Vietnam: Both the four provinces also have the disease of cattle and poultry

18/11/2011

(VOV) - The provinces of Long An, Tay Ninh, Quang Nam and Nghe An with poultry infected with less than 21 days.

Also, as reported by the Veterinary Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the country is now three provinces have PRRS in pigs less than 21 days, including Long An, Tay Ninh and Quang Nam. In 10 days, at the local outbreaks is not new, nor discovered pigs.

To support the local are PRRS in pigs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has not made payment for 200,000 doses of cholera vaccine in pigs national reserve to support the local.

According to Liao China Resources, Deputy Director of Agriculture and Rural Development in Long An province, over time, the Department has aggressively directing the prevention of diseases in cattle, poultry and promptly destroyed immediately infected cattle, while conduct disinfection, hygiene breeding facilities, vaccination of all pigs in the province is not infected.

To date, only 2 / 12 and Tan Tru district in Long An Province's Chau Thanh blue ear disease was less than 21 days.

On avian flu, on 10/11, Nghe An province announced bird flu in Xuan Quynh, Quynh Luu district and asked the concerned units in organizing disinfection, hygiene and animal pens farming households occurred in the translation and implementation of measures to prevent the spread of epidemics on a large scale.

Apart from the outbreak was discovered at Xuan Quynh, Quynh Luu district, from 24/10 - 6 / 11 the past, now has more than 10 days, in Nghe An without discovering a new outbreak. /.

WHO Warns Of New Pandemic

Friday 18 November 2011 06:57

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged the international community to step up global efforts to fight future pandemics, warning another outbreak is just a matter of time.

Over 100 international health experts from some 30 countries converged on Mexico City this week to discuss how authorities can help stave-off another animal to human epidemic spreading over the world.

Headed by the WHO and with the support of Mexico's government, the three-day conference entitled "Health Risks in Human-Animal Ecosystems" aims to establish a co-ordinated globalresponse to deal better with future outbreaks and human infections from animal species.

With a stark warning for conference participants that another deadly pandemic is a matter of when and not if, WHO Assistant Director-General of Health Security and Environment Keiji Fukuda urged the world to speed up efforts on an action plan against future contagion.

"We do face the risk of another pandemic in the future. We know that the viruses which can cause influenza pandemic circulate in animals and then we don't know when one of those viruses then becomes highly infectious for people and then spreads around the world. We also don't know when something like that happens, which we do expect in the future someday, when something like that happens we don't know how severe the effect will be," he said.....[continued]

H5N2 #Bird Flu Breaks Out in Taiwan

Friday, November 18, 2011

Highly Pathogenic Bird Flu Breaks Out in Taiwan

TAIWAN - The Taiwanese veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), at Zhupei City located in Northern Taiwan's Hsinchu.

The World Oragnisation for Animal Health (OIE) received an immediate notification yesterday, 17 November. The causal agent was found to be H5N2 serotype.

The affected population consists of 2,720 native chicken breeders and 3,280 native chickens, thereby bringing the number of susceptible birds to 6000. Out of this, 20 cases were identified. No deaths were recorded, and no birds were destroyed.

The report states that the notifiable avian influenza (NAI) viral infection was detected on a native chicken breeder farm in the process of active surveillance and identified as H5N2 strain on 15 November 2011. Movement restriction was implemented on the infected farm immediately when the virus was detected.

Clinical health investigation in the infected farm was done and showed that the breeders were in healthy condition and without clinical signs. The positive results of serological and virological tests confirm this H5N2 outbreak. The clinical and epidemiological investigation of surrounding poultry farms and pathogenicity test of virus isolate are in progress.

According to the report, note by the OIE Animal Health Information Department: H5 and H7 avian influenza in its low pathogenic form in poultry is a notifiable disease as per Chapter 10.4. on avian influenza of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (2011).

The source of the outbreak remains inconclusive.

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultrynews/24077/highly-pathogenic-bird-flu-breaks-out-in-taiwan

Reassortment and mutation of the avian influenza polymerase PA subunit overcomes species barriers

Andrew Mehle1,*,
Vivien G. Dugan2,
Jeffery K. Taubenberger2 and
Jennifer A. Doudna1,3,4

+ Author Affiliations

ABSTRACT

Emergence of new pandemic influenza A viruses requires overcoming barriers to cross-species transmission as viruses move from animal reservoirs into humans. This complicated process is driven by both individual gene mutations and genome reassortment.

