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Here are the top Bird Flu stories for this month, September 2007 - (more news on our main web-site)

Note: Alerts are the top, daily news headlines, with the keywords of H5N1, Avian (bird) influenza (or combination thereof). These are from major news organizations all over the world. We have sorted these in month pages since January 2006.

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30 September » Fears over spread of Bird Flu in West, Central Africa
Afrique en ligne - Angers,France
The first outbreak of H5N1 virus was reported in Nigeria, after which the virus was discovered in Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Niger, Cote d’Ivoire, …

29 September » Bird flu virus can pass mother to fetus: study
CTV.ca - Canada
An autopsy performed on a pregnant Chinese woman who died from H5N1 avian flu infection showed the virus passed to the fetus, Chinese researchers report in …

28 September » High-Pathogenic Bird Flu Found at Saskatchewan Farm (Update2)
Bloomberg - USA
Officials stressed that the detected strain is different from the H5N1 virus that has killed at least 200 people and millions of birds in Asia, …

27 September » Chief Epidemiologist presenting at Int Bird Flu Summit
WorldPoultry.net - Doetinchem,Netherlands
The event will also address the threat of the bird flu outbreak and the possibility human-to-human transmission of H5N1 strain.

26 September » HK resumes China poultry imports
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
With the world’s biggest poultry population and millions of backyard birds roaming free, China is at the centre of the fight against bird flu. …

25 September » 2 Indonesian children hospitalized with bird flu symptoms
Xinhua - China
Laboratory tests by the hospital indicated that the two patients had bird flu but further tests in Jakarta are needed for confirmation.

24 September » Quick test for bird flu devised
BBC News - UK
Scientists in Singapore say they have created a hand-held device that can detect the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus within 30 minutes. …

23 September » China Closes Poultry Markets to Contain Bird Flu (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
18 (Bloomberg) — China has closed live poultry markets in major cities and in parts of the country where avian flu has been detected to contain the spread …

22 September » Feeling the strain
South China Morning Post (subscription) - Hong Kong
Yet the signs are there that the city is in for a long, uneasy winter as the vigil starts for human cases of H5N1 bird flu that could break out several …

21 September » Bird-flu outbreak brought under ‘effective control’
China Internet Information Center| - China
The bird-flu outbreak was reported early this month after more than 9000 ducks died within days of each other. The National Avian Influenza Reference …

20 September » ‘Bird flu’ man dies in 70ft fall as he walks home from car crash
Scotsman - United Kingdom
Bryce Harron, 40, whose discovery of a dead swan in Cellardyke harbour in Fife led to the detection of the first case of avian flu in Britain, …

19 September » Bird flu vaccine protective at ultra-low dose; bodes well for …
The Canadian Press - TORONTO
TORONTO (CP) — Vaccine manufacturer sanofi pasteur has produced an ultra-low dose vaccine against H5N1 avian flu which appears to be protective in smaller …

18 September » Singapore lifts suspension of poultry imports from Selangor
Channel News Asia - Singapore
Malaysia had declared that it was free from bird flu on September 9th this year. This is in line with international guidelines which states that a bird flu …

17 September » Michael Richardson: Human infections get harder to treat
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
Many experts worry that the biggest threat to animal, and potentially human, health is still the H5N1 strain of avian influenza virus. …

16 September » Guangzhou reports suspected bird flu outbreak
China Daily - China
GUANGZHOU — China’s southern city of Guangzhou has reported massive deaths of ducks in a village which are suspected to be a bird flu outbreak, …

15 September » Crucell to present pre-clinical results for H5N1 Virus treatment
CNNMoney.com - USA
… against H5N1 avian influenza. The studies will be presented at the 5th International Bird Flu Summit scheduled for September 27 and 28 in Las Vegas, …

14 September » Germans investigate bird flu source
FarmersWeekly - UK
German officials battling the current H5N1 avian flu outbreak have admitted that infected ducks may have entered the food chain. …

13 September » Pacific Health Officials Confront Avian Flu Fears
Voice of America - USA
During this season, migratory birds criss-cross Asia, spreading a highly contagious and lethal form of flu known as H5N1 - which is transmissible to humans. …

12 September » FACTBOX-WHO figures for bird flu cases in humans
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Hundreds of millions of birds have died or been culled. Following is a list of confirmed human cases of H5N1. Total cases include survivors. …

11 September » Vietnam seizes thousands of chickens smuggled from China in bird …
China Post - Taipei,Taiwan
The H5N1 bird flu virus has hit Vietnam hard this year, ravaging poultry stocks across the country. It has killed 46 people in Vietnam since the virus began …

10 September » Indonesia says man dies of bird flu in Sumatra
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian man has died of bird flu on Sumatra island after coming in contact with sick poultry, bringing the number of people killed …

09 September » Hospitals test flu readiness
The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA
Avian flu or bird flu is caused by influenza viruses found naturally in wild birds, but a highly pathogenic H5N1 is deadly to birds and can be transmitted …

08 September » German authorities order 200000 birds slaughtered over suspected …
International Herald Tribune - France
… said Friday that more than 200000 ducks would be slaughtered at two farms in Bavaria after tests indicated the presence of the H5N1 strain of bird flu. …

07 September » Indonesia dismisses human-to-human bird flu report
Reuters - USA
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia rejected on Monday a study by US researchers that concluded that the H5N1 bird flu virus had spread from person to person …

06 September » Bird flu pandemic poses ‘great risk’ to Australia
ABC Online - Australia
Dr Heymann says bird flu will continue to pose a risk to humans. (File photo) (AFP: Mamat) The head of the communicable disease program at the World Health …

05 September » Russia confirms H5N1 bird flu strain at poultry farm
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
MOSCOW, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Russia’s animal and plant health watchdog said on Tuesday the H5N1 strain of bird flu had been identified at a poultry farm in …

04 September » H5N1 Primary Vector is Domestic Poultry
Technocrat.net - Boston,MA,USA
According to research presented at a recent avian flu conference, H5N1 is just not spreading by wild birds to any measurable level, instead, it appears to …

03 September » Person-to-person bird flu confirmed
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
In the Sumatran case, seven family members contracted the H5N1 strain of bird flu, one of the biggest clusters in the world. Six died and another female …

02 September » WHO confirms five human bird flu cases in Vietnam
Reuters - USA
Bird flu has infected seven people in Vietnam so far this year and officials said the H5N1 virus could return in winter, starting in November. …

01 September » UAE bans poultry from Bavaria
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Dubai - The United Arab Emirates has banned the import of poultry and birds from the German region of Bavaria where the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was …

Alerts are the top, daily news headlines with the keywords of H5N1, Avian (bird) influenza (or combination thereof). Since our goal is to forecast or calculate, we view these headlines as interesting indicators. Scanning over the whole year gives you a broad picture of what is going on in the world.

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