Change: FlueFlu Update: Increased Preparedness and Surveillance Urged Against Variant Strain (H5N1) 30 Aug. 2011FAO [edited] [CAHFS-DailyNews]FAO has urged heightened readiness and surveillance against a possible major resurgence of the H5N1 Highly   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 13303)

Change: Notes: total number of cases includes number of deaths. WHO reports only laboratory-confirmed cases. All dates refer to onset of illness, except that Indonesia numbers indicate cumulative total of sporadic cases and deaths, which occurred during 2009. Genetic hurdle halted bird flu19 Nov 2009UKPA [edited][FSNet]A genetic   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 13209)

Change: Bangladesh showed three outbreaks of H5N1 this spring, while one infection was found in Laos at a farm with 1,000 layers. H5N1 has been found in Mongolia in wild swans. Vietnam reported outbreaks in four provinces and in Israel, H5N1 was found in two birds at a zoo.Genetic   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 13030)

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Change: So far human victims of the H5N1 strain have been confined to people who have been in contact with birds. But when the virus first came to prominence at the turn of the century experts were worried about it causing a devastating pandemic.When the strain does   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 12874)

Change:  [edited] [FSNet]Scientists have used bird flu virus samples from Egypt to develop a new basis for a vaccine against the toxic H5N1 strain that continues to circulate, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday.Avian influenza kills about half the people it   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 12601)

Change: Scientists have used bird flu virus samples from Egypt to develop a new basis for a vaccine against the toxic H5N1 strain that continues to circulate, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday.Avian influenza kills about half the people it infects,   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 12362)

Change: The H5N1 avian influenza virus has been regularly causing outbreaks of disease in birds -- 250 outbreaks in February [2009] alone in Bangladesh, China, Egypt,   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 12284)

Change: Some 3,000 chickens were culled after bird flu was detected at a poultry farm in the country's Southeastern Cox's Bazar district town on Sunday night. Samples were collected from the poultry farm on Saturday and sent for testing. Egyptian girl contracts bird flu, 69th case (Cairo)10 May 2009Reuters   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 11141)

Change: percent of reported cases, nearly twice the global average of approximately 25 percent, and no H5N1 fatalities have been confirmed among individuals in this age   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 10982)