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India Something is killing the poultry in this part of India. The cause is not yet known but bird flu is suspected, of course. The people are cooking and eating the diseased birds. Supposedly it...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
Maybe We Should Still Be Concerned? When a person in a high profile position of authority reportedly gives out an unusually reassuring opinion without the benefit of offering any kind of proof of...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
Indonesia She is only 16 years old. I wish that we knew her name. She has been identified as positive for H5N1 by the WHO. This disease seems to favor hitting young girls, but this may be because...
The American Academy of Science has said that there is "no safe level of transfats". You may have noticed that food labels are beginning to advertise not having any so as to lure health conscious...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
mute swans in the uk testing positive for bird flu very sad news to hear that such beatiful birds have been infected. we have them here in my area of new england as escapees from wealthy estates on...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
Making Sense of the Evolving Situation in Egypt The story in Egypt is confusing as there are many, many human suspect cases with little follow up reporting regarding test results. Then there is the...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
Long Island Man Tests Antibody Negative for Bird Flu The long awaited antibody testing results have been released for a US based family member of the group of Pakistani brothers that were positive for...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
This is very good news. Capua has been an advocate for transparency to access of information for all scientists particularly with regards to avian influenza....
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
How Humans Get Bird Flu To understand how influenza viruses attack humans, you have to have some knowledge of the Receptor Binding Domain (RBD). The first essay from Avian Flu Diary is here, in case...
Santa Clara County Home Treatment for Pandemic Influenza Guide Kudos to the Santa Clara County Public Health Department for providing this document, and thanks to flutrackers.com for pointing it out....
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
with permission, more commentary from recombinomics on tamiflu resistance in egypt: dominance of h5n1 tamiflu resistance in egypt [quote name=http://www.recombinomics.com/news/01030806/h5n1_n294s...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
Commentary with permission from Recombinomics: H5N1 Tamiflu Resistance Re-emerges in Egypt http://www.recombinomics.com/News/01030805/H5N1_N294S_Again From a new blogger, an...
indigo girl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing
h5n1 confirmed at kindergarten petting zoo in haifa israel too close for comfort when this happens at a kindergarten. those parents must be very, very upset. the kindergarten staff is on...
CIDRAP on the US vaccine-allocation "draft guidance" How vulnerable are we when it comes to the supply chain? When it comes to medical supplies, we are in serious trouble:...
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Bangladesh http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2007/12/more-culling-in.html There appear to be two different large outbreaks in poultry. Interesting that they are using the military to do the culling:...
I should have posted this on New Year's Eve when it was written, but I was too worn out from lack of sleep. Hopefully, I will not be working nights much longer. Gratefully posted with the permission...
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More Egyptian Fatalities On 25 Dec, this woman, Ola Younis, age 25 died. In one week, four more have died in Egypt. I hope that I have their names correct. Atwa Ibrahim, 50 years old Fardous Mahammed...
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Egypt Fatma Fathi Mohamed was 25 years old: http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12300703/H5N1_Egypt_4_Confirmed.html China Older patients seem to have a better outcome. They still get sick, and...
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to understand the importance of the commentary on what happened in pakistan with regards to h5n1, it would be helpful to have a grasp of something called the receptor binding domain (rbd). really,...