Flu Wiki Forum - February 2

News Reports for February 2

Nimbus — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:07:26 GMT

New stories for Today
(Open this Diary to read more on these postings)

Helen Branswell on the new Community Mitgation Plan
Expert says bird flu can infect via upper airway
Wrenching choices between who lives and who dies
Nigeria: FG Dispatches Drugs for Bird Flu Treatment in Human - Lagos assures citizens
Saudi, Arabia:Website on Bird Flu
USA- Flu fright: Why won't a vaccine be ready for a pandemic?
Bird flu death alarms some Nigerians, others shrug

Summary of News for February 1 2007

Australia
•    Bird flu vaccine test a success: Australian drug maker (Link)
Hungary
•    Hungary more suspected BF (Link)
India
•    India: Bird flu lab to open in city on Feb 15 (Link)
Indonesia
•    Jakarta mayor claims victory against bird flu, but fowl still roam capital (Link)
•    Jakarta launches door-to-door inspection to fight bird flu (Link)
•    Indonesia claims ownership over strain of avian flu (Link)
•    Bird flu a 'national disaster': Indonesia (Link)
•    Bali's bird flu researchers under political pressure (Link)
Nigeria
•    Nigeria: Day UNICEF Took Birdflu Campaign to Katsina (Link)
•    WHO Update -- Situation in Nigeria (Link)
Thailand
•    Latest bird flu outbreak in central Thailand (Link)
•    Three Mekong nations discuss bird flu prevention- Thailand, Laos and Cambodia (Link)
Turkey
•    TURKEY - Health Ministry denies death of 4 children due to bird fku (Link)
•    Four children die in Erzurum province; pneumonia blamed (Link)
•    Child Deaths Under Scrutiny (Link)
•    Child Deaths Worry Officials (Link)
United States
•    CDC: In a Daylong Drill, an Agency Tries to Prepare for a Real Outbreak of Avian Flu (Link)
•    The great flu pandemic: Despite dire warnings, public interest has waned (Link)
•    NPR Audio: Federal Anti-Flu Document Raises Questions (Link)
•    New bird-flu plan advises when to close schools (Link)
General
•    Avian flu antiviral could cause resistant strain (Link)
•    WHO -- Early release of influenza viruses for pandemic influenza vaccine development (Link)
•    Don't ignore less virulent bird flu strains: experts (Link)
•    Mild Form Of Bird Flu Slows Down Migration Of Swans (Link)
•    Pandemic flu may be only two mutations away (Link)
•    Dr. Webster: bird flu measures have "failed" (Link)
•    Two small tweaks keeps virus from spreading, researchers say (Link)

Thailand - Avian Flu Situation as of January 31, 2007 (Link)

Since January 1, to January 31, 2007, the Bureau of Epidemiology has received reports of influenza or pneumonia cases in Avian Influenza Surveillance Network from the Provincial Health Offices and Disease Prevention and Control Regional Offices. The investigation and analysis were summarized as follows:
Cumulative number of patients under surveillance are 352 cases 43 provinces; Today reports are 25 cases. Fourteen cases from Suphanburi, 2 each from Bangkok metropolis, Nonthaburi and Nakhonsawan, and 1 each from Pathumthani, Angthong, Ratchaburi, Kanchanaburi and Buriram.

Confirmed human case of avian influenza 2006 = 3 cases, with 3 death cases.·

There are 38 cases under investigate reported, of which waiting for laboratory result.

Usual disclaimer about may not have captured everything. Feel free to add your own where omissions have occurred.)

