Avian Bird Flu

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1. Bird Flu Outbreak Reduces Waste Production in Valley
2. Two Cambodian Girls Contract H5N1; One Died
3. LPAI Affects Ducks in Taiwanese County
4. High-path Bird Flu Outbreaks in Nepal Affect Broilers and Layers
5. Maryland Researchers Study Vaccine to Prevent Potential H7N9 Bird Flu Pandemic
6. Poultry Slaughter Begins in Emiglia Romagna
7. FAO Launches Emergency Projects to Fight H7N9 Avian Flu
8. Two Mexican States Lift Bird Flu Quarantine
9. Bird Flu Viruses Could Re-emerge in Upcoming Flu Season
10. Third Person Reported with H7N7 Infection
11. H7N9 Studies Flesh out Infectivity Patterns in Humans and Pigs
12. Some Relief Ahead for Nepal’s Poultry Farmers
13. Hot Chinese Poultry Seized by Customs
14. Novel Avian Influenza A Virus Has Potential for Both Virulence and Transmissibility in Humans
15. Canada’s Wild Bird Survey for Avian Influenza Underway
16. Bird Flu Hit 140,000 Nepali Poultry in July
17. China’s H7N9 Infections Reached 134 by August
18. Supply Chain Must Not Be Hit by Avian Influenza
19. Mexico Reports Two More H7N3 Bird Flu Outbreaks
20. Trade, Wild Birds Causes Bird Flu Infections in Domestic Ducks

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Bird flu may come back stronger when seasons change

By Kate Kelland
MSN News – A new and deadly strain of bird flu that emerged in China in February but seems to have petered out in recent months could reappear later this year when the warm season comes to an end –and could spread internationally, scientists said on Monday.

A study by researchers in China and Hong Kong found only one human case of the H7N9 bird flu strain has been identified since early May.

In the preceding months, the virus, which was unknown in humans until February, has infected more than 130 people in China and Taiwan, killing 37 of them, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

“The warm season has now begun in China, and only one new laboratory-confirmed case of H7N9 in human beings has been identified since May 8, 2013,” the researchers wrote in a study published in The Lancet medical journal.

But they added: “If H7N9 follows a similar pattern to H5N1, the epidemic could reappear in the autumn.” >>Continue Reading<<

Source and Photo: MSN News, June 24th, 2013
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New SARS-Like Virus Infects Both Human and Animal Cells

By Carrie Arnold
Science – A SARS-like virus discovered this summer in the Middle East may infect more than just humans. The pathogen, a close cousin to the one that caused the 2002 to 2003 SARS outbreak, may also be able to infect cells from pigs and a wide range of bat species, researchers report today. The findings may help public health officials track the source of the outbreak and identify the role of wild animals and livestock in spreading the virus, researchers say.