The viral polymerase complex, composed of the proteins PB1, PB2 and PA, is a major viral factor controlling host-adaptation, and reassortment events involving polymerase gene segments occurred in past pandemic viruses.

Here we investigate the ability of polymerase reassortment to restore the activity of an avian influenza polymerase that is normally impaired in human cells.
Our data show that substitution of human-origin PA subunits into an avian influenza polymerase alleviates restriction in human cells and increases polymerase activity in vitro. Reassortants with 2009 pandemic H1N1 PA proteins were the most active.

Mutational analyses demonstrate that the majority of the enhancing activity in human PA results from a threonine to serine change at residue 552. Reassortant viruses with avian polymerases and human PA subunits, or simply the T552S mutation, displayed faster replication kinetics in culture and increased pathogenicity in mice compared to those containing a wholly avian polymerase complex. Thus, acquisition of a human PA subunit, or the signature T552S mutation, is a potential mechanism to overcome the species-specific restriction of avian polymerases and increase virus replication.
Our data suggest that the human, avian, swine and 2009 H1N1-like viruses that are currently co-circulating in pig populations set the stage for PA reassortments with the potential to generate novel viruses that could possess expanded tropism and enhanced pathogenicity.

In Nagaland, #bird flu, poultry import ban

In Nagaland, bird flu, poultry import ban

Thursday, 17 November 2011

  Kohima.

 In some parts of Assam and Nagaland in the wake of reports of an outbreak to be imported from the government there has decided to ban poultry products. Official sources said on Thursday in Assam's Dhubri district Agomoni Bamondanga part of the big flu outbreak was reported in a rural section.The state government of Assam to ban all imports of poultry products has been decided. It has been implemented with immediate effect. In addition to all the responsible departments have been issued in this regard. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=hi&u=http://www.bhaskarhindi.com/News/785/.html&ei=O53FTp2EHuL10gHji6mdDw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%25E0%25A4%25AC%25E0%25A4%25B0%25E0%25A5%258D%25E0%25A4%25A1%2B%25E0%25A4%25AB%25E0%25A5%258D%25E0%25A4%25B2%25E0%25A5%2582%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26gl%3Dus%26biw%3D954%26bih%3D490%26tbs%3Dqdr:d%26prmd%3Dimvns

Nagaland imposes ban on poultry from Assam

Kohima, Nov 17 : The Nagaland Government today decided to impose a ban on any type of poultry products from Assam following report of avian flu in some parts of Assam.

According to official sources here, in view of the recent outbreak of avian influenza in Bhamondanga Part-I village block, Agomoni in Dhubri district of Assam, the Nagaland Government decided to impose ban on all sorts of poultry products from the state of Assam to Nagaland with immediate effect as preventive measures till further notice.
It requested all responsible government departments to strictly comply with the government directives, sources said.

--UNI

http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-108452.html

Kuwait bans the import of birds from Iran

Because of bird flu ban the import of birds from Iran
   18/11/2011

She said the Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources yesterday that it had decided the temporary ban on import of all kinds of birds, eggs and young chickens from Islamic Iran. The Board confirmed in a press statement in this regard that the decision was based on reports from the World Organization for Animal Health, the presence of bird flu in Iran, according to the list of quarantine system of the State of Kuwait.

http://www.alqabas.com.kw/Article.aspx?id=749905&date=18112011

H5N1 avian influenza virus "re-export"

H5N1 avian influenza virus "re-export"Updated: 9:36 AM, 17/11/2011
H5N1 avian influenza virus are appearing again in the poultry markets in China, especially in the South, causing great difficulties for this country to prevent a new pandemic.


Worse, a variant of the virus called H5N1-2.3.2.1 is spreading widely among birds that live vaccines are in use today can not be prevented entirely, reported China Daily quoted Guo Fusheng, the veterinary experts of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said.
"In autumn and winter this year, China faces the risk of avian influenza outbreaks in poultry and in humans", experts warn.
Sun Yan, an official of the Veterinary Department, said that China is vulnerable to bird flu as the country to 25% of breeding birds, 87% and 65% of ducks and geese of the world.
New vaccines to prevent H5N1-2.3.2.1 of this country by the Ministry of Agriculture is currently developing a clinical trial.  http://baodatviet.vn/Home/KHCN/thegioiquanhta/Virus-cum-gia-cam-H5N1-tai-xuat/201111/178491.datviet

PREVENT #BIRD FLU


 Outbreaks of bird flu (H5N1) has been increasingly disturbing manners of Bali, to the Animal Husbandry Department of Fisheries and Marine Denpasar city are encouraged to intensify spraying of poultry from outside the region as well as poultry farmers to anticipate the spread of bird flu virus.

