Science Articles
Hattip Anne, ironorehopper
Respiratory Viral RNA on Toys in Pediatric Office Waiting Rooms – The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Clinical Effect of Neutralizing Antibodies to Interferon Beta That Persist Long After Cessation of Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis – Archives of Neurology
Autoantibody-Mediated Dysfunction of Sympathetic Neurons in Guillain-Barré Syndrome – Archives of Neurology
H5N1 Bird flu – February 09 2010
Hattip Dutchy, Ida, Shiloh, Commonground, gsgs
Indonesia
Bekasi – Two More Human Bird Flu Cases Confirmed – One death H5N1
NL (25), resident of Bekasi, West Java, died on January 25, 2010 due to
H5N1 virus…. Besides NL, found a child with the initials AD (3) citizens of Jakarta
with complaints influenza like illness (ILI) light.
Central Java: Brebes – Chickens infected, tens are Avian Influenza Positive
East Lampung: Avian Influenza attacks in poultry are spreading
East Java mass chicken deaths in the village of Sugihan, District Jatirogo
Indonesia says: bird flu in humans under control …According to Dr. Iwan M Muljono, from the Ministry of Health, for the case of bird flu reaches a relatively stable even normal….
Vietnam
Bac Lieu province poultry died
Avian influenza in poultry is increasing rapidly in many provinces
Hattip Commonground
Translation from Arabic
Sunday, February 7th, 2010 – 20:03
D announced. Hamed Samaha chairman of General Authority for Veterinary Services, it was decided to ban the movement of poultry and to prevent circulation of a live final in all governorates of the Republic with effect from next July, in order to maintain the livestock and poultry industry in Egypt and limit the transfer of the bird flu virus from one place to another.
Samaha said that this decision was an update of a resolution passed by Amin Abaza, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation to criminalize the transfer of live poultry and circulation since 2006, to give farmers a transition period to stop completely before application of the law to impose sanctions on violators of up to imprisonment for 6 months and a fine more than 10 thousand pounds.
Hattip Shiloh, Treyfish, RoRo
…Bird flu H5N1 has re-struck Myanmar with one case occurring in Yangon’s Mayangong township in the beginning of this month, according to a statement of the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) Saturday, Xinhua News Agency informed….
…A SENIOR medical officer has urged all doctors to participate in preparations and surveillance against a possible outbreak of bird flu and to provide information about the disease to the public…
…The February 6th issue of the government operated Myanmar Ahlin confirmed that the Ministry of Fishery and Livestock identified the outbreak of avian influenza at a poultry farm in No. 5 Ward, Mayangon Township….
Hattip Ironorehopper
Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 5, 04 February 2010
Research articles
High frequency of cross-reacting antibodies against 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus among the elderly in Finland
Citation style for this article: Ikonen N, Strengell M, Kinnunen L, Österlund P, Pirhonen J, Broman M, Davidkin I, Ziegler T, Julkunen I. High frequency of cross-reacting antibodies against 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus among the elderly in Finland. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(5):pii=19478. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View…rticleId=19478
Date of submission: 11 December 2009
Since May 2009, the pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus has been spreading throughout the world. Epidemiological data indicate that the elderly are underrepresented among the ill individuals. Approximately 1,000 serum specimens collected in Finland in 2004 and 2005 from individuals born between 1909 and 2005, were analysed by haemagglutination-inhibition test for the presence of antibodies against the 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) and recently circulating seasonal influenza A viruses. Ninety-six per cent of individuals born between 1909 and 1919 had antibodies against the 2009 pandemic influenza virus, while in age groups born between 1920 and 1944, the prevalence varied from 77% to 14%. Most individuals born after 1944 lacked antibodies to the pandemic virus. In sequence comparisons the haemagglutinin (HA) gene of the 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus was closely related to that of the Spanish influenza and 1976 swine influenza viruses. Based on the three-dimensional structure of the HA molecule, the antigenic epitopes of the pandemic virus HA are more closely related to those of the Spanish influenza HA than to those of recent seasonal influenza A(H1N1) viruses. Among the elderly, cross-reactive antibodies against the 2009 pandemic influenza virus, which likely originate from infections caused by the Spanish influenza virus and its immediate descendants, may provide protective immunity against the present pandemic virus.
Hattip Commonground
The 29-year-old woman from Sadat Center Monofiya ..
“Health” detected 96 bird flu infection
Thursday, February 4th, 2010 – 20:20
The Ministry of Health this evening, Thursday, discovered the case of the 96 human cases of bird flu, a woman, aged 29 years of Sadat Center Menoufiya Governorate.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Health, The symptoms of avian influenza began to appear on the case Jan. 27, after 7 days on this date entered the hospital issued Menouf has been suffering from double pneumonia, high fever, difficulty in breathing after exposure to birds suspected of being infected with bird flu.
The statement added that the situation got a Tamiflu-resistant to disease once they enter the hospital issued Menouf, but that the continuation of their health in a critical situation prompted the hospital was converted to the Abbasid
Hattip Pathfinder, Dutchy, Shiloh
KATHMANDU, Feb 4: The government on Thursday decided to declare areas within the radius of one kilometer in Gharipatan Area of Pokhara, where bird flu was confirmed on Wednesday, as a ´bird flu affected area´.
A meeting of a special committee headed by Agriculture Minister Mrigendra Kumar Singh Yadav took the decision to deploy three Rapid Response Teams — each comprising 10 medical personnel — to the affected area from Friday, said Dr Hari Dahal, spokesperson for the ministry, told myrepublica.com.
Dahal also said the government has already imposed ban on movement of poultry products to and from Pokhara to prevent the possible spread of the disease.
Bird flu outbreak was confirmed in the area by the officials on Wednesday after Weybridge Lab in London tested all six samples collected from a farm their positive for bird flu.
