Tuesday, March 13, 2012

FEEDING TIME..No sign of missed H5N1 cases in Bangladesh study

No sign of missed H5N1 cases in Bangladesh study

Mar 13, 2012 (CIDRAP News) – No signs of H5N1 avian influenza infections were found in more than 400 Bangladeshis who were probably exposed to the virus while working on poultry farms and in markets, according to a study reported in preliminary form today.

The findings were presented at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) in Atlanta. They are in line with a number of previous serologic studies in the past 8 years that have found few people carrying H5N1 antibodies suggesting they had unrecognized H5N1 infections...  http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/mar1312seroprev.html

1 comment:

Duff Smith said...

No, they didn't overlook a thing... sold off every last sick bird!