Please note that I copy the links directly from the thread so if they don't work you may need to re-visit the Thread

News Reports For February 1

Total human cases worldwide 270, deaths 164 (2006 - 114 with 79 deaths)
-- From WHO as of 29 Jan - latest update

[New] Indonesia Summary - Updated as of 01/31/07
	2006					2007
Cases Discussed	Pre-Oct	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total	Jan
Died, no test results	11	7	25	1	24	5
Died, tested positive	12	3	2	0	17	6
Other tested positive	5	0	0	0	5	1
Symptoms, tests pending	90	30	9	17	146	128
Tested negative	51	11	2	15	99	81
Totals	169	51	38	33	291	221

**Egypt Summary - Updated as of 1/25/07**
	2006			2007
Cases Discussed	Pre-Dec	Dec	Total	Jan
Died, no test results	0	0	0	1
Died, tested positive	7	3	10	1
Recovered tested positive	8	0	8	0
Suspect, tests pending	0	8	8	63
Tested negative	0	12	12	15
Totals	15	23	38	80

INFLUENZA VIRUSES ISOLATED BY
WHO/NREVSS Collaborating Laboratories
2006 - 2007 Season (Link)
Week	A(H1N1) & A(H1N2)	A(H3N2)	A(Unk)	B	#Tested	%Pos
46	20	0	67	28	4092	2.8
47	16	1	96	15	3790	3.4
48	34	1	99	49	5114	3.6
49	52	2	109	41	4674	4.4
50	97	7	264	90	5929	7.7
51	170	9	278	108	5580	10.1
52	151	14	316	92	4752	12.1
01	93	4	127	56	4151	6.7
02	63	5	149	48	3070	8.6
03	44	10	196	30	3229	8.7

"It is too early in the influenza season to determine which influenza viruses will predominate or how well the vaccine and circulating strains will match."

See last year's table for comparison.

Canada's Week 52 FLU WATCH finds H1N1 predominance.

Thanks to all of the newshounds!

Special thanks to MichelleInOK, AnnieB, and Theresa42 for their excellent work with the Indonesia and Egypt Summary tables - thanks for keeping us all informed!

link to Current Indonesia Diary
link to Indonesia Diary Feb.1

link to Current Indonesia Discussion
link to Indonesia Discussion Jan.17-Jan.28

link to Indonesia New Cases List
link to Indonesia Wiki page

link to Lookout Post main page

link to current Egypt Diary
link to New Cases in Egypt III

link to Graphs of Clusters 2003 - 2006

link to Charts and Graphs on H5N1 from WHO

link to the Wiki Main Page
link to the Wiki Index

News Reports for February 2, 2013

NewsDiary — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:32:43 GMT

Reminder: Please do not post whole articles, just snippets and links, and do not post articles from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Thanks!

Argentina
• Remain hospitalized patients infected with a rare virus (translated) (Link)
Cambodia
• Cambodia Reports HPAI in Kong Pisei District (Link)
China
• Hong Kong: Black-headed Gull Tests Positive for H5N1 Virus (Link)
India
• Karnataka: Woman dies of H1N1 (Link)
Indonesia
• Golkar Refuses Funding for Bird Flu Vaccine Plant (Link)
• Thousands Rooster Tails in Polewali Mandar Esophageal Dead Bird Flu (Link)
Israel
• Hospitals Struggle to Cope with Rising Swine Flu in Israel (Link)
• 2 swine flu patients hospitalized in serious condition (Link)
Taiwan
• Taiwan lifts ban on Saskatchewan poultry (Link)
United States
• MS: North Mississippi child is state's 1st pediatric flu death of season (Link)
• Flu Still Flexing Its Muscle in Western States (Link)
• Flu attacking elderly at historically high rates (Link)
General
• "The Virus Planet": Earth's Invisible World Would Reach Out 100-Million Light Years (Link)
Commentary
• Recombinomics: US Week 4 Pneumonia & Influenza Death (Link)

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News for February 1, 2013 is here.

Thanks to all of the newshounds! Special thanks to the newshound volunteers who translate international stories - thanks for keeping us all informed!

