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By Thomas Costello
August 31, 2011 12:57 PM GMT
The H5N1 outbreaks in poultry peaked in 2006 with 4,000 across Africa, Asia and Europe. Extensive culling quelled the spread of the bird flu virus with the cost to poultry farmers standing at $20bn so far.
The Department of Health in the Philippines has warned the public of the threat of the new strain of the virus.
The strain if the virus is more dangerous than the H1N1 as it has a 60 per cent mortality rate, meaning 6 in ten people die after contracting the virus; the eight people in Cambodia affected with the virus have died Dr. Eric Tayag, director of the DOH National Epidemiology Centre confirmed.
The World Health Organisation says avian flu has killed 331 people since 2003. Experts in the United Kingdom said Tuesday that it is unlikely to have an impact on health of humans in Britain with the UK having 'strong contingency plans' in place to deal with any potential outbreak.
Some of the symptoms of H5N1 are cough, colds and fever. In severe cases, the lungs are affected and if not treated early, it can lead to death.
“Dr. Death,” Johan Hultin, Ghoul, Desecrator Of Native American Graves, Body Snatcher Photo by Kim Komenich.
I was in Alaska when this travesty occurred. Unfortunately, the Alaska Native Federation was unable to stop this theft. “Doctor” Hulin, the CDC, and the United States Army are guilty of crimes against humanity – especially the CDC – who are now in the business of killing rather than curing, and probably have been for some time now under the Bush/Cheney crime regime. The blame for this pandemic, if it indeed becomes one, can be laid squarely at their feet. I have been waiting for this to occur since 1997. Martial Law, forced vaccinations and mass death will follow shortly if this comes to pass., and if not this time, then the next. These monsters will not stop UNTIL THEY ARE STOPPED.
Robert S. Finnegan
Jakarta, Indonesia
April 26, 2009
RESEARCH OF VIRAL PATHOGENESIS
- Sometimes a virus contains both avian adapted genes and human adapted genes. Both the H2N2 and H3N2 pandemic strains contained avian flu virus RNA segments. “While the pandemic human influenza viruses of 1957 (H2N2) and 1968 (H3N2) clearly arose through reassortment between human and avian viruses, the influenza virus causing the ‘ 1918 flu‘ in 1918 appears to be entirely derived from an avian source (Belshe 2005).” (from Chapter Two : Avian Influenza by Timm C. Harder and Ortrud Werner, an excellent free on-line Book called Influenza Report 2006 which is a medical textbook that provides a comprehensive overview of epidemic and pandemic influenza.)
- The site of origin of the 1918 influenza pandemic and its public health implications
- Washington Post article
- Lethal secrets of 1918 flu virus; BBC
- According to Gina Kolata’s 1999 account of the pandemic, ‘Flu’, pp. 255-65 : Johan Hultin first attempted to recover samples from Brevig in 1951, but he was unsuccessful. In 1997, by then a seventy-two year old retired pathologist, he decided that science had advanced enough to make another attempt worthwhile. Taubenberger had already recovered RNA of limited quality from samples of two servicemen who had died in the pandemic, and Hultin wrote offering offering his services to try to get better quality samples from Brevig permafrost. Taubenberger accepted, and Hultin went alone to Brevig in August 1997, and recovered the sample from the Alaskan woman, which Taubenberger and his team then analysed.
- Special report at Nature News: The 1918 flu virus is resurrected, Published online: 5 October 2005; doi:10.1038/437794a
- Taubenberger, Jeffery K.; Ann H. Reid, Raina M. Lourens, Ruixue Wang, Guozhong Jin and Thomas G. Fanning (2005). “Characterization of the 1918 influenza virus polymerase genes”. Nature 437: 889–893. doi:10.1038/nature04230.
- Also: Tumpey, Terrence M.; Christopher F. Basler, Patricia V. Aguilar, Hui Zeng, Alicia Solórzano, David E. Swayne, Nancy J. Cox, Jacqueline M. Katz, Jeffery K. Taubenberger, Peter Palese and Adolfo GarcÃa-Sastre (2005). “Characterization of the Reconstructed 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic Virus”. Science 310: 77–80. doi:10.1126/science.1119392. PMID 16210530.
- Kou, Z.; F. M. Lei, J. Yu, Z. J. Fan, Z. H. Yin, C. X. Jia, K. J. Xiong, Y. H. Sun, X. W. Zhang, X. M. Wu, X. B. Gao and T. X. Li (2005). “New genotype of avian influenza H5N1 viruses isolated from tree sparrows in China”. Journal of Virology 79: 15460–15466. doi:10.1128/JVI.79.24.15460-15466.2005. PMID 16306617.
- Evolution of the receptor binding phenotype of influenza A (H5) viruses by A. Gambaryan, A. Tuzikov, G. Pazynina, N. Bovin, A. Balish and A. Klimov in Virology (2005) electronic release on October 11 ahead of print publication.
- The evolution of H5N1 influenza viruses in ducks in southern China by H. Chen, G. Deng, Z. Li, G. Tian, Y. Li, P. Jiao, L. Zhang, Z. Liu, R. G. Webster and K. Yu in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2004) volume 101, pages 10452-10457.
- Reuter
- Recent research of Taubenberger et al has suggested that the 1918 virus, like H5N1, could have arisen directly from an avian influenza virus in: Taubenberger JK, Reid AH, Lourens RM, Wang R, Jin G, Fanning TG. Characterization of the 1918 influenza virus polymerase genes. Nature. October 6, 2005;437(7060):889-893
- Was the 1918 pandemic caused by a bird flu? – Gibbs and Gibbs Nature. April 27, 2006;440:E8
- Was the 1918 flu avian in origin? – Antonovics et al. Nature. April 27, 2006;440:E9
- Molecular virology: Was the 1918 pandemic caused by a bird flu? Was the 1918 flu avian in origin? (Reply)
- Tumpey TM, Basler CF, Aguilar PV, Zeng H, Solorzano A, Swayne DE, Cox NJ, Katz JM, Taubenberger JK, Palese P, Garcia-Sastre A. Characterization of the reconstructed 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic virus. Science. October 7, 2005;310(5745):77-80
- Aberrant innate immune response in lethal infection of macaques with the 1918 influenza virus Nature. 18 January 2007;445:319
- npr.org history.navy.mil
- The Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Are We Ready? Workshop Summary (2005) (free online book) page
- Retrieved from “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu_research”