The economic reality of avian influenza Picture yourself in a tiny village in a developing country, say in Southeast Asia. One of your chickens die. Before you know it, government troops are getting off the back of lorries and swarming into your … [Read more...]
Bird Flu Back in Germany
Monday, June 25, 2007 By Leave a Comment
After a two year pause, Avian Influenza has resurfaced in Germany. We got the news late Sunday evening that swans and a Canada goose have been found dead and tested positive for H5N1. On one side there is quite a bit of surprise that this would … [Read more...]
Bird Flu Genome Study Shows New Strains, Western Spread
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 By Leave a Comment
In a paper from Emerging Infectious Diseases, an international team of researchers report the first ever large-scale sequencing of western genomes of the deadly avian influenza virus, H5N1. Their study of 36 genomes of the virus collected from … [Read more...]
A shocking March
Monday, April 2, 2007 By 3 Comments
Last month was a busy month! While media interest wanes somewhat on the issue of H5N1 Avian or Bird Influenza, the last month was actually a busy month. It was also a very sad month for the families who lost lives due to the virus. And for many … [Read more...]
Are H5N1 vaccines almost ready?
Friday, March 9, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Over the past few weeks there has been a flurry of bad news regarding Avian bird flu including the death of a 15 year old girl in Laos. There have been various outbreaks especially in the Middle East and several countries including China reporting … [Read more...]
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