When H5N1 Avian Influenza Infects Humans

H5N1 Avian Influenza History And Disease Characteristics As a rule, influenza viruses seem to be very specific in terms of which species is affected by which virus strain. This means that a virus that is infecting birds, pigs, horses or even seals, will generally continue to only infect those specific species. Rarely will a virus [...]

H5N1 Influenza Caution

H5N1 Influenza May Appear Off The Radar But Vigilance Is Vital With all eyes seemingly on the H1N1 influenza strain health officials the world over are still monitoring the H5N1 bird flu strain since it has the potential to be far more destructive if it infects humans via humans. There is concern that a global [...]

Avian Influenza Virus H5N1

Nations Face Quandary Over Avian H5N1 Virus Because of the many questions unanswered regarding the current avian influenza and the risk it poses, nations are faced with a predicament: How can these governments commit their limited community health services financial resources to a latent yet possibly disastrous occurrence. Research clinicians testing a chicken’s blood at [...]

Start Planning For Avian Influenza Pandemic

Don’t Panic – Start Planning For Avian Influenza Pandemic The H5N1 Avian Influenza, referred to as simply “the bird flu”, is a contagion that is spawned by bird viruses that happen naturally in birds. It is fairly normal for birds to carry a virus but this specific H5N1 virus in exceptionally infectious. The good news [...]

Emergency Measures for H5N1 Influenza Pandemic

Emergency Measures for H5N1 Influenza Pandemic The ongoing pandemic of the extremely contagious H5N1 version of the avian influenza virus has a fatality rate of about fifty eight percent. It is presenting itself as quite relentless in much of southeast Asia, specifically in Thailand and Vietnam. It does seem to be an inefficient virus there [...]

Bird Flu Virus At Ground Zero – Now What

Bird Flu Virus At Ground Zero – Now What What would happen if the H5N1 bird flu virus erupted in your community? The following is an account of the reaction to the H5N1 virus when an outbreak was first discovered on an island in Germany, a tourist destination called Rugen. In January of 2006 there [...]

Mouse Studies Pits H5N1 Bird Flu Virus Up Against Tamiflu Antiviral Drug

Mouse Studies Pits H5N1 Bird Flu Virus Up Against Tamiflu Antiviral Drug Scientists who conducted an experiment using mice confirm that the antiviral medication generic tamiflu currently being used to combat and control seasonal influenza is also capable of thwarting the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus. Bird flu, as it is known, has spread from [...]