Other useful links:
WHO A(H1N1) Site
WHO H5N1 human case totals, last updated January 16, 2013
Charts and Graphs on H5N1 from WHO
Google Flu Trends
CDC Weekly Influenza Summary
Map of seasonal influenza in the U.S.
CIDPC (Canada) Weekly FluWatch
UK RCGP Weekly Data on Communicable and Respiratory Diseases
Flu Wiki

News Reports for February 2, 2012

NewsDiary — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:29:10 GMT

Reminder: Please do not post whole articles, just snippets and links, and do not post articles from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Thanks!

Australia
• Australia Slaughters Thousands of Ducks to Contain the Avian Flu Virus (Link)
Bangladesh
• Thousands of birds, eggs destroyed (Link)
Bulgaria
• 1,071 schools closed in Bulgaria on Thursday (Link)
India
• Over 6,200 poultry culled after fresh flu in Tripura (Link)
Indonesia
• Bird flu found in Brebes and Kotawaringin Barat (Link)
South Africa
• H7N1 in ostriches (Link)
Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka cleared from bird flu threat (Link)
United States
• Officials worried about Swine Flu outbreak along the border (Link)
Vietnam
• ProMED: Avian influenza, human (16): Viet Nam: (ST) fatal (Link)
• Bird Flu In Vietnam: Woman Dies Of Virus (Link)
General
• New Flesh-Eating Bug Being Spread by Sneezing! (Link)
• MRSA strain USA300: Flesh-eating bug spread by coughs and sneezes "has spread from U.S. to UK" (Link)
• Methicillin Resistance Reduces the Virulence of Healthcare-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Interfering With the agr Quorum Sensing System (Link)

• H (Link)

News for February 1, 2012 is here.

Thanks to all of the newshounds! Special thanks to the newshound volunteers who translate international stories - thanks for keeping us all informed!

Other useful links:
WHO A(H1N1) Site
WHO H5N1 human case totals, last updated January 24, 2012
Charts and Graphs on H5N1 from WHO
Google Flu Trends
CDC Weekly Influenza Summary
Map of seasonal influenza in the U.S.
CIDPC (Canada) Weekly FluWatch
UK RCGP Weekly Data on Communicable and Respiratory Diseases
Flu Wiki Main Page

News Reports for February 2, 2011

NewsDiary — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:42:14 GMT

Reminder: Please do not post whole articles, just snippets and links, and do not post articles from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Thanks!

Egypt
• WHO confirms human H5N1 case (Link)
Japan
• More bird flu feared in Miyazaki (Link)
• More poultry killed to stem Japan plague (Link)
United States
• Influenza Spreads Across States, Flu Season Peak (Link)
• NH: Free flu vouchers available in NH (Link)
• NV: Health District: 4-Month-Old Boy Dies Of Flu (Link)
Research
• One Sneeze Can Infect an Entire Room with Flu Virus for Hours (Link)
General
• Automated Influenza Surveillance System To Be Certified By Los Alamos National Laboratory (Link)
Commentary
• Recombinomics: H1N1 S188T Low Reactors In Germany (Link)
• Recombinomics: H1N1 Dominance In Pennsylvania Raises Concern (Link)

• H (Link)

News for February 1, 2011 is here.

Thanks to all of the newshounds! Special thanks to the newshound volunteers who translate international stories - thanks for keeping us all informed!

Other useful links:
WHO A(H1N1) Site
WHO H5N1 human case totals, last updated February 2, 2011
Charts and Graphs on H5N1 from WHO
Google Flu Trends (U.S.)
CDC Weekly Influenza Summary
Map of seasonal influenza in the U.S.
CIDPC (Canada) Weekly FluWatch
UK RCGP Weekly Data on Communicable and Respiratory Diseases
Flu Wiki Main Page

News Reports for February 2, 2010

NewsDiary — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:50:17 GMT

Reminder: Please do not post whole articles, just snippets and links. Thanks!!

