- Hello, Jeff - Dr. Henry Niman was right again. Some
migrations will probably take the H5N1 into the Balkins and onto Africa.
Other migratory tracks may take it into western Europe and the UK.
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- Patricia
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- From ProMED-mail
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- Bird Flu Spreads From Western Siberia To South
Urals
- Ria Novosti
8-17-5
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- About 113,000 birds have died as a result of bird flu
spreading in Russia, the Agriculture Ministry said Wednesday.
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- The ministry's press release cites specific figures in
6 regions of Western Siberia and South Urals hit by the disease.
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- "According to the Federal Service for Veterinary
and Phytosanitary Supervision, some 11,100 birds have died in the region's
13 districts," the press release said.
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- Lab tests confirmed the disease in 6 populated areas
of the Altai territory, and the disease is suspected to have spread to
another 12 populated areas in the region.
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- The veterinary service said the bird flu hit 6 areas
in the Tyumen region, killing 18,100 birds.
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- In the Omsk region, the disease was discovered in 6 populated
areas, where some 6,000 birds have been killed. Over 5,000 birds were killed
in the Kurgan region, with the disease confirmed in 6 settlements and suspected
in 12 others. In the Chelyabinsk region, 2 populated areas have been hit
by the bird flu and nearly 500 birds killed.
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- The veterinary service said bird flu had been confirmed
in 15 settlements in the Novosibirsk region, with another 25 suspected.
"Some 70 000 birds have been killed in 10 areas," the press release
said.
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- The veterinary service said bird flu had been confirmed
in Russia's 35 populated areas, with another 69 suspected.
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- http://en.rian.ru/russia/20050817/41175461.html
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- Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Reported
To Be Spreading Into Western Russia
- Eurosurveillance Weekly Report, Vol 10 (8),
8-18-5
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- Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) seems to have
spread westward in Russian bird populations. Authorities are reporting
new outbreaks of infections in birds at 15 poultry farms around the city
of Chelyabinsk, immediately east of the Ural mountains [1]. Preliminary
results of polymerase chain reaction testing have indicated that this is
type A/H5N1, which has also recently caused outbreaks in birds in South-East
and Central Asia, and Siberia [2].
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- These preliminary results have yet to be confirmed by
an international reference laboratory. Russian authorities are reported
to be monitoring the human situation by daily home visits in the affected
villages.
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- An avian influenza outbreak caused by another HPAI virus
type, A/H7N7, occurred in 2003 in the Netherlands, with 89 PCR-confirmed
human cases in people who had close contact with infected poultry or with
poultry workers [3,4,5]. The A/H7N7 virus is considerably less pathogenic
for humans than A/H5N1. Because of the threat of spread of the A/H5N1 virus
by wild birds on their east-west migrating routes to the Netherlands [6],
on 16 August, the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
advised commercial poultry farmers to keep poultry indoors at least until
the beginning of 2006 [7]. This measure is designed to prevent contact
between farmed birds and migratory birds which could be carrying A/H5N1.
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- Although EU Member States are strengthening their preparedness
for a potential human influenza pandemic, preparedness for outbreaks on
poultry farms also needs to be improved. Plans should include measures
to protect individuals involved in the direct management of any HPAI outbreaks
and minimise the risk for viral reassortment in humans and other animals
[8], drawing on the experiences of controlling the Asian outbreaks by the
Food and Agriculture Organization
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- http://www.fao.int
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- Organisation Mondiale de la Sante Animale (OIE, http://www.oie.int
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- and the World Health Organization http://www.who.in [9,10].
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- Effective preparedness and timely control of such outbreaks
relies on a close collaboration between public health and veterinary sectors.
Some European countries have or are developing integrated plans for the
event of A/H5N1 occurring in EU poultry flocks.
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- References: Russian Federal Agency for Surveillance in
the Field of Consumer Rights and Human Welfare, 16 Aug 2005 (in Russian)
http://www.gsen.ru/hotline/index.html#16082005
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- http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ew/2005/050818.asp#1
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- Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Now Reported In Russian Bird Populations.
- Eurosurveillance 2005; 10 (8)
11-18-5
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- Fouchier RAM, Schneeberger PM, Rozendaal FW, Broekman
JM, Kemink SAG, Munster V, et al. Avian influenza A virus (H7N7) associated
with human conjunctivitis and a fatal case of acute respiratory distress
syndrome; Proc Natl Acad Sci 2004; 101(5); 1356-1361.
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- Koopmans M, Wilbrink B, Conyn M, Natrop G, van der Nat
H, Vennema H, et al. Transmission of H7N7 avian influenza A virus to human
beings during a large outbreak in commercial poultry farms in the Netherlands.
Lancet 2004; 363(9409):587-93.
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- Avian Flu Epidemic 2003: Public health consequences.
2004, RIVM rapport 630940004,
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- http://www.rivm.nl/bibliotheek/rapporten/630940004.html
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- Munster VJ, Wallensten A, Baas C, Rimmelzwaan GF, Schutten
M, Olsen B, et al. Mallards and highly pathogenic avian influenza ancestral
viruses, northern Europe. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2005
Oct [accessed 18 August]. Available from
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- http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol11no10/05-0546.htm
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- Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit. Minister Veerman
takes measures against fowl plaque. 16 Aug 2005 (in Dutch)
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- http://www9.minlnv.nl/servlet/page?_pageid=104&_da
d=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30&p_item_id=109744
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- Human Health Issues related to Domestic Avian Influenza
Outbreaks. Canadian Pandemic Influenza Committee and affiliated Working
Groups, May 2005.
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- http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/daio-enia/index.html
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- Food and Agriculture Organization, Organization Mondiale
fe la Sante Animale, World Health Organization FAO/OIE/WHO Consultation
on avian influenza and human health, risk reduction measures in producing,
marketing and living with animals in Asia. July 2005
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- http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/subjects/docu
ments/ai/concmalaysia.pdf
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- Human Health Issues related to Domestic Avian Influenza
Outbreaks. Canadian Pandemic Influenza Committee and affiliated Working
Groups, May 2005.
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- http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/daio-enia/index.html
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- Denis Coulombier European Centre for Disease Prevention
and Control Stockholm, Sweden denis.coulombier@ecdc.eu.int
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- John Paget, Adam Meijer, European Influenza Surveillance
Scheme, NIVEL Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Bernardus Ganter World Health Organization
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- [Maps with data on the Asian foci of avian influenza
are available at the following URLs:
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- 1. EU map, last update 1 Aug 2005 -
- http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_threats/c
om/Influenza/ai_recent_en.htm
- 2. FAO/EMPRES maps, last update (Viet Nam) 27 Jan 2005
http://www.fao.org/ag/AGA/AGAH/EMPRES/maps/e_maps.htm
- 3. Asahi-net, last updated 27 Jul 2005
- http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ie3t-tnok/birdflu.htm
- 4. Relief web, last updated 20 Apr 2005 http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/AH
AA-6C3T6B?OpenDocument
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- Subscribers who are aware of other updated avian influenza
maps are invited to forward the relevant URLs. - Mod.AS]
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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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