More on the "H5N2" outbreak in China

4 At first the country this year sentence for low-pathogenic /
 Jubei farm bird flu was detected in

Hsinchu County Government confirmed that there is a chicken farm territory, suspected due to seasonal changes, routine screening of chickens was found in the "low-pathogenic H5N2 strain of bird flu" virus strains, but no chickens died, on human health no threat, has control of disinfection.
 Jubei City, Hsinchu County, the fourth country this year since the outbreak of bird flu, now six thousand chicken farms all mobile control. Anti Inspection Bureau, said the preliminary conclusion from the clinical symptoms of low pathogenic, the virulence of the home health test report, released next week, the case of low pathogenic will be continuous monitoring for three months, the virus can not deregulation, without culling.

6,000 chickens mobile control "restricted movement"

Huang Guoqing, deputy director of anti-Inspection Bureau, said this farm last month, 19 samples, 24 isolated H5 antibodies, October 15, 1999 to further virus isolation from serum and detected H5N2.

Huang Guoqing said, the farm has four sheds, with an abandonment, three were three 二八 ○ 只 soil imitation chicken and 二七 二 ○ 只 soil imitation chicken. Will move the control to do all the chicken, raw chicken eggs using fumigation, hatched chicks have not detected the virus so far.

Livestock disease prevention and control of the Hsinchu County Government, said at the 15th notified the Council of Agriculture, the farm ten specimens, the "low-pathogenic H5N2 strain of bird flu" virus strains exist, a report immediately to the scene by moving the control to do , followed by the field and its radius of three kilometers of the other poultry farms, a comprehensive inventory, visit and disinfection. The results showed that the contacts are related to health, even the sick strains were found within the chicken farm also jump, good health too.

This represents, H5N2 is a low pathogenic influenza virus family, not people dreaded H5N1. Such viruses may spread through the air, it may be from birds, wild birds and other spread, initially suspected to be, and recent climate change and so on.

Mainland to Hong Kong H3N2 detected in pigs repeated

Mainland to Hong Kong H3N2 detected in pigs repeated
  11月17日

 Mainland pigs supplied to Hong Kong once again tested the new swine flu variant of shuffle, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and the University of Hong Kong in the past two months in the regular monitoring of pigs, with 15 samples found to contain swine gene of influenza virus H3N2 swine flu is twice found in the routine monitoring of the virus.。 However, Hong Kong University microbiologist stressed that the new virus to human health and pose a major threat to food safety.

Centre for Food Safety announced yesterday mid-August to October Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse pig flu virus monitoring results, about 1,000 pigs in the samples found no swine flu (H1N1 influenza) virus, but a decade five samples were found new H3N2 swine flu virus, but also with the virus of human swine influenza virus genes involved in the pigs from Guangdong, Hunan and Hubei.

 Center of the previously reported constant monitoring from May to July, also found that sixteen samples containing the virus.
  Department of Microbiology, HKU Professor Peiris stressed that the new viruses do not pose a major threat to human health, does not affect food safety. 。 University of Hong Kong experts had earlier explained that the new part of the virus genes with human H3N2 influenza virus similar to, supposedly most people have the virus antibody.

  Safest eating cooked

 CFS spokesman said people eating cooked to an internal temperature of 70 degrees Celsius or more pork is safe.  Are all imported from the Mainland registered farms from approved, along with health certificates issued by the Mainland authorities to prove good health.

China-#Bird flu virus found in poultry markets

#Bird flu virus found in poultry markets

08:28, November 17, 2011

BEIJING - The bird flu virus, also known as H5N1, seems to exist widely in the poultry markets, particularly in South China, posing a tough challenge for the nation's epidemic intervention work, senior experts warned.
Worse, a mutant strain of the virus called H5N1-2.3.2.1 was found spreading among live poultry, which the vaccine now in use cannot fully protect against, Guo Fusheng, technical adviser in animal health of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nation, told China Daily on Tuesday, citing information and statistics from China's Ministry of Agriculture. "With the arrival of autumn and winter, the country is facing an escalating risk of bird flu outbreaks among poultry as well as that of humans getting infected," he warned.

Yu Kangzhen, the national chief veterinary officer of the Ministry of Agriculture, said previously that it would be hard to avert regional bird flu cases during autumn and winter but "the chance of large-scale outbreaks is quite slim".