Cambodia
• Over 10,000 ducks die in Cambodia (Link)
Canada
• Cradle to Grave Singer/Bassist Rushed to Hospital With H1N1 Virus (Link)
• H1N1 flu shot sickness probed (Link)
Czech Republic
• Czech H1N1 vaccination chief gets swine flu (Link)
India
• 1.4 L (1,47,512) birds culled in flu-affected areas of Bengal (Link)
• Cadila Pharmaceuticals' H1N1 vaccine faces technical hurdle (Link)
Indonesia
• Mutated Bird Flu Virus Raises Doubts About Flu Vaccines (Link)
Vietnam
• Takeo orders destruction of ducks (Link)
Commentary
• Recombinomics: Ukraine H1N1 D225G in North Carolina (Link)
• Recombinomics: Severe H1N1 Cases in North Carolina Raise Concerns (Link)
• Recombinomics: Widespread High Frequencies of H1N1 D225E In Italy (Link)

• H (Link)

News for February 1, 2010 is here.

US Influenza-Like Illness Reports
Week ending Jan. 23, 2010

Influenza-Like Illness Reports for England & Wales
Week ending Dec 20, 2009

Thanks to all of the newshounds! Special thanks to the newshound volunteers who translate international stories - thanks for keeping us all informed!

Other useful links:
CDC A(H1N1) Site
WHO A(H1N1) Site
WHO H5N1 human case totals, last updated January 28, 2010
Charts and Graphs on H5N1 from WHO
Google Flu Trends (U.S.)
CDC Weekly Influenza Summary
Map of seasonal influenza in the U.S.
CIDPC (Canada) Weekly FluWatch
European CDC Influenza News
UK RCGP Weekly Data on Communicable and Respiratory Diseases
Flu Wiki Main Page

News Reports for February 2

Nimbus — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:55:22 GMT
New Stories for Today (Open this Diary to read more on these postings)
Scientists make bird flu breakthrough
Pakistan: Thousands poultry found dead in Karachi farm
Pakistan: High alert declared after H5N1 confirmation
U.S. Flu Outbreak Plan Criticized
India: Poultry industry seeks bailout as flu adds to woes
India: Anthrax strikes Malda district of Bengal
Indian state says bird flu outbreak 'under control'
Pakistan: No human case of avian influenza reported
India: Assam starts culling in districts bordering West Bengal
Suspected bird flu in northern Turkey
Indiana: Kendrick Foundation awards $714,000 in grant money (some for flu preparedness)
Eggs can soon go out of stock - India
Dominican officials detect second batch of H5N2 avian flu cases
Summary of News for February 1, 2008
General
•   Failure of pandemic preparedness: look in the mirror (Link)
•   Sambucol Black Elderberry Immune System Booster (Link)
•   TO THE EDITOR: A view on bird flu (Link)
•   New cable cut compounds net woes (Link)
Abu Dhabi
•   Ministry set to boost diagnostics (Link)
Bangladesh
•   Bangladesh steps up vigilance as bird flu spreads (Link)
•   Bangladesh kills more than 27,000 chickens and ducks after bird flu outbreak (Link)
Bulgaria
•   H7 Strain Bird Flu Case Registered in Bulgaria's Shumen (Link)
Canada
•   Canadians ill-prepared for influenza pandemic (Link)
•   Canadians complacent, ill-prepared for pandemic, report warns (Link)
China
•   Dead heron found in Hong Kong tests positive for bird flu (Link)
India
•   India isolates 26 people (Link)
•   Assam to cull 80,000 poultry along Bengal border (Link)
•   Calcutta/Children with fever (Link)
•   Bird deaths reported in Jalpaiguri (Link)
•   No BF in J&K (Jammu and Kashmir) (Link)
•   Panicky West Bengal farm culls birds (Link)
•   India/health worker Quarantined (Link)
•   India: State in spot after quarantine goof (Link)
•   A hen for a memento from horror (Link)
•   26 people fall sick after culling birds in W. Bengal (Link)
Indonesia
•   Death toll of bird flu hits 102 in Indonesia (Link)
•   Indonesian Woman Dies of Bird Flu, Raising National Toll to 102 (Link)
Nepal
•   Govt directs to adopt all measures to stop bird flu (Link)
Pakistan
•   Pak reports new bird flu outbreak at Karachi poultry farm (Link)
•   Pakistan: Fresh bird flu outbreak at Karachi (Link)
•   Karachi farm hit by bird flu (Link)
Spain
•   Located a bird carrying a virus of low pathogenicity (Link)
Thailand
•   Thailand confirms bird flu outbreak in new province (Link)
United Kingdom
•   More swans found to have bird flu (Link)
•   More swans test positive for H5N1 bird flu in UK (Link)
United States
•   WHO reports some Tamiflu-resistant flu in U.S. (Link)
•   Prepare Now For Pandemic Flu Outbreak - FedEx to Safety Engineers (Link)
•   Amarillo: Health Officials Note Sharp Rise in Flu Cases (Link)
•   Dallas-Area Health Officials Push Flu Shots (Link)
•   Pentagon rejects report, says ready for WMD attack (Link)
•   Flu cases surge before season peak: Strain not covered in vaccine may be in play, officials say (Link)
•   Mississippi: Schools Fight the Flu (Link)
•   CDC: Flu Season in Full Swing (Link)
•   U.S. Flu Outbreak Plan Criticized (Link)
Vietnam
•   Bird flu spreads in central Vietnam (Link)
Usual disclaimer that I may not have captured everything. Feel free to add news where omissions have occurred. Please note that I copy the links directly from the prior day's news thread so if they don't work you may need to re-visit the thread:

