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Study: H5N1 Can Replicate in the Human Gut

If you've followed the H5N1 story closely over the past five years, then the findings of this study shouldn't come as a complete surprise.

Influenza in humans (and in most mammals) is primarily seen as a respiratory disease. Human adapted influenza viruses have an affinity to bind to the α2-6 receptor cells that line the upper airway and lungs in humans.

Avian influenza viruses, however, preferentially bind to the α2-3 receptor cells that are commonly found in the gastrointestinal tract of aquatic birds, the virus's natural host.

Influenza in birds is a mostly a gastrointestinal illness, and the virus is often spread via feces deposited in lakes and ponds.

More at: http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2010/03/study-h5n1-can-replicate-in-human-gut.html

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Indonesia: WHO Plans H5N1 Research Lab

http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2010/03/indonesia-who-plans-h5n1-research-lab.html

The World Health Organization has asked Indonesia for permission to build a bird flu research laboratory in the country, fulfilling a longstanding desire by domestic health care officials to build such a collaborative center, the health minister said on Wednesday.

"WHO has requested that Indonesia become the location of a flu research laboratory, better known as a World Health Organization Collaborative Center, and I have said that we agree," Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih told the conference titled "One World, One Health: Winning the Battle Against the Diseases of the 21st Century" in Jakarta.

Endang recently told a news conference that there were four WHOCCs located around the world-in Atlanta, Tokyo, Melbourne and London. She said all WHOCCs until now were built in developed countries even though the disease was a world-wide issue and especially threatening to developing countries.

Endang said that a few years ago Indonesia would send its virus samples to an overseas WHOCC but had difficulty accessing the test results, which pointed to the need for the country to have its own laboratory.

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Myanmar (Burma)

http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2010/03/myanmar-reporting-new-bird-flu-activity.html

Myanmar is experiencing re-strike by bird flu H5N1, detecting more such cases in northwestern Sagaing division this month with some chickens suspected of dying of virulent avian influenza in a poultry farm in Yinmapin township early this week.

It was the third H5N1 case exposed since the avian influenza recurred in Myanmar last month, nearly two years after the country was claimed free from the disease.

The unusual death of chickens were proved to have been caused by highly pathogenic avian Influenza (HPAI) after laboratory tests conducted in Yangon and Mandalay, according to Saturday's official report.

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Vietnam, Suspected New H5N1 Case

http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2010/03/vietnam-suspected-new-h5n1-case.html

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health announced a suspected case of bird flu virus on March 16.

The patient, a 3-year-old child from Thuan An district, Binh Duong province, was hospitalised with symptoms of petechial fever, but she then tested positive for the A/H5N1 virus and is now under quarantine for treatment at Nhi Dong hospital, Ho Chi Minh City.

"There are many poultry breeders around the patient's house," said her family.

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Bird Flu Confirmed in Romanian Poultry

http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2010/03/bird-flu-confirmed-in-romanian-poultry.html

For those who think that bird flu only occurs in osbcure regions of Asia, not so! It has been found in Africa, and Europe as well.

The European Commission will adopt today a decision confirming the risk areas set up by the Romanian authorities in relation to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a backyard poultry farm located in the commune of Letea, in Tulcea county, at the Danube's delta close to the Ukrainian border.

Romania's national laboratory confirmed yesterday that the outbreak concerns the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza. In order to limit the spread of the virus the Romanian authorities applied immediately the necessary control measures laid down in EU legislation.

Bulgaria Watching Romania's Bird to Bird H5N1 Outbreak

http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2010/03/bulgaria-watching-romanian-h5n1-outbreak.html

Minister Miroslav Naydenov has announced that the National Veterinary & Medical Service (NVMS) will tighten controls at its regional centers, and will take all measures necessary to monitor and limit the spread of the virus.

The veterinarians have also been alerted to the risk of transmission across to Bulgaria by migratory and wild birds.

Romania has confirmed the outbreak in the village of Letea, in the southeastern Tulcea region, where almost 50 dead birds were found on two farms.

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Vietnam, Second H5N1 Death of the Year

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Sadly, this three year old did not survive.

A three-year-old girl on Wednesday became the second person to die of bird flu this year in Vietnam, a doctor said.

The child succumbed after about a week in a Ho Chi Minh City pediatric hospital with a severe lung infection, said Phan Van Nghiem, of the city's health department.

