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Online Stock Market Trading Twenty-nine people have died in Thailand and Vietnam since the outbreak was detected in January, but the previous victims appear to have caught the disease directly from birds.

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.

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Normally the avian bird flu viruses do not affect humans but since 1997 (when the first case of avian bird flu among humans appeared in Hong Kong), this kind of flu has infected and killed several humans in the South East Asian countries. While WHO does not recommend avoiding travels to these countries, it does advice staying away from live animal markets and poultry farms. This is because the droppings of infected birds generally carry large quantities of the virus.

Stock Market Game Sept 28, 2004 (AXcess News) Bangkok - Health officials in Thailand say a woman who died from the bird flu virus last week may have caught it from her daughter. Twenty-nine people have died in Thailand and Vietnam since the outbreak was detected in January, but the previous victims appear to have caught the disease directly from birds.

Influenza News Three Swans Dead Due to Bird Flu in Dorset, UK Jan 29, Posted in Influenza The first case of bird flu virus in the UK was recorded in April 2006 in Scotland. Extensive control was taken up at that time. A new case of bird flu in the UK was reported, as three wild swans in Dorset died due to the avian virus strain and a fourth one was tested positive......

Stock Investing Game Thai health officials Tuesday said they have no evidence that the woman who died last week came into contact with sick chickens. The woman lived near Bangkok but went to her home village to care for her daughter, who later died.

Influenza Treatments Influenza normally afflicts people in autumn and winter, which means the time of influenza affliction is just around the corner. Of late, the threat of the flu has doubled with the feared spread of avian bird flu. Both influenza and avian bird flu can be treated through various medications, all of which are prescription medicines.

Journal Prime Rate Street Wall Doctors believe the daughter caught the H5N1 virus from chickens.

Influenza (also commonly known as the flu) is a highly contagious respiratory disease. Caused by the influenza virus, it can generally hit anyone at any time. However autumn and winter are the most active seasons for the flu virus. These are also the season when migratory birds bring with them an increased threat of avian bird flu. remember, it's free and without any obligation.

Stock Market News Thai health official say they need further study before they can confirm whether the mother caught the virus from her daughter or from the village environment.

Stock Investing Basics If tests show the woman caught the disease from her daughter, it would be the first confirmed human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus. International health organizations worry about a pandemic if the virus changes so it can spread easily from human to human.

Stock Investing Software Thai Health Ministry spokeswoman Nitaya Chamruang Mahebhol says, however, that tests on the most recent victim show the virus had not changed genetically. "So far, the virus H5N1 has not mutated yet, as confirmed by the laboratory genetic sequencing," she said.AdvertisementWorld Health Organization spokesman Peter Cordingley says that chances of a pandemic, while possible, remain remote. "If this is human-to-human - if it is - it seems to have been contained in a very small family unit," he said. "And if that is the case then quite clearly the virus still has not established the ability to jump from human to human."

Stock Market Trading Nevertheless, the Thai government has issued a nationwide health alert, which means greater scrutiny of patients complaining of pneumonia or flu-like symptoms.Thai poultry growers, who have yet to recover from losses of millions of birds they had to cull due to the epidemic, have been told to report all suspicious deaths in their flocks.

Stock Investing For Dummy The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization warned in a statement Monday that bird flu is a global health crisis and will not be eradicated in the near term.Source: Voice of America

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