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1. News - Hong Kong

   Scientists warn of more serious disease threats than Sars

   Posted Feb 21st 2013, 12:00am by Emily Tsang

   ... the H5N1 strain of bird flu. Their concern has been sparked by the growing realisation of the risk of viruses crossing between species - much as Sars jumped from the Chinese horseshoe bat ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1154871/scientists-warn-more-serious-disease-threats-sars
2. News - China - HEALTH

   H5N1 flu research sparks ethical and safety debate

   Posted May 03rd 2013, 09:17pm by STEPHEN CHEN

   ... News China Bird Flu Swine Flu H5N1 H1N1 Stephen Chen binglin.chen@scmp.com Scientists swap bird flu gene with one from human virus in laboratory guinea pig tests A team of top Chinese researchers has found that swapping a single gene of the H5N1 bird flu virus with one from H1N1 human flu makes it transmissible between guinea pigs, representing a jump from bird to mammals. However, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1229485/fears-man-made-bird-flu-bug
3. News - China - MEDICINE

   Bird flu kills Guiyang woman in first fatal case in a year

   Posted Feb 14th 2013, 12:00am by LI JING AND LO WEI

   ... has not seen fatal cases of H5N1 in recent years but the virus has been detected in dead birds. More than 365 people around the world have died of bird flu since an outbreak in 2003, the World ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1149727/h5n1-bird-flu-kills-guiyang-woman-first-fatal-case-year
4. News - China

   Guiyang woman dies of bird flu in hospital

   Posted Feb 13th 2013, 03:56pm by AFP

   ... News China Bird Flu Avian flu H5N1 Agence France-Presse in Beijing A woman in southwestern China died of bird flu on Wednesday, state media said, a rare case in the country of a fatality from the H5N1 virus since a major outbreak a decade ago. The 21-year-old patient from Guiyang passed away 13 days after showing symptoms, Xinhua news agency said, citing the health ministry. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1149421/21-year-old-woman-dies-bird-flu-guiyang-china
5. News - China - PUBLIC HEALTH

   Two more cases of human bird flu in China

   Posted Feb 11th 2013, 09:32am by AFP

   ... News China Bird Flu Avian flu H5N1 Agence France-Presse in Beijing China reported two human cases of bird flu in the southwestern city of Guiyang on Sunday, with both patients in a critical condition, the official Xinhua news agency said. A 21-year-old woman and 31-year-old man tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus on Sunday after developing symptoms on February ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1147832/two-more-cases-human-bird-flu-china
6. City Digest

   Posted Jan 07th 2012, 12:00am

   ... Epidemiology Influenza a Virus Subtype H5n1 Mahjong Global Spread of H5n1 H5N1 Tests confirm H5N1 in dead black-headed gulls Two dead black-headed gulls found in Tuen Mun ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/989429/city-digest
7. News - Asia - CAMBODIA

   Cambodia fights surge in H5N1 deaths as Vietnam reports first death in 14 months

   Posted Apr 09th 2013, 02:42pm by AFP

   ... News Asia H5N1 Cambodia Vietnam Bird Flu Avian Flu Agence France-Presse in Phnom Penh As China scrambles to contain a deadly new strain of bird flu, Cambodia is battling a spike in the better known H5N1 strain that is baffling experts a decade after a major outbreak began in Asia. Bird flu has killed eight people so far this year in Cambodia, including six children, while more ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1210724/cambodia-fights-surge-h5n1-deaths-vietnam-reports-first-death-14-months
8. Flu cases prompt new look at vaccine

   Posted Dec 22nd 2011, 12:00am

   ... positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu. The suspension of live chicken supplies for 21 days until January 12 increased the demand for chilled birds by families preparing for the winter solstice ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/988380/flu-cases-prompt-new-look-vaccine
9. News - Asia - AUSTRALIA

   Australian farm quarantined to contain bird flu outbreak

   Posted Nov 16th 2012, 04:31pm by Reuters in Sydney

   ... in Maitland, 160 kilometres north of Sydney, would be destroyed after the H7 virus was detected last week. The H7 strain is highly pathogenic to birds but is not related to the H5N1 strain, which ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1083927/australian-farm-quarantined-contain-bird-flu-outbreak
10. Suffolk poultry imports resume

    Posted Aug 14th 2007, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

    ... and the fact that there are no other cases of avian influenza reported, we decided to resume processing of applications,' a centre spokesman said. The case of the highly pathogenic H5N1 ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/604107/suffolk-poultry-imports-resume

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