African Swine Fever detected in the North West
Zeerust in the North West has reportedly been hit by an African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak. It was reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on Wednesday, according to the Department
Avian Flu
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Diseases from animals hit over two billion people a year
A global study mapping human diseases that come from animals like tuberculosis, AIDS, bird flu or Rift Valley fever has found that just 13 such diseases are responsible for 2.4 billion cases of human illness
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Avian Flu Viruses Could Evolve in Nature
It might be possible for human-tohuman airborne transmissible avian H5N1 influenza viruses to evolve in nature, new research has found. The findings, from research led by Professor Derek Smith and Dr Colin
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A blood test to spot all strains of bird flu in just 2 hours
Tokyo: A single blood test can now detect the deadly H5N1 bird flu infection in just two hours time. Scientists have for the first time developed the world’s most rapid and comprehensive diagnostic kit
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Suspected bird flu in villages in Gorkha
The local administration in Gorkha has banned import of poultry in the district after more than 200 chickens died in Jaubari and Gokhu VDCs recently. Authorities suspect that bird flu may have killed the
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Publishing risky research
Imperfect global biosafety standards and a threat to researchers’ motivations from biosecurity concerns are among the significant risks in current flu research. (Editorial)
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Mutant flu — the view from the newsroom
When reporters aren’t given the facts, they are likely to jump to the most extreme conclusions, says David Brown.
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Mutant-flu paper published
Controversial study shows how dangerous forms of avian influenza could evolve in the wild.
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Experimental adaptation of an influenza H5 HA confers respiratory droplet transmission to a reassortant H5 HA/H1N1 virus in ferrets
Highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza A viruses occasionally infect humans, but currently do not transmit efficiently among humans. The viral haemagglutinin (HA) protein is a known host-range determinant
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Bird flu in mammals
An engineered influenza virus based on a haemagglutinin protein from H5N1 avian influenza, with just four mutations, can be transmitted between ferrets, emphasizing the potential for a human pandemic to
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Make poultry farming in northeast more scientific: Aviation flu experts
Agartala: Timely vaccination of birds and animals, access to standard laboratories and maintaining bio-security are among the measures required to curb the sporadic outbreak of bird flu in India’s northeast, says a team of international and Indian experts touring the region. Experts of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and India, who are on a five-day visit to Tripura to probe the causes of frequent bird flu outbreaks, have asked the northeastern states to maintain stipulated protocols to stop the contagious disease from resurfacing.