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3. Is there a treatment for bird flu Professionals currently researching the Avian bird flu claim that rimantidine and amantidine, two cheap and popular flu drugs, have no power over the bird flu, but Relenza and Tamiflu, two other flu drugs, can indeed effectively treat the viral disease. 4. Is there a risk of a bird flu epidemic Experts in this area suggest that rapid and extensive culling and quarantining of potentially infected animals is the best way to prevent an epidemic. Another option is vaccination of birds against the bird flu virus.

Stock Investing Course Health officials in Singapore worn that Bird Flu is endemic to Southeast Asia and a bigger risk than SARS in that region.

1. What is bird flu Avian influenza, or bird flu, is a contagious disease that affects chickens, ducks, turkeys, and other birds. Bird flu was first detected over 100 years ago and nowadays comes in a variety of about 20 strains. Most recently, outbreaks of the viral disease have been caused by the H5N1 strain, which is a particularly deadly strain of the virus. 2. Can I be infected with bird flu The H5N1 strain of the flu, also called the Asian bird flu because it recently was detected in Asia, has a small risk level for human beings because it cannot be transmitted from one human being to another. A human being can only be infected from direct contact with a sick animal. It is possible that this could change and that the strain could evolve into a virus that can be transferred from one human to another. But this is not the case now.

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So far, bird flu has infected 231 people around the world, and killed 134. Human casualties remain largely confined to Asia and to people who have had close and prolonged contact with infected birds, such as poultry farm workers. Worries about bird flu have also led to the destruction of tens of millions of poultry, mostly in Asian nations, as officials struggle to contain the virus. ---- North Carolina Beaches Issue Jellyfish Alert

Stock Investing Game Dec 21, 2004 (AXcess News) Singapore - Health officials in Singapore worn that Bird Flu is endemic to Southeast Asia and a bigger risk than SARS in that region.Avian flu virus, known commonly as bird flu, is a serious health threat to humans in the southeast Asia region, according to World Health Organization spokesperson, Francois-Xavier Meslin. Meslin said it could become pandemic if not contained.

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Journal Prime Rate Street Wall Vietnam and Thailand have recorded 32 confirmed deaths so far this year even though millions of chickens, ducks and other birds were destroyed.

Avian bird flu on the other hand is a form of flu that was originally believed to infect birds only, but turned up among humans in Hong Kong in 1997. Avian bird flu can affect humans, but only when they come in close contact with live infected birds and manage to inhale the virus. fever, malaise, sore throats and coughs.

Stock Market News If the bird flu virus where to spread out of control, millions of people could be infected and die in a pandemic, the WHO warned.

Stock Investing Basics Hans Wagner of the Food and Agriculture Organization said Asia was especially susceptible to bird flu outbreaks.

Stock Investing Software "Asia is an area of very high poultry density, high human density and the centre of the flu. These are all factors that come together," he told reporters.

Stock Market Trading Singapore is hosting the first meeting of the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) taskforce for the control of bird flu in August.Advertisement

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