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H5N1 Are we ready???????????

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ARJ
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10/07/05 - 12:34 PM

"H5N1 Bird Flu Could Kill 150 Million People" Dr. David Nabarro -- the U.N. coordinator for avian and human influenza

Are we safe

"Officials have expressed fears that the virus is currently acting similarly to the 1918 flu virus, a pandemic that killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million people" CNN

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10/07/05 - 06:13 PM

Heres a question for you guys:

T/F. Amantadine will be effective prophylaxis for this virus.

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10/08/05 - 07:56 AM

guys....

is there any PREVENTION ???

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10/08/05 - 08:48 AM

Bush administration is asking the drug manufacturer to preparing a vaccine

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10/09/05 - 07:31 PM

I feel better now. rolling eyes

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10/10/05 - 01:53 AM

How do you catch this virus anyway? Human-2-Human? Bird-2-Human? Food(deadbird)-2-Human?

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10/10/05 - 06:11 AM

H and N parts of the virus have many recombinations

Thus if new combination arises we need a new vaccine

The present transmission is from birds to human once infected then human to human

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10/17/05 - 09:00 PM

H5N1 recently found in migratory birds in Romania....................................................

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10/21/05 - 02:36 AM

Here comes the treatment TAMIFLU (oseltamivir phosphate)

TAMIFLU is a neuraminidase (noor-uh-MIN-ih-dase) inhibitor.

Visit http://www.tamiflu.com/index.asp

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10/21/05 - 07:52 AM

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Thanks for posting this ARJ!

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10/27/05 - 12:54 AM

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Many people got infected with Bird Flue in Vietnam

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10/28/05 - 10:35 AM

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....its only a matter of time...

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10/29/05 - 01:31 AM

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Thats great
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10/29/05 - 04:02 AM

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there is another ... zanamavir along with oseltamivir for this flu.... cdc says though the cases of human to human is low , there hav been cases reported...

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10/31/05 - 10:05 PM

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Canada discovers avian flu virus in wild birds

Pracaution http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/cpip-pclcpi/

Edited by ARJ on 10/31/05 - 11:21 PM

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10/31/05 - 11:23 PM

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Past Pandemics

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Edited by ARJ on 10/31/05 - 11:32 PM

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11/07/05 - 02:58 AM

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guys ! check this WHO website out...

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/en...

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11/15/05 - 11:22 PM

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Japan links Tamiflu to 2 teen suicides
64 cases of disorders connected to avian flu treatment

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02/18/06 - 06:10 PM

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India, France confirm first H5N1 infections

UN renews warning
The United Nations special bird flu coordinator, David Nabarro, says authorities everywhere have to be prepared to deal with an outbreak.

Dr Nabarro says the outbreaks show that agricultural and veterinary services need to be on full alert.

H5N1 kills about half the humans it infects. Since 2003, just over 90 people, all of whom had come into direct contact with the carcasses of infected birds, have died, most of them in China and South-East Asia, but also in Iraq and eastern Turkey.

If the virus mutates into a form that can pass between humans, a global pandemic could ensue which experts have estimated could claim 142 million lives.

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