In late August, FAO warned of a possible resurgence of bird flu outbreaks around the world. According to the organization, since the virus was first detected in 2003, it has infected at least 560 people worldwide, killing 331 of them.

Sun Yan, an official of the Bureau of Veterinary under the Ministry of Agriculture, conceded that China is at even greater risk of avian influenza, given that it produced 25 percent chicken, 87 percent goose and 65 percent duck of the world's total yield.
In China, some 50 cases of bird flu involving poultry have been detected on the mainland since 2004, with 31 of these in 2005 alone, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

Forty human cases were reported, including 26 deaths, statistics from the Ministry of Health showed.

The last human death happened in June in Hubei province and the infected woman tested positive for H5N1-2.3.2.1, said Shu Yuelong, director of the National Influenza Center of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

So far, going by all detected human bird flu cases worldwide, the primary risk factor for human infection appears to be direct or indirect exposure to infected live or dead poultry or contaminated environments, according to the World Health Organization.

"The poultry is safe to eat," said Guo, adding that the virus can be easily killed during cooking.

A new vaccine against the H5N1-2.3.2.1, developed mainly by the Ministry of Agriculture, has already entered clinical trials, he said.

But regional inspections showed that the inoculation rate among poultry that stayed in water, like ducks, was even lower than 50 percent.

Liu Baoyun, a duck raiser from Jiangsu province, told China Daily that he did not like his ducks vaccinated as "they produce less eggs after vaccination".

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/7647377.html

Hand, foot and mouth disease kills 147 in Vietnam

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Children with mouth, foot and hand disease being treated at a hospital in Ninh Thuan Province, the first in the country to announce the disease as an epidemic on November

Photo: Nguoi Lao Dong

With around 2,620 children contracting hand, foot and mouth disease last week, the total number of patients in Vietnam this year tops 87,500, ten times last year’s figure, the Ministry of Health reported.

Last week five more children had died in Soc Trang, Dong Nai, and Binh Thuan Provinces, taking the death toll in 28 provinces and cities to 147, many times higher than last year, it said.

On November 4 Ninh Thuan became the first – and so far, only -- province to announce the disease as an epidemic after it spread to six of the province’s seven towns and districts, where 417 children contracted it, three of them fatally.

The number of patients was 24 times higher then in the same period last year, authorities reported.

Most of them were aged below three, they said.

The ministry said it would announce a national epidemic if two or more localities did so.

Later this week it plans to hold a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City with representatives of provinces and cities that have reported more than 1,500 cases to strengthen preventive measures.

The event will be chaired by Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien.

Several provinces and cities, including HCMC, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Long An, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, and Quang Ngai, have reported more than 5,000 cases.

Since there is no vaccine against the disease, preventive measures were very important to contain its spread, the health department said.

It called on people to keep their surroundings hygienic and wash their hands regularly, especially the hands of children and those who take care of or feed them.

Mexico will host global meeting on health risks

Mexico will host global meeting on health risksNotimex2011-11-14 21:15:00

Mexico, 14 Nov. (Notimex) .- The United Nations Organization (UNO) announced that Mexico will host the International Meeting on Health Risks in the human-animal interface and ecosystems.
The multilateral agency reported that in preparation for the ministerial meeting, the government of Mexico held from 15 to 17 November a High Level Technical Meeting in Mexico City.
At this meeting, about 100 experts will discuss the issues of zoonotic influenza, rabies and antimicrobial resistance as entry points to discuss cross-cutting aspects of the assessment and mitigation of threats of animal origin, the UN said.He said that the results of this meeting will define the agenda of the next ministerial meeting, where governments around the world seek political support and financial commitments that promote national policies and solutions for the detection, prevention and control of these diseases.
In a statement, the Organization of the United Nations recalled that most emerging and reemerging diseases in humans originate from animals.
"The experience left H5N1 avian influenza, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and rage shown that the next epidemic or pandemic is likely to emerge from the interaction between animals, humans and ecosystems," he said.
He noted that although it is difficult to predict what new diseases will sprout in the coming years, "we must be prepared for the unexpected," so sharing knowledge and precautions will be vital to reduce the threats to global health and disease hazards can generate infectious.
The UN recalled that the International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza 2010 in Hanoi, Vietnam, the Mexican government emphasized his experience during the fight against H1N1 pandemic influenza, and proposed a government meeting on health risks at the human interface -animal and ecosystem.
The event is organized by the government of Mexico in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), referred the UN.  http://sdpnoticias.com/nota/230947/Sera_Mexico_anfitrion_de_reunion_mundial_sobre_riesgos_sanitarios

China-Jubei H5N2 strain of bird flu farm found

Jubei H5N2 strain of bird flu farm found 2011-11-17
County Agriculture Department has monitored the sampling of the county farm, the anti-seizure Board on Jubei City, a family's chicken farm chicken imported from abroad, the blood contains low infectious H5N2 strain of bird flu last night banned the movement of chickens inside, and full disinfection, drain chicken and track conditions.

