Posted on 05/11/2009 6:36:13 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) - 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.
"On Sunday officials from the center informed us that bird flu virus was found in the samples," District Livestock Officer Dr Zaker Ullah was quoted by The Daily Star, a local newspaper, as saying. He also said they collected samples from the poultry farm on Saturday and sent them for testing to the Regional Livestock Research Centre in Feni.
Poultry birds at other farms in the area are being examined to determine whether they are suffering from bird flu disease or not.
The district livestock officers had hoisted red flags and banners in the affected areas and restricted public entrance there, according to reports.
Lets hope H5N1 does not exchange genetic material with H1N1.
Cheers!
buh-kawwwwk!!
What did they call them?
Soon we will all be living on TOFU!
Age tofu, yude tofu, mabou doufu, cold tofu with katsuo bushi and soy sauce, tofu in miso soup !
Hey, now Okrah has enough free chicken to feed her multitudes!
Assessing the severity of an influenza pandemic
(Excerpted)
11 May 2009
To date, the following observations can be made, specifically about the H1N1 virus, and more generally about the vulnerability of the world population. Observations specific to H1N1 are preliminary, based on limited data in only a few countries.
The H1N1 virus strain causing the current outbreaks is a new virus that has not been seen previously in either humans or animals. Although firm conclusions cannot be reached at present, scientists anticipate that pre-existing immunity to the virus will be low or non-existent, or largely confined to older population groups.
H1N1 appears to be more contagious than seasonal influenza. The secondary attack rate of seasonal influenza ranges from 5% to 15%. Current estimates of the secondary attack rate of H1N1 range from 22% to 33%.
[snip]
The fact that the H5N1 avian influenza virus is firmly established in poultry in some parts of the world is another cause for concern. No one can predict how the H5N1 virus will behave under the pressure of a pandemic. At present, H5N1 is an animal virus that does not spread easily to humans and only very rarely transmits directly from one person to another.
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/assess/disease_swineflu_assess_20090511/en/index.html
May 11, 2009
Pandemic Potential of a Strain of Influenza A (H1N1): Early Findings
(Excerpted)
Thus while substantial uncertainty remains, clinical severity appears less than that seen in 1918 but comparable with that seen in 1957.
[snip]
“...range of values is, consistent with 14 to 73 generations of human-to-human transmission having occurred in Mexico to late April. Transmissibility is therefore substantially higher than seasonal flu, and comparable with lower estimates of R0 obtained from previous influenza pandemics.
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1176062
ping...(Thanks, grey_whiskers!)
CDC Shifts Swine Flu Focus to Likely Impact in the Fall (excerpted)
May 11, 2009
Because the new swine flu virus — technically called H1N1 — is a highly unusual genetic mix of bird, flu and human viruses, health officials worry that it could continue to mutate and return in a more virulent form for next winter’s flu season.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/cdcshiftsswineflufocustolikelyimpactinthefall
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