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Avian influenza flare-ups, virus remains a global threat though disease control strongly improved
24 January 2008, Rome – Recent avian influenza outbreaks in 15 countries demonstrate that the H5N1 virus remains a global threat and requires close monitoring and strong control efforts, FAO said today.
ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting
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Recent outbreaks
Humans | WHO
- Indonesia
19 June 2008 - Bangladesh
28 May 2008
Animals | OIE
- Republic of Korea [pdf]
14 August 2008 - Nigeria [pdf]
25 July 2008 - United Kingdom [pdf]
18 July 2008
In the news
AFP; 27 Aug 2008 - Japan's Sharp Corp. said Wednesday that it has developed an air purifier that eliminates 99.9 percent of the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu within 10 minutes.
WP; 27 Aug 2008 - Novavax said yesterday that its bird flu vaccine elicited a robust immune response in humans, moving the biotech a step closer to licensing its pandemic vaccine production system.
UPI; 26 Aug 2008 - University of Texas and Rutgers researchers have reported a discovery that could help scientists develop drugs to fight bird flu and other influenza strains.
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