Fan, Director of Agriculture, said there are 130 bird flu viruses, H5N1 is a highly contagious type of bird flu type, and zoonotic, H5N2 type is a low infectious bird flu, not human and animal infection, please do not worry people.

This imported chicken from the chicken farm about six thousand breeding chickens, Hsinchu County Agriculture Department and the prevention of livestock diseases has to do routine monitoring of poultry farms sampled bird flu initiative, Council of Agriculture Animal Health the monitoring of serum and virus isolation found that there are only twenty four with H5N2 avian influenza virus, informed the county government to strengthen epidemic prevention.

Posssible bird flu outbreak in China-8000 ducks and chickens dead

Daye 8000 dolphins died mysteriously preliminary poultry can be ruled out bird flu
November 12, 2011

 
Hon Po farms yesterday day died nearly 700 more than just livestock1
"I do not know why, chicken, duck, dolphin and other animal which died a few days a lot." Yesterday, Daye Lake City Subdistrict habitat Mou Ru bridge to call the newspaper said the villagers, from May onwards, where he livestock and poultry farms in succession on the unexplained phenomenon of death, there are more than 4,000 had died, while a neighboring farm has more than 4,000 dead chickens only. Currently the death is continuing.

 
Bulk livestock continued death
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the reporter's lead down to the Mou habitat Bao Han Confucianism Hashimura agricultural farming cooperatives, Mou said he was the farm's agricultural technician, he pointed to a farm pond that week There's more than 5,000 former chickens, duck, dolphin, and now the rest of less than 1000.
Reporters go in a circle along the farm, only see a few ducks scattered, from time to time still see dead duck pond corner. "They have not had time to salvage dead duck, every day, the bulk of the livestock died, moved away and buried as soon as we can." Mou said.
Another nearby chicken farm, just a group of dead chickens piled together, of which there is a chicken in a non-stop shaking. Farmers Wang Genshen said, with the Han Bao agricultural breeding farms co-operatives same time, this is the case, If you do not treat approach, expected shortly will die off.Event playback: One week died more than 8,000 only
Yumou introduced Hon Po poultry farms first appeared in 5 days or so is death, the day when he found the two feeding dead dolphin, died the next day only 50 dolphins found dead on the third day and more than a hundred chicken, duck, dolphin. And near the bottom of the village Ming Wang Bay farmers Wanggen Shen's farm at the same time there have been similar to the situation.Daye City, animal husbandry station staff in view of the livestock disease symptoms, the diagnosis of respiratory tract infection, and gave them to open the drug. However, from 8 to yesterday, only the livestock and poultry every day there are still more than 700 deaths every day use a small trailer dragged more than 10 vehicles to a nearby hill and buried. "The strange animal had died too." Mou said, the livestock was good before a second, turned and died, and now surviving livestock obviously swing phenomenon, he engaged in farming 10 years or Head back to see this situation. Currently, the two farms have been dead more than 8,000 livestock only, direct loss of nearly 50 million.
Anatomy to determine:
Initially be ruled out bird flu
"We have spent thousands of dollars to buy medicine, but after injection survived only a few livestock." Wang Genshen frustration that he had outside workers, to return home in March this year business, borrowed 80 million investment of the breeding field, did not expect more than 5,000 chickens to "harvest", but lost more than half within a few days. "We want to find out the animal husbandry department as soon as possible cause of death, or not later bred." Wanggen Shen said they feared avian flu or other strange distemper.Reporters this case to Daye livestock sector, the animal disease prevention and control center staff to the scene to understand the situation, a plum named responsible person through the field on the incidence of animal anatomy, initially it can be concluded is not bird flu, the specific cause of death to wait test after

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FLU NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Bangladesh, flu hybrid in Hong Kong pigs, anti-vaccine group vs AAP

