A round-up of recent headlines from WDIM :
Vietnam confirms 48th fatal bird flu case
Indonesian man dies of bird flu, toll up to 98
Indonesia confirms 120th human bird flu infection
Experts probe high bird flu mortality rate in Indonesia
Bird flu outbreak threatens India
Rain forces culling halt as India battles worst bird flu outbreak
Thailand confirms new bird flu outbreak
India risks bird flu 'disaster', human cases feared as 5 quarantined with symptoms
West Bengal appeals over bird flu for help in culling up to 2 million chickens
Chicken feast in India despite bird flu disaster warning
Three Indonesian children hospitalized with bird flu symptoms
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Spread of avian flu by drinking water
Transmission of avian flu by direct contact to infected poultry is an unproved assumption from the WHO. Infected poultry can everywhere contaminate the drinking water. All humans have contact to drinking water. Special in cases of local water supplies this pathway can explain small clusters in households. In hot climates/tropics the flood-related influenza is typical after extreme weather and floods. Virulence of Influenza virus depends on temperature and time. If young and fresh H5N1 contaminated water from low local wells, cisterns, tanks, rain barrels or rice fields is used for water supply water temperature for infection may be higher (24°C: virulence of influenza viruses 2 days) as in temperate climates with older water from central water supplies (7°C: virulence of influenza viruses 14 days).
Dipl.-Ing. Wilfried Soddemann
soddemann-aachen@t-online.de
http://www.dugi-ev.de/information.html
Is the connection to cows true?
AFP: Bangladesh bird flu situation alarming
"The officials said the situation in the impoverished country of 144 million was so wide in scope that even wild crows had been apparently infected.
"It is an alarming situation. Hundreds of crows are dying every day across the country due to the bird flu. The government should make it an emergency health issue," the adviser said."
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