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 Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 11:42 am Post subject: Bird flu? |
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| How do people catch bird flu ? Is there a vaccine ? |
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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Would suggest you browse through some of the information contained in the links on vadscorner's avian flu info page. Many of these are to very good sources about respiratory viral infections including Influenza A H5N1 (scientific reference for Avian Flu) and SARS (a coronavirus). There are maps to check for epedimiology and spread and links to several medical sites.
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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darek_k, I have put together a bit of informaion in an avian flu post. Basically it is still quite hard for people to catch avain flu, most of those who have have been working in the poultry industry. If you are concerned, avoid poultry farms etc in your travels, but check out the WHO and CDC sites for more infromation. Be aware - just don't let worry ruin your holiday - you've still much more chance of being run over by a bus near home (providing you have buses in your area!  )
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 9:51 am Post subject: |
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Bird Flu spread by infected bird.BIrd flu is influenza that infects birds, including wild birds such as ducks and domestic birds such as chickens.Bird(Avian) flu is caused by influenza virus type A. There are 15 subtypes influenza A, two of which affect birds. These are called the H5 and the H7 subtypes.1 you can take Tamiflu .it's right vaccine for bird flu .i got it from <link removed> |
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Some more information on Tamiflu - (trade name for the drug oseltamivir )
You should start treatment withing 48 hours of either getting symptoms or contact with an infected individual.
The drug does not prevent infection, but slows the spread of the virus through the body. This therefore attenuates (alters the course of) the infection.
It can cause side effects including nausea.
More information can be found on Medicenes.org.uk below is a quote from the FDA site.
| Quote: | 1. Estimation of magnitude of treatment effect
Trials WV15671 and WV15670, conducted in 374 and 475 influenza-infected adults, respectively, each demonstrated that treatment with oseltamivir resulted in a 1.3 day reduction in the median time until symptom improvement (defined as the time when 7 major symptoms were reported as either absent or mild). These consistent results, both between studies and between dose groups, suggest that the observed finding is reproducible and that doses higher than 75 mg bid do not confer additional clinical benefit. The treatment effect observed in the primary endpoint analyses was further supported by analyses of secondary endpoints, including assessment of time to alleviation of individual symptoms and fever. |
This suggests that Tamiflu, if taken within 48 hours of symptoms beginning, may reduce the course of 'flu by about 1.3 days in uncomplictaed cases in otherwise healthy individuals
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 7:48 am Post subject: |
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Tamiflu is a preventative - 1 tablet should be taken on a daily basis for as long as you are exposed to the virus.
That's why the UK government ordered 15 mln doses to hand out to civil servants, people working in the police, NHS etc when the pandemic comes.
When infection occures 2 tablets should be taken for 5 days - with the first tablet taken as soon as the symptoms appear (no later than 48 hours).
Tamiflu was used in Sri Racha tiger zoo in Thailand earlier this year - and it saved half of an infected animals (however 150 tigers died or had to be put to sleep because of their poor condition).
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| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 7:17 pm Post subject: tamiflu information |
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TAMIFLU is a drug to treat flu (infection caused by influenza virus). It belongs to a group of medicines called neuraminidase inhibitors. These medications attack the influenza virus and prevent it from spreading inside your body. Tamiflu treats flu at its source by attacking the virus that causes the flu, rather than simply masking symptoms. Each capsule (grey/light yellow) contains 75 mg of active drug and should be taken by mouth.
This drug is generally well tolerated. It may cause mild-to-moderate nausea or vomiting in one out of 10 people. Taking tamiflu with food may reduce the potential for these side effects. Other less common side effects may include bronchitis, sleeplessness and vertigo.
More information on Tamiflu :
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| Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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As far as I know they arew working on a vaccine at the moment in order to prevent bird flu and minimise its effects. Anti virals are also being stocked by the bigger countries around the world. With the advances in medecine I doubt it will have the effects Spanish Flu had.
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Reports of the flu are emanating from Turkey now... 
Turkish authorities have slaughtered up to 2,000 poultry in a north-western province in an effort to control an outbreak of bird flu, reports say. Officials say the outbreak, said to have killed 1,500 turkeys on a farm earlier this week, is "under control".
Tests will establish whether the strain of avian influenza found in Turkey is the much-feared H5N1 virus.
Meanwhile, thousands of people are receiving jabs in Romania in the wake of Europe's first suspected outbreak.
Tests are still continuing to determine whether the disease killed three ducks in Romania last week.
But a senior veterinary officer in Britain - which will make the definitive examination of the Romanian samples - said: "The Romanian authorities told us today [Sunday] that initial tests for avian influenza viruses are negative."
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The Turkish authorities have quarantined a 3km (2 mile) area around the affected farm in the province of Balikesir near the Aegean Sea as a precautionary measure.
Roadblocks have been set up to check vehicles, the Associated Press reports.
"Unfortunately, we have been confronted with bird flu but everything is under control," Agriculture Minister Mehdi Eker said late on Saturday.
"All measures have been taken, there is no reason to be worried."
The outbreak hit the Turkish farm on Tuesday.
The region's deputy governor was quoted by a Turkish news agency as saying 1,500 birds died before the farmer reported a problem.
That figure has not been confirmed by the agriculture ministry.
A ministry statement says its officials were informed on Wednesday, and all animals there were slaughtered the following day.
Migrating birds
Initial tests are said to have identified the virus as belonging to the H5 type of flu.
But further tests will be needed to establish if it is the H5N1 strain which has killed more than 60 people in southeast Asia over the past two years.
It is feared H5N1 could mutate and become a human flu virus, which could lead to a deadly pandemic.
Experts say the virus was spread by migratory birds crossing Turkey on their way from Russia's Urals to Africa.
This summer, Siberian poultry farms reported their first cases of the virus, and in several instances, the strain was confirmed as H5N1.
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The tests have proved negative luckily enough.Still though oprevention is better than cure
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