Nov 16, 2011

11,000 chickens culled after H5N1 outbreak in BangladeshSome 11,000 chickens and 43,000 eggs were destroyed after an outbreak of H5N1 avian flu was confirmed on a Bangladeshi farm, according to a report today from the Dhaka-based Daily Star. The farm, in Charlaxmipur village near Dhaka, had more than 1,000 chicken deaths several days ago, and the remaining birds and eggs were destroyed on Nov 14. Lab results confirmed H5N1 in sick poultry, and the farm is being disinfected. The country has confirmed 167 outbreaks of avian flu this year, according to the Bangladesh Department of Livestock.
Nov 16 Daily Star story
Meanwhile, Vietnamese health officials culled nearly 1,000 ducks in the Mekong Delta after some of them tested positive for the H5N1 virus, according to Saigon Giai Phong, official newspaper of Vietnam's communist party. After lab tests confirmed the presence of the virus, authorities from the Ca Mau province's Department of Animal Health culled almost 1,000 46-day-old unvaccinated chicks. The farm is in Thoi Binh district.
Nov 16 Giai Phong report

Hong Kong reports 15 cases of H3N2-pH1N1 viruses in pigsHong Kong officials announced today that 15 samples from pigs were recently found to contain an H3N2 swine influenza virus with genes from 2009 pandemic H1N1 flu (pH1N1). In a report on about 1,000 samples taken during surveillance from August to mid October, the Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety (CFS) said the virus is "unlikely to cause any major human health risk or problems in food safety." In August the agency said that 16 samples collected from May through July also tested positive for the virus. The report made no comparison of the hybrid virus to swine flu viruses detected in other countries, such as the H3N2-pH1N1 combination isolated from eight people in the United States since September.
Nov 16 Hong Kong CFS press release
Aug 26 CFS release

Anti-vaccine group objects to AAP's protest of Delta Airlines flu adIn a press release yesterday, the anti-vaccine group National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) expressed outrage over The American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP's) recent letter to Delta Airlines that objected to an NVIC ad that downplays the flu vaccine. The ad is being run this month on Delta flights. In the press release, the NVIC says, "Without cause, the AAP has used their considerable financial resources and political influence to intimidate Delta for simply showing a video that offers accurate information about ways to stay healthy during the flu season, including talking with doctors about getting a flu shot." The NVIC ad mentions the flu vaccine near the end of its 2-minute, 50-second ad but never recommends it. Instead the ad directs viewers to the NVIC Web site, which contains extensive anti-vaccine material. According to a Nov 7 Forbes article that displays the text of the Nov 4 AAP letter to Delta, AAP President Robert W. Block, MD, wrote, "By providing advertising space to an organization like the NVIC, which opposes the nation's recommended childhood immunization schedule and promotes the unscientific practice of delaying or skipping vaccines altogether, you are putting the lives of children at risk, leaving them unprotected from vaccine-preventable diseases."
Nov 15 NVIC press release
Nov 7 Forbes article   http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/nov1611fluscan.html

WHO: Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia - update 8 #H5N1 #birdflu

15 November 2011 - The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced one new confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus.

The case is a 29-year old female, mother of the 2 cases earlier reported from Bangli district, Bali Province. She developed symptoms on 10 October and died on 17 October.

An epidemiological investigation conducted by the Ministry of Health and local health officers indicated that she lived in an area with poultry, and household and neighbourhood poultry had died prior to her children's illness.

Laboratory tests have confirmed infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus.Of the 182 cases confirmed to date in Indonesia, 150 have been fatal.

Japan: #H5N1 "Birds do not generate a full" bird surveillance to strengthen

November 15, 2011
In response to migratory birds were flying time and was confirmed in wild birds infected with avian influenza viruses for the first time this season in the city of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, the 14th meeting of highly pathogenic avian influenza County Division (Division Governor Kawano ) is opened. 14 people attended the County Executive. And was confirmed to occur with the corresponding parts.

At the meeting, poultry whole prefecture was carried out in October (999) and was teaching a thorough anti-rat and repair bird net survey patrol, gathered mayors vice city full 25 month It has been reported, such as meetings or contacts.

Vaccine development takes UQ institute to Vietnam

15 November 2011
Researchers at The University of Queensland's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology are working with colleagues at the Pasteur Institute in Vietnam to progress research in vaccine development for pandemic avian influenza.

AIBN's Professor Anton Middelberg and Dr Linda Lua were part of a delegation from UQ that signed a memorandum of understanding with the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City.

The agreement will result in a pilot study in vaccine development for pre-pandemic H5N1, part of an AIBN research program at UQ, with evaluation at the Pasteur Institute.

World Health Organisation figures show strains of H5N1 have been responsible for 331 deaths globally since 2003, with 59 reported in Vietnam.

