Influenza aviaria - Inglese

Egyptian 4-year-old tests positive for bird flu

[Reuters international] - 11. Marzo 2007 - 15:32

CAIRO (Reuters) - A 4-year-old Egyptian boy has contracted the deadly bird flu virus, bringing to 24 the number of Egyptians who have tested positive for the disease, Health Ministry and World Health Organization officials said on Sunday.

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Village ways fuel bird flu spread in rural Egypt

[Reuters international] - 13. Marzo 2007 - 13:59

EZBET SIDI OMAR, Egypt (Reuters) - When Attia Abdel-Hamid Hassan notices the chickens or ducks that he keeps at home in Egypt's Nile Delta starting to wobble on their feet, he puts them in a sack and drowns them in an irrigation canal.

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Village ways fuel bird flu spread in rural Egypt

[Reuters international] - 13. Marzo 2007 - 13:59

EZBET SIDI OMAR, Egypt (Reuters) - When Attia Abdel-Hamid Hassan notices the chickens or ducks that he keeps at home in Egypt's Nile Delta starting to wobble on their feet, he puts them in a sack and drowns them in an irrigation canal.

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Questa notizia anche in: Medio Oriente

Village ways fuel bird flu spread in rural Egypt

[Reuters international] - 13. Marzo 2007 - 17:55

EZBET SIDI OMAR, Egypt (Reuters) - When Attia Abdel-Hamid Hassan notices the chickens or ducks that he keeps at home in Egypt's Nile Delta starting to wobble on their feet, he puts them in a sack and drowns them in an irrigation canal.

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Egyptian 10-year-old tests positive for bird flu

[Reuters international] - 14. Marzo 2007 - 21:38

CAIRO (Reuters) - A ten-year-old Egyptian girl has tested positive for bird flu, becoming the 25th human case in the country, a World Health Organization official said on Wednesday.

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Indonesian man dies of bird flu: health ministry

[Reuters international] - 16. Marzo 2007 - 13:42

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A 32-year-old Indonesian man has died of bird flu, bringing the death toll in the country from the virus to 65, a health ministry official said on Friday.

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Bird flu experts back calls on vaccine access

[Reuters international] - 19. Marzo 2007 - 15:31

BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) - Health experts on Monday supported calls to give developing nations access to pandemic flu vaccines at a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting to discuss global findings on bird flu.

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U.N. Wants Tougher Bird Flu Controls

[CBS news world] - 21. Marzo 2007 - 12:28

The United Nations has called for tougher control measures to prevent the spread of the bird flu after a massive outbreak of the deadly H5N1 virus at a Myanmar chicken farm. Authorities have slaughtered more than 22,000 birds at the farm.

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Tamiflu warning in Japan after child suicides

[Guardian unlimited World] - 22. Marzo 2007 - 1:00

Doctors told not to give drug to teenagers as concern rises over favoured treatment for bird flu.

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Bird flu discovered in Bangladesh

[BBC World] - 23. Marzo 2007 - 8:15

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu is found close to the Bangladeshi capital - officials say no reason to panic.

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Asian nations, WHO meet over H5N1 sharing row

[Reuters international] - 26. Marzo 2007 - 9:43

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Drawing up rules aimed at restricting how virus samples shared amongst countries are used would slow down global efforts to develop vaccines, the World Health Organisation's top bird flu official said on Monday.

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Two more suspected bird flu deaths in Indonesia

[Reuters international] - 27. Marzo 2007 - 5:58

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A teenager and a 22-year-old woman have died from suspected bird flu in Indonesia, a health ministry official said on Tuesday.

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Jakarta confirms bird flu deaths, makes virus deal

[Reuters international] - 28. Marzo 2007 - 4:39

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia announced three deaths from bird flu on Wednesday, taking its overall human toll from the virus to 69 fatalities, as its president called for international aid to help affected countries defeat the disease.

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Three Indonesians die of bird flu

[BBC World] - 28. Marzo 2007 - 8:44

Indonesian health officials confirm three more people have died from bird flu, raising the toll to 69.

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China confirms human death from bird flu: Xinhua

[Reuters international] - 29. Marzo 2007 - 1:17

BEIJING (Reuters) - A teenage boy died after falling ill with the H5N1 bird flu virus, Chinese state media reported on Thursday.

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Chinese teenager dies from bird flu

[Reuters international] - 29. Marzo 2007 - 3:14

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese teenager has died from bird flu, state media reported on Thursday, marking the country's third human infection from the virus this year.

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Bangladesh says bird flu spreads to more farms

[Reuters international] - 30. Marzo 2007 - 15:41

DHAKA (Reuters) - Bird flu has spread to five more farms in central and northern districts, Bangladesh said on Friday.

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All-clear for bootiful Bernard

[The Sun] - 2. Aprile 2007 - 2:00 - Link non piu' disponibile dal 17 Apr 2008

BERNARD Matthews plant at centre of bird flu outbreak will not be prosecuted by the FSA...

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Bird flu may spread from Indonesia, Egypt, Nigeria: FAO

[Reuters international] - 2. Aprile 2007 - 21:52

MILAN (Reuters) - The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu may spread from Indonesia, Egypt and Nigeria to other countries as it continues to circulate in Africa and Asia, the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday.

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Bernard plant in the clear

[The Sun] - 3. Aprile 2007 - 2:00 - Link non piu' disponibile dal 17 Apr 2008

FSA will not prosecute the Bernard Matthews turkey plant at centre of bird flu outbreak...

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