 | Authorities in Germany announce detection of H5N1 avian influenza (4/10/2006)
Germany (Goverment) -- On the 28th February 2006, authorities in Germany announced the detection of H5N1 avian influenza in a domestic cat on the northern island of Ruegen. This was the first reported case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a domestic mammal in Europe and is suspected to be due to the consumption of an infected wild bird. A few cases of HPAI in domestic and wild cats have been reported previously from SE Asia.
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| | Avian influenza – situation in Thailand – update 37 (11/1/2005)
Geneva, Switzerland (World Health Organization) -- The Ministry of Public Health in Thailand has confirmed an additional case of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza. The patient, a 50-year-old woman from Bangkok, developed symptoms on 26 October and was hospitalized on 29 October. She remains hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
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| | Iraq reports first bird flu case (10/29/2005)
Iraq (ProMed) -- The head of the central veterinary laboratory in Erbil, Ilham Butros, said in a statement made available to United Press International that a chicken was found to have been infected with the strain.
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| | Origin of the avian influenza outbreak in Japan (10/29/2005)
Japan (ProMed) -- The Japanese Government has issued an interim report on the origin of the avian influenza outbreak in the Ibaraki Prefecture in August 2005.
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| | Bird flu suspected at Japanese farm (10/29/2005)
Japan (ProMed) -- Authorities have detected signs of bird flu at a farm in northern Japan and plan to kill 82 000 chickens, local officials have said.
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| | Re-test requested in China (10/28/2005)
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| | WHO recommended H5N1 prototype strains for influenza pandemic vaccine development remain the same (10/28/2005)
Geneva, Switzerland (World Health Organization) -- At present WHO does not recommend changing the previously selected H5N1 prototype strains for ongoing pandemic vaccine development. But, for vaccine research purposes, the WHO H5 Reference Laboratory Network, which undertakes the tasks of selecting and developing the pandemic vaccine strains, has initiated the development of experimental H5N1 vaccine prototype strains from the recent viruses.
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| | H5N1 Timeline (10/28/2005)
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| | WHO guidance on public health measures in countries experiencing their first outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (10/27/2005)
Geneva, Switzerland (World Health Organization) -- Measures recommended below aim to protect persons from direct exposure to infected or possibly infected poultry and wild birds and, should this fail, to protect them post-exposure. Persons suspected of infection should be immediately investigated to confirm or exclude diagnosis and to start treatment when indicated. Appropriate measures for infection control, as recommended by WHO, should be used in hospitals treating patients strongly suspected of infection.
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| | Bird flu spread to another region in Russia (10/25/2005)
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