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Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: flu + avian + vaccines  Related to the article below (Last Update: 8/5/2008)

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Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung), Germany - 8 minutes ago
Furthermore, the World Health Organization reports that the number of avian flu cases in humans has reached more than 370 cases in 14 countries. ...WBAG:ICLL - IOMI
Influenza drug from BioCryst in clinical trials
The Kaleidoscope, AL - Aug 4, 2008
Since the influenza virus can rapidly change its outer composition, a process known as antigenic shift, a new batch of flu vaccines must be generated every ...
USDA gives 5 mln for bird flu research
WorldPoultry.net, Netherlands - Aug 4, 2008
... in farms or private homes and in the poultry industry, according to Jack Gelb, director of the University of Delaware's Avian Biosciences Centre. ...
Avian Flu Weaponized? Press Release Censored
American Chronicle, CA - Jul 31, 2008
So the fact that the Avian Flu vaccine is already being manufactured in China by a wholly-owned subsidiary of the French arm of the cartel is not only ...
POULTRY: UD gets grant for avian flu research
Delmarva Daily Times, MD - Aug 2, 2008
... of avian flu, integrated research into an education program available to a wide range of poultry producers and developed vaccines for mass immunization ...
Vical says its DNA vaccine for bird flu works
Reuters - Jul 16, 2008
WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - A DNA-based vaccine against avian influenza can safely stimulate the immune system to levels expected to protect against flu ...VICL

HealthNews
New DNA Vaccine Proves to be Effective Against Avian Flu
HealthNews, CA - Jul 23, 2008
Vical Incorporated has announced that a newly developed DNA-based vaccine for the H5N1 avian flu has shown to safely stimulate the immune system and protect ...VICL
CDC Finds Some Bird Flu Strains have Acquired Properties that ...
RMGH Health News, CA - Aug 1, 2008
Most people have some immunity, and a vaccine is available. Avian (or bird) flu (AI) is caused by influenza viruses that occur naturally among wild birds. ...
US Bioterrorism Efforts Reignite Debate
Free Internet Press, NY - Aug 2, 2008
... talk about how strengthening the systems necessary to respond to a terror attack would also prepare the country for a natural epidemic like avian flu. ...

MedPage Today
'Prime-Boost' Strategy Might Overcome Avian Flu Vaccine Shortage
MedPage Today, NJ - Jul 18, 2008
See (IDSA: 'Priming' Strategy Might Eke Out Avian Flu Vaccine) At baseline, the 37 volunteers had no detectable antibodies to either flu strain, ...
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… A Viruses, Including Recently Emerged Avian H5 and H9 Viruses, Induced by FLU?ISCOM Vaccine in … -
S Sambhara, A Kurichh, R Miranda, T Tumpey, T Rowe … - Cellular Immunology, 2001 - Elsevier
... to develop cross-protective influenza vaccines (17?25). ... as well as the highly pathogenic
avian H5N1 virus ... Furthermore, the FLU?ISCOM vaccine induced signif ...

Avian influenza: a new pandemic threat -
A Trampuz, RM Prabhu, TF Smith, LM Baddour - Mayo Clin Proc, 2004 - mayoclinicproceedings.com
... 1977, Russian flu?, H1N1?, China, Russia, Reappearance of 1950s ... 2 However, the avian
subtypes are rapidly lethal ... of producing H5 and H7 vaccines were exploited ...
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Controlling avian flu at the source -
R Webster, D Hulse - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
... both are efficacious, the flu vaccines for humans ... for producing inexpensive agricultural
vaccines using reverse ... highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus is ...

[DOC] American Heritage Dictionary-Ebsco
OE Dictionary - hawaii.edu
... The avian flu entry was recently updated with information on vaccines being
tested within 2005. Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. ...

Cross-Reactivity to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Viruses after Vaccination with … -
I Stephenson, R Bugarini, KG Nicholson, A Podda, … - The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2005 - UChicago Press
... P. Antigenic drift and efficacy of influenza virus vaccines. ... A viruses including
recently emerged avian H5 and H9 viruses induced by FLU-ISCOM vaccine in ...

PUBLIC HEALTH: Enhanced: Will Vaccines Be Available for the Next Influenza Pandemic? -
K Stohr, M Esveld - Science, 2004 - sciencemag.org
... trial plan for pandemic influenza vaccines"; a meeting ... to develop vaccine against
H5N1 avian influenza." Press ... trials of human H5N1 flu vaccine to start soon ...

