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Documentation Avian Influenza infections
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Documented avian influenza infections in humans all strains since 1997 updated continuously
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This picture shows the organism Haemophilus influenza Infections caused by Haemophilus influenza usually occur in children under 6 years old and are extremely serious Haemophilus type B
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Documented Avian Influenza infections in humans
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The flu is caused by a virus that is typically passed either through human contact or coming in contact with an object that someone with the flu virus has recently touched The flu
Avian influenza AI is caused by specified viruses that are members
Avian influenza AI is caused by specified viruses that are members of the family Orthomyxoviridae and placed in the genus influenzavirus A There are three influenza genera A B and C only influenza A viruses are known to infect birds Diagnosis is by isolation and characterisation of the virus This is because infections in birds can give rise to a wide variety of clinical signs that may vary according to the host strain of virus the host s immune status presence of any secondary exacerbating organisms and environmental conditions
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Prepared by carolyn in the <a href= http www curevents com vb forumdisplay php f=40 >CurEvents com Flu Clinic forum< a> based on WHO World Health Organization case counts
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arizona edu cell bio tutorials cells cells2 html An electron micrograph picture of the virus in an infected cell is shown below The spherical like particles are the viruses credit http phil cdc gov Phil detail asp id=279
National Influenza Vaccination Week
<a href= http www cdc gov flu >www cdc gov flu< a> This photograph shows a mother caring for her child who is in bed suffering from a cold Even though there are many similarities between influenza and the common cold colds generally do not result in serious health problems such as pneumonia bacterial infections or hospitalizations For more public health images please visit the Public Health Image Library at <a href= http phil cdc gov >phil cdc gov < a>
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ZIYANG CHINA JULY 26 CHINA OUT A patient suffering from a mysterious disease is moved to an isolation ward at the Ziyang First People s Hospital on July 26 2005 in Ziyang of Sichuan Province southwest China According to Sichuan Provincial Health Bureau the death toll in Sichuan Province s strange disease has risen to 24 with 21 in critical condition Totally 117 cases are reported in Ziyang and neighboring Neijiang Cities until noon of July 26 The Ministry of Health said on July 25 that the disease was caused by Streptococcus suis a bacteria carried by pigs An initial 20 farm workers who handled sick or dead pigs and sheep in Jianyang Yanjiang Counties of Ziyang suffered from high fever nausea vomiting and haemorrhaging since June 24 Chinese authorities have halted exports of pork products from Ziyang and Neijiang Cities as a precautionary measure Photo by China Photos Getty Images Links to articles and online resources at <a href= http www flickr com groups influenza >www flickr com groups influenza < a>
A history of the Avian Influenza A H5N1 strain
People s Republic of China 1996 The Asian form of H5N1 was first detected in domestic geese in southern China in 1996 Other forms of H5N1 had appeared in chickens in Scotland for instance as far back as 1959 Hong Kong 1997 The Asian form of H5N1 infected eighteen people in Hong Kong in 1997 Of eighteen people six succumbed as a result of the infection This was the first time that H5N1 was shown to infect human beings The Hong Kong virus was identified as H5N1 at that time and every chicken in Hong Kong nearly one and a half million of them was culled Then the pathogen disappeared And many experts believed that an influenza pandemic may have been prevented as a result Then H5N1 seemed to go underground although in reality it remained airborne since its natural reservoir appears to be migratory aquatic birds Hong Kong 2002 It surfaced again in 2002 and again it showed up in Hong Kong again infecting chickens This time there were no human victims Why would something like H5N1 show up in Hong Kong and nowhere else Twice in five years Because Hong Kong is geographically contiguous with China s southern Guangdong Province and gets most of its live poultry and pigs from there China is secretive and paranoid about health issues it wasn t until after other cases began to appear in different geographical locations that China finally confessed that SARS had begun in Guangdong province Southeast and East Asia 2003 early 2004 Then in early 2003 a father and his nine year old son who had been visiting relatives in Fujian Province in China were hospitalized when they returned to Hong Kong with H5N1 infection A second of the father s children an eight year old girl had died of an undiagnosed respiratory illness while visiting in China There was no autopsy or diagnostic testing The father subsequently succumbed the hospitalized boy recovered The virus responsible was found to be a mutated strain of the H5N1 virus that had first surfaced in human beings in Hong Kong in
