Fwd: Detetado foco de gripe das aves (H5N1) no Tibete

Tibet reports bird flu outbreak
Phayul
H5N1 is a type of influenza virus that causes a highly infectious, severe respiratory disease in birds called avian influenza (or "bird flu"). Human cases of H5N1 avian influenza occur occasionally, but it is difficult to transmit the infection from ...

Fwd: China reporta mais um caso fatal de gripe das aves (H7N9)

China reports another H7N9 death as WHO calls flu 'one of the most lethal'
South China Morning Post
Deputy governor Lin Shaochun said yesterday that the provincial government might make some contingency public health measures permanent in prevention of bird flu diseases, Xinhua reported. Dr Ko Wing-man, Hong Kong's food and health secretary, has ...

Fwd: Foco de gripe das aves H7N9 já matou 24 pessoas na china , com uma taxa de fatalidade altíssima

Scientists concerned at H7N9 bird flu outbreak that has killed 24 people
The Guardian (blog)
Scientists are seriously concerned about a new bird flu virus that is causing severe disease in China, killing a fifth of all those it infects. So far, the virus, known as H7N9, is being transmitted only to humans from chickens, but there are worries ...

Fwd: Nova gripe das aves H7N9 propaga-se mais facilmente aos humanos do que a H5N1

New bird flu spreads more easily to humans than H5N1
CBC.ca
WHO's top influenza expert, Dr. Keiji Fukuda, told reporters at a briefing in Beijing that people seem to catch the H7N9 virus from birds more easily than the H5N1 strain that began ravaging poultry across Asia in 2003. The H5N1 strain has since killed ...

Fwd: Mais dois casos de gripe das aves H7N9 confirmados na China

Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in China - update
The Guatemala Times
22 April 2013 - As of 22 April 2013 (18:00CET), the National Health and Family Planning Commission notified WHO of an additional two laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus. Both the patients are reported from ...

Fwd: China reporta 16 mortes dos 77 casos registados com gripe das aves H7N9

China Reports 16 Deaths of Avian Flu
RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, April 17 (RIA Novosti) - The Chinese authorities have confirmed 77 registered cases of H7N9 avian influenza among people, including 16 cases that proved fatal, Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. According to the agency, a total of 30 ...

Foco de gripe das aves detetado em aviário holandês

Bird Flu Found on Dutch Poultry Farm
Fars News Agency
... farm in Zeewolde, Flevoland province. Within this area, there are no other poultry farms, Xinhua reported. A week ago, a mild version of bird flu was also found on a poultry farm in Lochem. It is not yet clear whether both farms suffered from the ...