Welcome to the Bird Flu Web Site
Bird flu is a common name for Avian Influenza that is a virus found in
birds. Scientists have named this virus strain of bird flu, H5N1.
Influenza has been the cause of more deaths than all the wars put together
that has ever been fought in the history of mankind. This Spanish Flu, the
Avian Flu, the Hong Kong Flu, the H5N1 Flu are all mutations of influenza.
The Avian Flu starts in birds, primarily water fowl. These water fowl seem
to be able to host the influenza virus for generation without effecting the
carrier bird. As these birds migrate across the globe, they infect
different species of birds through contact and/or faces droppings.
The
infected bird can be a chicken, turkey, parrot, song bird or any non-water
fowl. The influenza virus is transmitted to other birds of the same species
rapidly as they have no resistance. Humans coming in contact with influenza
infected birds have been known to contract Avian Flu from infected birds.
The World Health Organization is most concerned with Avian Flu if it mutates
so that it can be transferred from human to human. The bird flu at this
time is not known to have this capability. Should the bird flu mutate so
that humans could catch the Avian Flu from each other, the world would see a
condition known as a pandemic.
Potentially, millions of people would die
from the bird flu before it runs its course. There is no known cure or
vaccine for the bird flu. Death can occur in less than 36 hours.
The bird flu is most deadly to the young, elderly and those who have
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The world wide death toll of humans with bird flu is less than 500. Bird
flu is believed have originated in the Orient and is now prevalent in over
15 nations including Europe and South Africa.
The deadly Bird Flu also identified as H5N1 is a Super Virus. Bird Flu
kills almost every person infected. Humans have no immunity to Avian Flu aka
bird flu of the strain H5N1.
Latest News
NEWS SCAN: Egypt launches new H5N1 measures; more pepper recalled - Centre For Infectious Disease Research and Policy In the wake of rising human H5N1 avian influenza outbreaks, coupled with an increasing number of outbreaks in poultry, Egypt's health ministry said it is implementing new measures to curb the spread of the virus, including restricting the sale of ... Current dengue diagnostic tests can take up to a day before results ... - AsiaOne RESEARCHERS from the Institute of Microelectronics (IME) under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research have come up with a diagnostic kit which can test for dengue in a much shorter time. With current dengue diagnostic tests in hospitals, it ...
NOVAVAX' Stage B 2009 H1N1 VLP pandemic influenza vaccine study in Mexico: Enrollment complete (News-Medical-Net) Novavax, Inc. announced today that the enrollment of over 3,500 subjects in Mexico has been completed in Stage B of its pivotal 2009 H1N1 virus-like-particle (VLP) pandemic influenza vaccine study. With the 1,000 subjects already enrolled in Stage A of the trial, the enrollment in this pivotal trial is now complete with over 4,500 subjects. Swine flu pandemic: Was threat overblown? (Asbury Park Press) Five short months ago, fear of the swine flu gripped the state and the nation. Health officials warned that the flu season could be one of the deadliest in decades. The anxiety intensified when President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency.
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