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Bird flu, SARS and swine flu comparisons

17:07 29/10/2009

Infection and mortality rates of bird flu, SARS and the swine flu virus during global epidemics

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Indonesia reports 127th case of bird flu
11:36 13/02/2008
Indonesia's health ministry confirmed that a 14 year-old girl from west Jakarta has contracted bird flu, the nation's 127th case of the disease, the national ANTARA news agency said on Wednesday.
Russian research center testing human bird flu vaccine
17:09 07/02/2008
A research center in Siberia is conducting the second phase of clinical trials for a human vaccine against the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the center's deputy director said on Thursday.
Fresh bird flu outbreaks confirmed in east India
15:03 20/01/2008
Fresh outbreaks of bird flu have been confirmed in east India, the country's agriculture ministry said on Sunday.
Bird flu kills three swans in England
19:45 10/01/2008
The deadly H5N1 bird flu strain has killed three mute swans in Dorset, southern England, agriculture officials said on Thursday.
Bird flu outbreak in south Russia spreads
09:35 25/12/2007
A fifth case of bird flu has been confirmed at a farm in the Rostov Region, south Russia, close to the site of previous outbreaks, the regional emergencies ministry said.
Some 35,000 birds die of bird flu in southern Russia
19:48 11/12/2007
Bird flu hits poultry farm in North Wales
18:31 24/05/2007
Authorities in Wales confirmed an outbreak of bird flu Thursday, but said there was no threat to humans.
Indonesia becomes leader in human bird flu cases
13:36 07/04/2007
A 29-year-old man died of bird flu in Indonesia, bringing the death toll to 74 and the official number of people infected with deadly virus to 94, a local health official said Saturday.
Russia tests bird flu vaccine
15:13 24/10/2006
Russia restricts poultry imports from Holland
13:29 21/08/2006
Russia has imposed temporary restrictions on poultry imports from the Netherlands because of the bird flu threat, the county's veterinary watchdog said Monday.
Bird flu situation in Russia under control - chief doctor
11:48 15/07/2006
The bird flu situation in Russia is under the complete control of the relevant services, the country's chief doctor said Saturday.
New bird flu outbreak hits Siberia
17:00 27/06/2006
A new outbreak of bird flu has hit the West Siberian region of Tomsk, the local administration said Tuesday. A representative said a laboratory analysis of fancy pigeons that died in a village last week revealed the deadly virus.
Expert doubts bird flu pandemic in East Siberia
09:47 26/06/2006
A leading ornithologist in Siberia cast doubt Monday over a possible bird flu pandemic in the region after hundreds of wild fowl carcasses were destroyed.
Ukrainian village put in quarantine over bird flu scare
15:22 13/06/2006
Quarantine regulations have been imposed on a village in eastern Ukraine in a bid to deter the spread of bird flu, the Ukrainian emergencies ministry said Tuesday.
Bird flu virus registered in eastern Ukraine
16:16 12/06/2006
An outbreak of bird flue has been registered in a village in eastern Ukraine near the border with Russia, local emergencies ministry said Monday.
1.5 mln birds die or culled in 2006 bird-flu outbreak in Russia
19:02 07/06/2006
First results of bird flu vaccine trials expected in 2 weeks
12:01 05/06/2006
Provisional results of bird flu vaccine trials on human volunteers will be available in two weeks, one of the doctors leading the tests said Monday.
Moscow tests human bird flu vaccine
13:08 30/05/2006
"We have started tests on 120 volunteers," said Vitaly Zverev, the head of the Mechnikov Vaccine and Serum Research Institute. "They are mainly medical staff, doctors and donors. They are all healthy adults aged between 18 and 45."
Bird flu vaccine trials to be over by mid-August-health chief
13:07 29/05/2006
Bird flu vaccine tests on human volunteers will be completed by the end of the summer, Russia's chief doctor said Monday.
Bird flu outbreak registered in eight villages in Siberia-1
12:06 26/05/2006
Siberian quarantine imposed after bird flu reemerges
