 -- not included in the current 2004 vaccine -- was blamed for the deadly disease outbreak that swept through Colorado and other western states earlier this year.
	www.webmd.com /content/article/101/106019.htm (533 words)

	CNN.com - Bird flu strain confirmed in Turkey - Oct 13, 2005
		The lethal strain of bird flu is confirmed in Turkey (2:56)
		If confirmed in Romania, it would be the first instance of the deadly strain known to have reached Europe, and would bolster the theory that it may be spread by migrating birds.
		Health officials worry that, if the avian influenza virus were to combine with a normal human strain of influenza virus inside a person infected with both, a hybrid could emerge that would have lethality of more than 50 percent and the ability to spread easily from person to person.
	www.cnn.com /2005/HEALTH/conditions/10/13/eu.birdflu/index.html (871 words)

	Britain confirms deadly bird flu strain - Bird Flu - MSNBC.com
		But experts fear it could mutate into a form of flu that is easily transmitted between humans and cause a pandemic that could kill millions.
		Bird flu devastated flocks in several regions in Siberia and the Urals during the summer, and last week it hit a village about 200 miles south of Moscow.
		When the deadly H5N1 strain first appeared in Indonesia two years ago, the country’s 11 biggest poultry producers blocked access to their farms, hampering efforts to fight the virus.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/9776460 (821 words)

	Tests confirm deadly bird flu strain in Romania - Bird Flu - MSNBC.com
		A Romanian gendarme holds a dead domestic duck, culled on suspicion of bird flu disease, in the village of Ceamurlia de Jos, 186 miles east of Bucharest, on Oct. 14.
		H5N1 is a particular type of bird flu that has struck parts of Asia, Russia and Turkey and is seen as a candidate to cause a flu pandemic if it mutates into a form capable of spreading easily from person to person.
		They also found evidence she was directly infected by her brother and not by chickens, a rare case of human-to-human transmission of the virus.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/9674377 (1119 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Turkey bird flu is deadly strain
		Speaking at a news conference, Mr Kyprianou advised seasonal flu vaccination for populations considered to be at risk and said governments should focus on stockpiling anti-viral drugs.
		Standard flu vaccines, normally given to young children, the elderly and sick, are unlikely to protect against bird flu.
		However, scientists fear that the bird flu virus could mutate into a human pandemic strain if people suffering normal human flu are also infected with the H5N1 type.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/4337918.stm (572 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Chicken cull after bird flu find
		The government's chief vet said it was likely to be the H7 strain, virulent among chickens but less of a threat to humans than the H5N1 variant.
		But neither strain poses a large-scale threat to humans as bird flu cannot pass easily from one person to another.
		Prof Hugh Pennington, a professor of bacteriology at Aberdeen University, said while the H7 strain was "nasty for the birds", it was "not a public health threat to humans".
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/4949026.stm (872 words)

	Deadly Flu Strain Shipped Worldwide (washingtonpost.com)
		A dangerous strain of the flu virus that caused a worldwide pandemic in 1957 was sent to thousands of laboratories in the United States and around the world, triggering a frantic effort to destroy the samples to prevent an outbreak, health officials revealed yesterday.
		Since the flu is a virus, antibiotics can't cure it.
		The panel samples usually include only strains of the flu virus that are relatively benign, Stohr said.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A47841-2005Apr12.html (578 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Ukraine bird flu 'fatal to humans' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		A Russian veterinary official has said that the bird flu strain found in Ukraine is the same one that has decimated flocks of birds in Asia, a Russian agency reported.
		The Health Ministry reported that the outbreak, initially confined to six villages, had spread to nine by Friday, and dying birds were reported in a total of 16 villages and the peninsula's regional capital, Simferopol.
		Experts fear the strain could trigger a human flu pandemic if it mutates into a form that is easily spread between people.
	news.scotsman.com /latest.cfm?id=2381402005 (507 words)

	Czechs confirm first case of H5N1 bird flu strain
		Tests on a dead swan have confirmed the Czech Republic’s first case of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus, the Agriculture Ministry said on Wednesday.
		The swan was found near the southern town of Hluboka Nad Vltavou, on the Vltava river.
		The H5N1 strain, which has spread from Asia to the Middle East, Africa and Europe, remains essentially an animal disease but can infect people who come into contact with sick poultry.
	www.3-rx.com /ab/more/czechs_confirm_first_case_of_h5n1_bird_flu_strain (340 words)

	2005 November -- Bird Flu Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The bird flu is a strain of flu carried by birds that can be contracted by humans who come into contact with the birds or their droppings.
		The British government said Sunday that a strain of bird flu that killed a parrot in quarantine is the deadly H5N1 strain.
		strain of the bird flu virus under the … the globe.
	bird-flu-facts.info /date/2005/11 (4229 words)

	Avian Flu - What we need to know: New flu strain in Vietnam?
		Vietnam, the country worst hit by bird flu, will send soldiers and police to help contain the spread of the virus as more outbreaks erupt and the sudden death of ducks in two provinces hints at a more virulent strain.
		Even though none showed symptoms of the virus while alive, all 15 samples taken after their deaths were positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu.
		Dung could not be reached for further comment and there was no proof that H5N1 had become more virulent, but many ducks also died quickly in a field in Hai Duong province, the Nong Nghiep Vietnam newspaper said.
	avianflu.typepad.com /avianflu/2005/11/new_flu_strain_.html (199 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com Bird flu strain remedy found
		In a study released late on Sunday, researchers from the Queen Mary Hospital in London said that oseltamivir, marketed by Roche as Tamiflu, is effective against avian and human forms of the virus, which has so far killed 32 people this year.
		In response, the WHO has called a summit meeting of flu vaccine manufacturers and nations to speed up plans for dealing with the growing threat of a flu pandemic, reports Health Talk.
		Roche AG's Tamiflu anti-influenza drug has been proven to work against H5N1, the strain of the avian flu virus that the World Health Organization says could be the source of a deadly flu pandemic More details...
	newsfromrussia.com /science/2004/11/01/56907.html (1398 words)

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