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Egypt: 17th Case since January 1, 2010

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The Ministry of Health on Sunday evening, the discovery of human cases of bird flu, a child aged 4 years in Beni Suef, bringing the number of cases infected with the disease since it appeared to 107 cases.

The ministry's statement into the situation Beni Suef General Hospital on the eighteenth of March, has been suffering from high fever, cough, runny nose and pneumonia after exposure to infected birds, which gave Tamiflu to be transferred to hospital in the capital of the poor condition.

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Egypt

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=348569&postcount=10

Sadly, according the following translation, the child in the post above has died:

Died today, Wednesday, Hassan Ali Mohamed (4 years) a resident in the village fled Center launched a BPA Beni Suef, after suffering from bird flu.

أعلن الدكتور مجدى حزين، مدير إدارة الطب الوقائى بمديرية الصحة ببنى سويف، أن الطفل قد دخل مستشفى بنى سويف العام فى الثامن عشر من مارس الحالى، وهو يعانى من أعراض مرضية مثل ارتفاع درجة الحرارة، ورشح من الأنف، والتهاب رئوى حاد، وأعلن مساء الأحد الماضى عن إصابته بالمرض حيث أعطاه الأطباء عقار التاميفلو، وتم تحويله إلى مستشفى منشية البكرى بالقاهرة، ولكنه فارق الحياة اليوم بالمستشفى.

Dr. Magdy sad, Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine Department of Health Beni Suef, that the child has entered Beni Suef General Hospital on the eighteenth of March, which is suffering from symptoms such as high temperature, runny nose, pneumonia, and announced on Sunday evening the past from the illness, where doctors gave him Tamiflu, and evacuated to a hospital in the capital Cairo, but he died today in hospital.

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Banke, Nepal

http://www.nepalnews.com/main/index.php/news-archive/19-general/4938-bird-flu-detected-in-banke.html

District Livestock Services Office, Banke confirmed the prevalence of bird flu in the district on Tuesday after it received a report from the central laboratory in Kathmandu.

It had sent samples of poultry products after over 150 chickens and ducks died in a short span in Binauna, Kohalpur, Phattepur and Nepalgunj.

Authorities have started taking special measures to control the virus from spreading. They have declared Chacharpharka of Binauna – 4 as the ‘hotspot” and decided to kill and desterilise poultry and poultry products in and around the area.

(hat tip crofsblog)

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Tulcea, Romania

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=349026&postcount=2

Specialists ANSVSA samples were collected from two chickens suspected of disease and they have sent to the Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health, to be subsequently transmitted to the Community Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza Weybridge in the UK.

...Romanian authorities confirmed the existence of an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza type H5N1 in village Letea, Tulcea County.

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Nilphamari, Bangladesh

http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=96161

Thousands of poultry birds affected by avian influenza viruses in the district were culled last week.

Stamping out of 3,000 avian influenza affected poultry birds had been completed in a single farm in Ramnagar Union Parishad of Sadar Upazila in the district.

When contacted, Noor Islam, district livestock officer, Nilphamari, told The FE that even the eggs of the affected poultry farms were also destroyed.

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Damietta Governate, Egypt

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=349111&postcount=4

From a translation over at flutrackers, this would be the 108th confirmed human case of H5N1 infection for that country.

The Ministry of Health on Sunday said the discovery of new human case of bird flu, bringing the total number of cases in Egypt since the emergence of the disease and so far 108 cases.

وأوضحت الوزارة فى بيان لها أن الحالة الجديدة لسيدة من محافظة دمياط تبلغ من العمر 30 عاما وحالتها حرجة.

The ministry said in a statement that the new situation of a woman from Damietta Governorate at the age of 30 years and in critical condition.

وأضاف البيان أن السيدة دخلت مستشفى صدر دمياط يوم 25 مارس / اذار الحالى تعانى من ارتفاع شديد فى درجة الحرارة وسعال وصعوبة فى التنفس، وذلك عقب تعرضها لطيور منزلية يعتقد فى إصابتها بفيروس إنفلونزا الطيور.

The statement added that Ms. Damietta was entered hospital on March 25 this suffers from high temperature, cough and difficulty in breathing, following exposure to household birds, believed to be infected with avian influenza.

وأشار البيان إلى أنه تم إعطاء السيدة عقار (تاميفلو) وتم تحويلها إلى مستشفى صدر العباسية لاستكمال علاجها.

The statement pointed out it was given Ms. drug (Tamiflu) was transferred to the hospital was the Abbasid to complete treatment.

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