11:16 25/05/2006
Authorities in southwestern Siberia have imposed quarantine restrictions in four districts after outbreaks of bird flu, a local emergencies official said Thursday.
Bird flu hits three villages in West Siberia
15:20 22/05/2006
Human bird flu vaccine can be ready in month - Russian minister
18:47 28/04/2006
"Only when a pandemic virus strain develops will a vaccine be created, and it will not take long - only about a month," Mikhail Zurabov said after a meeting of health ministers of the Group of Eight (G8) industrial nations in Moscow.
New bird-flu outbreak in southern Russia hits vaccinated fowl
10:42 13/04/2006
Quarantine regulations have been introduced at a village in southern Russia after mass death of birds already vaccinated against the disease, a local official said Thursday.
Russian scientists to develop oral bird flu vaccine
19:46 11/04/2006
Bird flu deaths since Feb. 3 reach 1.1 mln - ministry
10:07 10/04/2006
Around 1.1 million birds have died of bird flu in Russia while 0.3 million have been culled in measures to control the spread of the virus since February 3, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Monday.
40,000 birds vaccinated for bird flu in Kaliningrad
17:20 07/04/2006
50 mln Russians may be affected by H5N1 pandemic - chief doctor
20:12 05/04/2006
"Calculations we have made using World Health Organization's methods tell us that 45-50 million people could contract the disease during the first wave"
Azerbaijan sends samples to London for bird flu analysis
17:12 05/04/2006
Bird flu outbreak in southern Russia contained - ministry
13:48 05/04/2006
Pessimistic bird flu predictions coming true - chief doctor
15:31 03/04/2006
Russia's chief doctor said Monday that pessimistic predictions regarding the spread of bird flu in the country had come true, particularly in the south, but that the worst may now have passed.
Hunting season banned in Russia's Pacific amid bird flu fears
10:50 03/04/2006
Official data says hunters shoot hundreds of geese and more than 60,000 ducks every spring in Kamchatka, a stopover area for migrating birds from Japan, China and the Korean peninsula.
Bird flu test shooting announced in Russia's Far East
10:00 03/04/2006
Almost 9.5mln birds inoculated in southern Russia amid flu fears
10:20 30/03/2006
"Vaccination is continuing in 12 regions, and as many as 9,426,000 birds have been inoculated," a source in the Emergency Situations Ministry said.
Foreign Ministry warns of serious threat to Russia from bird flu
15:15 29/03/2006
Poland reports new bird flu outbreak
21:14 28/03/2006
Five people dead of bird flu in Azerbaijan - WHO
16:16 23/03/2006
Five out of seven people infected with bird flu in Azerbaijan have died, a press release from the World Health Organization said Thursday.
Over 1.3 mln birds dead of bird flu or culled in 2006 - official
14:49 21/03/2006
Over 1.3 million birds have died of bird flu or been culled in Russia since the beginning of the year, a senior official said Tuesday.
Russia sees demand for poultry plummet as fear of bird flu hits
14:18 21/03/2006
30,000 bird-flu deaths in south Russia in last 24 hours - ministry
10:25 16/03/2006
"In Krasnodar Territory, 21,912 chickens have died over the last 24 hours, and the total number of dead birds has reached 350,288," the official said.
Stray dog dies of bird flu type A in Azerbaijan
19:02 15/03/2006
The commission also reported a substantial decline in the number of bird flu cases in poultry and fowl due to the departure of migratory birds from Azerbaijan.
Bird flu officially found in Georgia
09:15 06/03/2006
Over 360,000 bird deaths in past month in N. Caucasus republic
13:36 03/03/2006
Bird flu fears commercially motivated - Russian expert
20:54 02/03/2006
Bird flu pandemic may claim 2-7 mln human lives worldwide - WHO
12:18 02/03/2006
500,000 birds killed by bird flu in southern Russia in Feb.
12:39 01/03/2006

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Bird flu, SARS and swine flu comparisons
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Infection and mortality rates of bird flu, SARS and the swine flu virus during global epidemics

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