Avian flu to human influenza -
DB Lewis - Annu Rev Med, 2006 - Annual Reviews
... Avian Flu to Human Influenza. ... is no historical precedent for an H5N1 avian strain
causing ... better protection than is offered by current vaccines, which rely ...

[PDF] Fear of human pandemic grows as bird flu sweeps through Asia -
A Abbott, H Pearson - Nature, 2004 - lib.cau.edu.cn
... to areas visited by foreigners, the risk of avian flu is nationwide ... been done by
the time a vaccine is widely ... puoli, head of research at Chiron Vaccines in Siena ...

[BOOK] The Monster at Our Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu -
M Davis - 2006 - books.google.com
... shaped by concentrated urban poverty, the neglect of vaccine development by a ... Indeed,
until (and if) avian flu vaccines be -come widely available, oseltamivir ...

Efficacy of H5 Influenza Vaccines Produced by Reverse Genetics in a Lethal Mouse Model -
AS Lipatov, RJ Webby, EA Govorkova, S Krauss, RG … - The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2005 - UChicago Press
... Immunization with Reverse-Genetics?Produced H5N1 Influenza Vaccine Protects Ferrets ...
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EU agency backs first avian flu vaccines for birds

LONDON - European regulators have given a green light to the first two avian influenza vaccines for use in birds, the European Medicines Agency said on Friday.

The decision means vaccines will be available to control avian flu in chickens and ducks in the high-risk autumn and winter 2006 period. Both vaccines -- from Intervet, a unit of Akzo Nobel, and Fort Dodge Animal Health, part of Wyeth -- reduce mortality and virus excretion in vaccinated birds exposed to infection.

The agency's expert veterinary committee said they should only be used in disease control campaigns carried out by government-appointed authorities, adding that their use would be reviewed annually.

Authorisation of these products provides assurance to national authorities of the quality of the vaccines should vaccination be used as a measure to control avian influenza in birds," the agency said in a statement.

The decision on whether or not to use the vaccines will be made by national governments in consultation with the European Commission.

The virus strains present in the vaccines are H5N2 and H5N3, respectively, which the agency said had been selected to protect birds against exposure to virulent H5N1 field strains.

Effective control of avian flu in birds is considered important not only for animal health but also to reduce the risk of a human pandemic flu strain sparked by the virus.

The H5N1 avian flu virus has spread among birds across Asia, Europe and Africa. So far, it is relatively hard for people to catch, but it has killed more than 130 around the world who have come into close contact with infected birds.

Scientists, however, fear H5N1 will mutate into a strain that spreads easily between humans, sparking a pandemic in which millions of people could die.

Gaps in bird flu plan leave US vulnerable-senators

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Agriculture Department's failure to develop a "comprehensive" program to monitor for bird flu could leave the country unprepared if an outbreak happens, a bipartisan group of senators said on Friday.

In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, six lawmakers said some states were not as prepared as they should be for the disease. In order to better protect public health, they said, the department should provide states with a protocol for developing their own avian influenza response plan, rather than leaving that to the individual states.

The letter also expressed concern that the U.S. Agriculture Department has not done enough to prepare for an outbreak in multiple states or increase awareness among backyard poultry owners for symptoms of the virus.

We need leadership from USDA in preparing for the arrival of avian flu," said Sen. Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee. "USDA's failure to develop a comprehensive monitoring program leaves us in the dark about areas of the country where better surveillance is needed. And USDA's inadequate assistance and cooperation with states and industry leaves our nation unnecessarily vulnerable," he said. The letter also was signed by Democratic Sens. Harry Reid, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer and Republican Charles Grassley. Last month, USDA's inspector general said the United States did not have adequate measures in place to survey and monitor for avian influenza, including the deadly H5N1 strain.

The latest bird flu strain is known to have killed more than 130 people and forced hundreds of millions of birds worldwide to be destroyed.

H5N1 has remained largely an infection of birds as it has spread through Asia, Europe and Africa. This strain has not been found in the United States so far.

Some experts believe the H5N1 virus could mutate so that it could spread easily from person to person, potentially killing millions of people.

 
 
 
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