With 493 people infected around the world since 2003, this equates to more than 60 per cent dying from complications such as organ failure, breathing difficulties or pneumonia.

Professor Middelberg and Dr Lua are working to develop a vaccine, using bacteria to create virus-like particles (VLPs).

VLPs are shells of the virus, but do not contain any viral genetic material, so they can elicit a strong immune response but are inherently safe.

It is hoped the VLP technology can be tailored for any infectious disease and potentially deliver vaccines in weeks, rather than months, stopping a virus from causing a pandemic.

Professor Middelberg said the agreement with the Pasteur Institute was an important step in ensuring the VLP technology could one day be used to protect lives around the world.

“We believe VLPs have the potential to take vaccine technology to a new level and tackle emerging diseases in a safe and effective way,” he said.

“We need to prove the efficacy of the VLP technology. Our agreement with a highly-regarded agency such as the Pasteur Institute will allow us to move in that direction. It is an exciting step for us.”

The Pasteur Institute is the agency for public health in the south of Vietnam, with responsibility for infectious disease surveillance and prevention, biomedical research, vaccine control and manufacture and testing.

The Institute was founded in 1891 as the first Pasteur Institute outside of Europe.

The delegation that signed the memorandum of understanding included UQ Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and International) Professor Alan Lawson; Australian Consul-General Graeme Swift; Pasteur Institute Director Dr Tran Ngoc Huu; and Deputy Director Dr Cao Thi Bao Van.

Bangladesh: 11,230 hens culled for bird flu in Rajbari

11,230 hens culled for bird flu in RajbariRajbari: Posted: 15/11/2011 - 19:35
Over 11,230 hens were culled and 43,000 eggs were destroyed for bird flu at Rajbari Poultry Farm at Charlaxmipur village in Sadar upazila on Monday night.


District Livestock Office sources said the hens were culled for bird flu after confirmation of avian influenza virus in sick hens and eggs by livestock disease detection centre in Manikganj.
The confirmation was made on Monday afternoon following test of sample sent to the Manikganj centre from Rajbari Poultry Farm.
Upazila livestock office Dr. Sourendra Nath Saha said 1,500 hens perished at the farm in the last 72 hours after several thousand hens fell sick in the last 4 days ending at 3 am Tuesday.
Suspecting bird flu farm authority sent samples to the local livestock office which sent the same to Manikganj for test Monday morning.
The Manikganj centre sent a message to them confirming bird flu in sick hens and eggs on Monday afternoon.
The hens and eggs were destroyed district administration officials, including the civil surgeon and police from 9 pm Monday to 3 am Tuesday, he informed.http://thegoodmorning.net/index.php?id=6136

Bangladesh: Bird flu hits Rajbari farm

Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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Bird flu hits Rajbari farm

11,000 fowls culled

Staff Correspondent
At least 11,000 chickens and 43,000 eggs have been destroyed due to bird flu contraction at a poultry farm in Charlaxmipur village of Rajbari sadar upazila Monday night.
Owner of the farm Dipak Kumar Kundu told The Daily Star that the culling incurred him a loss of around Tk 10 lakh.
District livestock officer Lutfur Rahman said they annihilated and buried the chickens and eggs after being confirmed of H5N1 virus infection in the farm.
The poultry of the farm started to die from Friday and the situation deteriorated on Saturday when a thousand more chickens died, said livestock officer of the sadar upazila Surendranath Saha.
Lutfur Rahman said the district livestock department sent some sick birds to Animal Disease Investigation Centre in Manikganj for further investigation as soon as they sensed bird flu virus infection.
"We started culling the infected birds around 9:30pm, soon after an order from Dhaka reached us," he said, adding that disinfectant chemicals had been sprayed all over the farm while the owners of adjacent farms were alarmed.
About the compensation to the victim farm owner, Lutfur Rahman said it depends on the government's allocation and may take five to six months.
A total of 167 cases of bird flu attack have been recorded so far this year, according to Bird Flu Control Room of the Department of Livestock (DLS).
At least 5.75 lakh chickens have been culled and 5.66 lakh eggs destroyed throughout the country in 2011 because of bird flu attack.
According to DLS, December to February is the peak season for the bird flu outbreak. http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesig...php?nid=210352

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Vietnam: Ca Mau Destroyed nearly 1,000 ducks with influenza A/H5N1

Destroyed nearly 1,000 ducks with influenza A/H5N1
15/11/11 15:03
Veterinary Department under the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said Ca Mau province, the Department has A/H5N1 flu outbreak in ducks, nearly 1,000 children in Tan Loc, and Thoi Binh district conducted destruction. This is a 46-day-old ducks, not vaccinated against avian influenza in the Royal Li Run.