PREVENTION is better than CURE H1N1
Influenza A H1N1 virus is a subtype of influenzavirus A and the most common cause of influenza flu in humans Some strains of H1N1 are endemic in humans and cause a small fraction of all influenza like illness and a large fraction of all seasonal influenza H1N1 strains caused roughly half of all human flu infections in 2006 1 Other strains of H1N1 are endemic in pigs swine influenza and in birds avian influenza In June 2009 World Health Organization declared that flu due to a new strain of swine origin H1N1 was responsible for the 2009 flu pandemic This strain is commonly called quot swine flu quot by the public media
National Influenza Vaccination Week
<a href= http www cdc gov flu >www cdc gov flu< a> This transmission electron micrograph TEM depicted Russian influenza A H1N1 A USSR 90 77 strain virions which had been magnified 189 000x Influenza type A viruses are divided into subtypes based on two proteins on the surface of the virus These proteins are called hemagglutinin H and neuraminidase N The current subtypes of influenza A viruses found in people are A H1N1 and A H3N2 Influenza B virus is not divided into subtypes Influenza A H1N1 A H3N2 and influenza B strains are included in each year s influenza vaccine Influenza types A or B viruses cause epidemics of disease almost every winter In the United States these winter influenza epidemics can cause illness in 10 to 20 of people and are associated with an average of 36 000 deaths and 114 000 hospitalizations per year Getting a flu shot can prevent illness from types A and B influenza Influenza type C infections cause a mild respiratory illness and are not thought to cause epidemics The flu shot does not protect against type C influenza For more public health images please visit the public health image library at <a href= http phil cdc gov >phil cdc gov< a>
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For people who at mild risk and are otherwise generally healthy treatment of influenza typically involves ample res fluids medications that help ease flu symptoms such as cough
Avian Influenza Incidence Tracking Map February 27th 2006 45
Compare with the maps from <a href= http www flickr com photos quiplash 103470255 >one week ago< a> and <a href= http www flickr com photos quiplash 99865903 >two weeks ago< a> to get a sense of how quickly the virus is spreading 45 countries have confirmed H5N1 infections and half of them 23 have reported their infections just within the past four weeks The bad news has been coming in fast and furious this month and I wanted to make the gravity of the current situation as clear as possible I am not joking YOU NEED TO PREPARE FOR THIS If you want to skip all the bad news and get straight to the what do I do part scroll down to the bottom of this email message for three websites which have the best and most current information available on what you need to know and what you need to have on hand Here from thefluclinic com is the most recent list of CONFIRMED H5N1 infections in birds and humans listed alphabetically by country Forty five countries Legend B=bird H=human Cat=cat date=date of first reported infection Yes cat Germany has reported its first dead mammal from bird flu a cat and there have previously been cases of dead cats tigers and leopards in Asia as well <b>Note also 23 of these countries had their first infections SINCE Feb 1st 2006 In other words this list of countries has doubled in size in just four weeks < b> Confirmed 45 countries Algeria H 2 25 05 Austria B 2 14 06 Azerbaijan B 2 9 06 Absheron B 2 11 06 Gilyazi B 2 27 06 Belgium B 10 05 Bosnia Herzegovina B 2 17 06 Bulgaria B 2 11 06 Cambodia B 1 24 04 H 2 05 China B H 2 4 03 Zhejiang B 2004 H 2 10 06 Croatia B 10 26 05 Cyprus B 1 30 06 Egypt B 2 16 06 France B 2 18 06 Georgia Europe B 2 24 06 Germany B Cat 2 28 06 Baden Wuerttemberg B 2 24 06 Bavaria B 2 28 06 H5N Brandenburg B 2 25 06 H5N Mecklenbur
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The Medicine Plant known for it s properties in fighting infections coughs colds and flu and is an immunostimulant
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histo chemical techniques to demonstrate more widespread expression of avian influenza receptors throughout the respiratory tract in general Such specific study was never conducted in past Dr John Nicholls found greater receptor expression in the respiratory epithelium of children than of adults His team preferred adopting new technologically advanced methods for further
Other viruses include herpes simplex virus type 2 arthropod
Other viruses include herpes simplex virus type 2 arthropod borne viruses Epstein Barr virus influenza virus and measles virus as well as infections caused by
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Dick s House infirmary has seen many fewer influenza and upper respiratory infections than in most winters likely due to unusually warm weather Photo The Dartmouth
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Rapid Reference to Influenza 2nd Edition
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