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View Post: A TIME'S MEMORY: Characterization of low pathogenicity avian ...
8 hours ago by Giuseppe Michieli  
Since the emergence of H5N1 high pathogenicity (HP) avian influenza virus (AIV) in Asia, numerous efforts worldwide have focused on elucidating the relative roles of wild birds and domestic poultry movement in virus dissemination. ...
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View Post: Avian influenza (57): Russia (Moscow) wild birds, OIE
7 Nov 2009 by ProMED Mail  
Avian Influenza — Moscow Source: OIE's WAHID Weekly Disease Information 2009; 22(45) [edited] Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Russia ----------------------------------------- Information received on (and dated) 05 Nov 2009 from Dr ...
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View Post: Prevalence of avian influenza and sexual selection in ducks ...
12 Oct 2009 by Hegyi, G., Moller, AP, Eens, M., Garamszegi, LZ  
Investigations of avian influenza have so far focused on the global circulation and conversion of virus strains and showed that wild waterfowl and especially ducks represent the reservoir and source of virus strains that can become ...
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View Post: Chen Qi -The World of Micro-Organism Virus
Swine flu
H5N1 ... ...
View Blog: This is the first time that the country has installed the disaster headquarters due to an epidemic since it set up the four-stage flu alert system in 2006 following a global eruption of avian influenza. The alert system ranges from blue

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View Post: WHO Pandemic Briefing #15: Farmed Animals And H1N1
5 Nov 2009 by FLA_MEDIC  
Concern has traditionally focused on swine, which are susceptible to infections from human and avian influenza viruses as well as swine influenza viruses. As influenza viruses have eight neatly segmented genes, swine could theoretically ...
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View Post: Smart Economy: Genes Determine Susceptibility to H5N1 Avian ...
23 Oct 2009 by SmartEconomy  
A new study found genetic variations in mice affect their susceptibility to and severity of H5N1 avian influenza A virus infection suggesting that humans who contract the virus may be genetically predisposed. The researchers from St. ...
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View Post: Soc 202 - Current Events: Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
23 Oct 2009 by Courtney  
We have all heard about the H1N1 virus also known as the Swine Flu spreading, now there has been another virus some what similar to this on going virus and its known as the H5N1 also known as the Avian Influenza and even more simpler ...
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