Destruction of bird flu. Photo: Internet


According to local veterinarians, bird flu situation in the province of Ca Mau is not serious, but always appeared scattered with small, especially at a time from now until March next year. The competent authority has continued to propagate and encouraged people to raise awareness of disease prevention as poultry.

However, there is the fact that people have subjective psychology, not pay proper attention to this dangerous diseases. Many farmers less interested in cleaning cages, found no reports of poultry die; identify even throw dead birds into the river ...
Ca Mau Veterinary Department sent many delegations to professional staff facilities, advocacy, guidance relative performance measures for disease prevention, not for developing A/H5N1 flu spread. http://www.xaluan.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=309204

TRI Analytics – H5N1 HPAI in Indonesia

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Nov 03, 2011
On 26 October 2011, the WHO confirmed Indonesia’s 180^th and 181^sthuman cases of H5N1 avian influenza since June 2005. 149 of the 181 confirmed cases have died. The figures below show human cases over time and by province or regency of the country. Note that in June 2008, Indonesia’s Minister of Health announced that Indonesia would no longer promptly inform the WHO upon confirmation of a new human H5N1 case. The Minister informed AP that the ministry would instead announce new fatal cases on a six-monthly basis, in the hopes of focusing attention on “positive steps and achievements.” [1] While more regular reporting has since resumed, the number of confirmed cases has not reached the levels seen during the period 2005-2008; it is not known whether this is a reflection of a true decrease or an artefact of reporting policies.
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Bali: MOH Confirms Mother of 2 Confirmed Children that Died #H5N1 - Cluster

Jakarta, 3 November 2011

Ministry of Health, "Directorate General of Disease Control and Environmental Health" announced one new cases of H5N1 have been confirmed by the Center for Basic Biomedical danTeknologi Health, Balitbangkes.

The case on behalf of the NP (female, 29 years), residents Bangli District, Bali Province, is the parent of the two previous bird flu cases were reported (NRA, female, 5 years and IWA, male 10 years 5 months). Symptoms of fever began on October 10, 2011. On October 15, 2011, because he felt weakness, cough, and shortness then went to the emergency room of local hospitals.

At the time of referral to the preparation of AI referral hospitals, runaway cases and found in the shaman's house the next day. Because the condition of the case gets weaker and weak with fever and cough, Finally on October 17, 2011 cases died at home. Epidemiological investigations have been carried into the patient's house and the surrounding environment by Kemenkes Team and the local health office, obtained a number of possible risk factors include memilikki case of poultry and live in environments where there are many people who raise poultry. Besides the death of his and neighboring poultry cases in considerable numbers.

With the increase of these cases, the cumulative number of bird flu in Indonesia since 2005 until this news broadcast was 182 cases with 150 deaths.

Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health, Prof.. dr. Tjandra Yoga Aditama as the focal point of the International Health Regulations (IHR) have also been informed about the case to the WHO.

This information is published by the Center for Public Communication, Secretariat General of the Ministry of Health. For further information please contact via telephone number: 021-52907416-9, fax: 52921669, Call Center: 021-500567, or e-mail info@depkes.go.id , kontak@depkes.go.id .

Bangladesh: Dramatically Effective Increase in Response Time Diagnosis #H5N1

Using nothing more than a common mobile phone, Bangladesh’s SMS Gateway system has dramatically
changed the time it takes for the government to receive and respond to reports of highly pathogenic
avian influenza outbreaks. A combination of web-based software, infrastructure, skills and commitment
have resulted in a dramatically effective model of rapid response to H5N1 HPAI. The process begins
with a community animal health worker at the affected farm, and then moves through a diverse chain
that includes upazila livestock officers, veterinary surgeons, couriers, laboratory scientists, the chief
veterinary officer, and a rapid response team of culling workers.

Cairo: Warning of the Return of #Birdflu #H5N1

Sunday: November 13, 2011, 10:58 am
Cairo, warned Dr. Souad Al-Kholi Director Directorate of Veterinary Medicine in Cairo from the leak of avian influenza infected birds into the hands of consumers during the current winter season, which activates the virus.

This comes because of the indiscriminate proliferation of breeding birds nest in the houses of the inability of the Directorate of Veterinary Medicine of the implementation of the law prevent the sale of live birds in Cairo because of the current security conditions and the lack of adequate security forces to accompany the veterinary campaigns.