Avian Influenza

Scientists Put Interactive Flu Tracking at Public's Fingertips

Science Daily - New methods of studying avian influenza strains and visually mapping their movement around the world will help scientists more quickly learn the behavior of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus, Ohio State University researchers say. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091116114530.htm

France: outbreak of low path avian flu

Vetsweb - The ag authorities of France reported an outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza (H5) in a farm in Saint Aubin du Plain with 9,000 ducks, ready to be force-fed. The birds did not show clinical signs. http://www.vetsweb.com/news/france-outbreak-of-low-path-avian-flu-656.html

UC Davis-Led Team Selected to Implement USAID Wildlife Surveillance Project

PR Newswire - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Global Health is pleased to announce a partnership with UC Davis to monitor for and increase the local capacity in "geographic hot spots" to identify the emergence of new infectious diseases in high-risk wildlife such as bats, rodents, and non-human primates that could pose a major threat to human health. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/uc-davis-led-team-selected-to-implement-usaid-wildlife-surveillance-project-to-detect-and-predict-emerging-infectious-diseases-68895077.html

Korea: Bird Flu outbreak worrying 11 Nov 2009

WorldPoultry.net - A low pathogenic avian influenza virus was discovered in excrement of migratory birds in a reservoir in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province. http://www.worldpoultry.net/news/korea-bird-flu-outbreak-worrying-4531.html

Fluffy, Fido and the flu: one cat so far

St. Catharines Standard - Pet owners with the flu might want to keep their distance from Fido and Fluffy after an American house cat was confirmed last week as having H1N1. http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2170516

Characterization of low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses isolated from wild birds in Mongolia 2005 through 2007

7th Space - 7thspace.com - 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. http://7thspace.com/headlines/324809/characterization_of_low_pathogenicity_avian_influenza_viruses_isolated_from_wild_birds_in_mongolia_2005_through_2007.html

Pandemic flu may protect against bird flu

Vetsweb (press release) - Those affected by the 2009 pandemic may harbor some immunity to bird flu. http://www.vetsweb.com/news/pandemic-flu-may-protect-against-bird-flu-580.html

North American Raptors Susceptible to Avian Influenza

United States Geological Survey (press release) - American kestrels are extremely susceptible to highly pathogenic avian influenza, indicating that other endangered and threatened raptors may also be at risk if the virus reaches North America. http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2339

U of M part of $185 million funded team tasked to improve global response to emerging pandemics

EurekAlert - Experts from the University of Minnesota will soon be on the frontlines working to help developing countries better respond to emerging animal diseases that pose a threat to human health. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/uom-uom103009.php

India free from bird flu

WorldPoultry.net - The Indian government has declared to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) that the country is free from bird flu (H5N1). http://www.worldpoultry.net/news/india-free-from-bird-flu-4496.html

"One Medicine" Symposium

Humans & Birds & Pigs - Oh My! - A One Medicine Approach to Emerging Influenzae. December 9, 2009 - Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center, Durham, North Carolina. A conference for physicians, nurses, veterinarians, veterinary technicians, public health professionals, environmental health specialists, agriculture professionals, wildlife professionals, and federal, military, state and local disaster responders. http://www.onemedicinenc.org/

Protecting humans and animals from diseases in wildlife

MedicalNewsToday.com - Avian influenza (H5N1), rabies, plague, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), and more recently swine flu (H1N1) are all examples of diseases that have made the leap from animals to humans. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/166766.php

UC-Davis researchers uncover key to senior resistance to H1N1

DVM NEWSMAGAZINE - Researchers at the University of California-Davis College of Veterinary Medicine studying data from previous avian influenza epidemics say seniors are more resistant to the new H1N1 virus, and they know why. http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/Veterinary+news/UC-Davis-researchers-uncover-key-to-senior-resista/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/634180?contextCategoryId=378

1918 Flu Pandemic May Have Been Exaserbated By Aspirin Misuse

MedicalNewsToday.com - The devastation of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic is well known, but a new article suggests a surprising factor in the high death toll: the misuse of aspirin. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/166174.php

12 samples and tests were added to HEDDS for 2009. Total is now 9,982.

12 samples and tests were added to HEDDS for 2009. Total is now 9,982. http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/ai/