News Reports for February 1

WHO-confirmed total cumulative human cases worldwide as of February 1, 2008: 357 cases with 225 deaths
2007 WHO-confirmed cases: 86 cases with 59 deaths
2008 WHO-confirmed cases: 8 cases with 8 deaths
Link to most recent WHO report
Indonesia Summary - Updated as of 01/15/08
2006 2007 2008
Cases Discussed Jun-Dec Jan-Dec Jan Total
Died, no test results 24 27 0 0
Died, tested positive 18 36 1 1
Other tested positive 5 6 0 0
Symptoms, tests pending 146 415 4 4
Tested negative 99 224 1 1
Totals 292 708 6 6

Link to Current Indonesia Diary
Influenza Viruses Isolated by WHO/NREVSS Collaborating Laboratories (U.S.)
2007 - 2008 Season (most recent 8 weeks)
Week A(H1) A(H3) A(Unk) B Total # Tested % Positive

49 29 10 112 21 4524 3.8

50 39 15 114 26 4734 4.1

51 59 23 156 45 5222 5.42

52 49 12 233 70 6463 5.63

01 49 21 261 70 5419 7.4

02 63 24 421 94 5453 11.04

03 38 38 190 63 2971 11.07

04 64 69 452 92 4034 16.8

Data source: CDC Weekly Influenza Summary

Thanks to all of the newshounds! Special thanks to the Indonesia & Egypt newshounds for their excellent work - thanks for keeping us all informed!

Other useful links:
CDC Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
CIDPC (Canada) Weekly FluWatch
European CDC Influenza News
Charts and Graphs on H5N1 from WHO
Wiki Main Page

	2006	2007	2008
Cases Discussed	Jun-Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan	Total
Died, no test results	24	27	0	0
Died, tested positive	18	36	1	1
Other tested positive	5	6	0	0
Symptoms, tests pending	146	415	4	4
Tested negative	99	224	1	1
Totals	292	708	6	6

Week	A(H1)	A(H3)	A(Unk)	B	Total # Tested	% Positive
49	29	10	112	21	4524	3.8
50	39	15	114	26	4734	4.1
51	59	23	156	45	5222	5.42
52	49	12	233	70	6463	5.63
01	49	21	261	70	5419	7.4
02	63	24	421	94	5453	11.04
03	38	38	190	63	2971	11.07
04	64	69	452	92	4034	16.8

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[New] Indonesia Summary - Updated as of 01/31/07

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Indonesia Summary - Updated as of 01/15/08