There are three common types of influenza virus, A, B, C. The A type which includes avian flus, is the most common. The B type also occurs in humans.
The usual influenza shot contains antibodies against Type A and Type B virii.
The sub-types are designated based upon the distribution of certain proteins in the viral [...]

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The Ministry of Health in Egypt has confirmed the country’s first case of human infection with the H5N1 virus since May of this year.
The patient is a 39-year-old woman from the Gharbiya governorate in the Nile Delta. She developed symptoms on 30 September and was hospitalized on 4 October. She subsequently developed pneumonia. She [...]

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Here’s a case that highlights the immense difficulties in tracking H5N1 down. The patient was negative for influenza in testing. Only after death could the diagnosis be confirmed.
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The Ministry of Public Health in Thailand has confirmed the country’s 25th case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case, which was fatal, [...]

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The Boy Scout motto is “Be Prepared”. The disaster planning parts of our government are making that our national motto.

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Here is my inteview with the Hornell Evening Tribune, reprinted with permission.

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Just above this line of the post are the categories that I have applied to the post. Clicking of the category link will take you to all the posts in that category. I say this because I have written extensively on bird flu, or avian flu, or H5N1. They’re all the same thing for the [...]

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Here is an ideal example of how and why bird flu has spread into the human population.
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The Ministry of Health in Indonesia has confirmed the country’s 59th case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus.
The case occurred in a 35-year-old woman from the remote subdistrict of Cikelet, West Java Province. She developed [...]

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The risk of pandemic bird flu may be far less than we have been told

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They sent a three year old girl to clean up the dead chickens. She died.

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Echoing some of my thoughts…

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