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The virus has met all prerequisites for the start of a pandemic save one: an ability to spread efficiently and sustainably among humans. While H5N1 is presently the virus of greatest concern, the possibility that other avian influenza viruses, known to infect humans, might cause a pandemic cannot be ruled out.
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www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/avian_influenza/en/
www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/avian_influenza/en/
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What is avian influenza? ... What are the most important warning signals that a pandemic is about to start? ... Avian influenza, or “bird flu”, is a contagious disease of animals caused by viruses that normally infect only birds and, less commonly, pigs. Avian influenza viruses are highly species-specific, but have,
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www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/avian_faqs/en/
www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/avian_faqs/en/
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Avian Influenza (Bird Flu); ... The Virus & Its Spread; Flu viruses, avian flu viruses, spread among birds, spread to people ... Navigation for the CDC Avian Flu Website...
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www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/
www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/
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Influenza viruses are constantly changing and mutating. Today the current risk to the world population in that the H5N1 strain of avian bird flu will adapt and start to spread from human to human.
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www.roseindia.net/articles/avian-flu-symptoms.page
www.roseindia.net/articles/avian-flu-symptoms.page
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Information about avian influenza (bird flu) and measures being taken to prevent its spread to humans or introduction to New Zealand ... Avian Influenza A (Bird flu) (H5N1)
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www.moh.govt.nz/birdflu
www.moh.govt.nz/birdflu
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The latest medical news and health news headlines for Wednesday 22 March 2006 ... The number of countries reporting bird flu within their borders has increased to 45. In our last report, 6 March, there were 40 countries. Three years ago Bird Flu (Avian Flu) started establishing itself in South Ea...
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newspag...
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You've probably heard news reports about bird flu (also called avian flu). So what is it? ... If clusters of people start showing symptoms of the flu in a country where it's known that the virus is spreading, that's a sign that the virus may have mutated in a way that allows it to spread from person to person.
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kidshealth.org/teen/infections/colds_and_flu/bird_flu.h...
kidshealth.org/teen/infections/colds_and_flu/bird_flu.html
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Where Is the Avian Flu an Urgent Concern? ... If clusters of people start showing symptoms of the flu around the same time, in the same place, in a country where it's known that the virus is spreading, it would signal that the virus has mutated and is spreading from person to person.
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kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/avian_flu.html
kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/avian_flu.html
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I've reported on avian flu for almost a decade. The first thing I did on hearing Bush's address was to get on my cellphone to my husband, Jonathan. I told him to pack some bags and get ready to take the kids to my mother's house in Florida. ... So we don't need to start the approval procedure from scratch for the pandemic strain.
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www.nature.com/nature/journal/v435/n7041/full/435400a.h...
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v435/n7041/full/435400a.html
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