- Because the news disclosed the person already was arrested,
officially terminated about Qinghai birds and beasts flu information disclosure
in June 5, 2005.
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- Chengdu retransmits
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- (Abundant news editor's note: This news has not verified
after the abundant news. Before this, the abundant news once retransmitted
on May 27 which transmits the birds large-scale death picture.)
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- The above machine translation of a story describing the
arrest of 8 people in and around Gangcha County Qinghai China appear to
be related to the bird flu reports on over 8000 H5N1 bird flu deaths and
121 human deaths.
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- The comment specifically mentions the two photos showing
dead and dying birds on Bird Island on May 27.
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- There were earlier reports of a news blackout and third
parties have had problems accessing information to verify or refute the
nine who have reported on the H5N1 outbreak. It is unclear if the 8 arrested
are 8 of the 9 reportong. However, if China would present data on the
121 alleged bird flu deaths, the influence of the reports would be minor.
However, instead of providing more data, China appears to be more focused
on limiting any information other than official reports which have had
little detail
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- The sequences from the H5N1 isolates has not been released
nor has any specific information on the 121 deaths.
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- A third party investigation of the situation in Qingahi
is long overdue.
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- http://www.recombinomics.com/News/06040501/H5N1_
Sequences_Gangcha_Qinghai.html
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- Sequences Of H5N1 From Gangcha County Qinghai,
China
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- Recombinomics Commentary
- By Dr. Henry L. Niman, PhD
- 6-4-5
-
- >> The virus, which has killed more than 1000
migrating birds, is being
- collected from dead birds, but scientists haven't found
any similar gene
- like that in the H5N1 virus that can be transmitted to
humans. Jia Youling
- says reports of avian influenza spreading to people in
the province is
- unfounded. <<
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- The above comments were from a media report from China
dated May 27. It would indicate that sequence data had been obtained from
virus isolated form dead bird in and around Bird Island in Qinghai Lake.
Making these sequences publicly available at GenBank would be useful.
The initial 178 deaths were said to have been exclusively in bar headed
geese. These geese winter in the northern plains of India and can fly
1000 miles in 24 hours. Thus, the geese in India are literally one flight
away from Qinghai Lake which is about 1000 miles from northern India.
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- Therefore, it seems likely that the H5N1 actually originated
in India. Therefore, analysis of bar head geese in India would be useful.
Some of the bar headed geese continue north to southern Russia, so examination
of those bar headed geese would also be useful.
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- The fact that the H5N1 from Qinhai doesn't match H5N1
in southeast Asia is neither surprise nor is it an indication that the
H5N1 cannot kill humans. Indeed the die-off of H5N1 bar headed geese is
without precedent. The intersection of the Central South and East Asia
flyways would allow for novel recombinants which could kill birds and human.
H5N1 in southeast Asia does not usually kill ducks and geese.
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- However H5N1 is quite capable of killing humans with
a number of genetic constellations and polymorphisms. The initial kill
in Asia was in 1997 in Hong Kong. 6 of 18 people died and the H5N1 had
a 19 amino acid deletion in NA and a poly-basic HA cleavage site. However,
the internal genes were similar to H6N1 or H9N2. Honk Kong culled all
birds and that particular constellation disappeared.
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- However, in 2003 another H5N1 was killing people. A
Hong Kong family had traveled to Fujian province. The daughter became
sick and died. Her brother and father returned to Hong Kong. The father
also died and H5N1 was isolated from father and son. The constellation
of genes was designated genotype Z+ because it was similar to the Z genotype,
but there was no 20 amino acid deletion.
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- The more common genotype was Z, which has a 20 amino
acid deletion in NA that overlapped the 19 amino acid deletion from 1997.
The Z genotype was widespread in Asia, but only Vietnam and Thailand had
reported human cases. These isolates however did have a number of unique
polymorphism more commonly seen in mammalian isolates. Similar "humanization"
was noted in the 1997 isolates.
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- In 2005 there are reports of yet another version of H5N1.
In northern Vietnam and Thailand the isolates have formed a new group.
At least some are missing an ARG in the HA cleavage site, indicating they
are recombinants between 2004 isolates in Vietnam and China or Japan.
The case fatality rate is lower, further supporting the fourth version
of H5N1 to kill humans.
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- This, simply looking at the H5N1 sequences in Qinghai
is not conclusive proof of the ability of the virus to kill or not kill
humans. In lab test the virus kills chickens and on Qinghai Lake it kills
over 8000 water fowl, and photos suggest the number may be higher.
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- Clearly reports of 121 human deaths needs to be thoroughly
investigated, and the sequence data should be placed on deposit at GenBank
as soon as possible.
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- Patricia A. Doyle, PhD
- Please visit my "Emerging Diseases" message
board at: http://www.clickitnews.com/ubbthreads/postlist.php?
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- Zhan le Devlesa tai sastimasa
- Go with God and in Good Health
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