Widespread Bird Flu Infections in the Mekong Delta....

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Widespread Bird Flu Infections in the Mekong Delta
<http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04130503/H5N1_Widespread_Mekong_Delta.html>

At the beginning of the year the detection of the virus in poultry was associated with human cases. All confirmed cases in the south this season have been fatal as have cases in Kampot, the Cambodian province adjacent to the Mekong Delta. However, just before the Tet New Year, reports of human cases in the south abruptly ceased. Reports to WHO also stopped and although there has been some updating, WHO has not provided details on locations of these more recently reported cases.

There have been reports of milder cases in the central highlands and northern Vietnam, but as the size of the clusters of the milder cases grew, follow-up confirmations also halted in the north. The data dearth has been deafening, especially on the human cases.

The widespread infections of poultry with H5N1 suggest that the lack of reports on human cases is not an indication of a lack of human cases, and appears to be just the opposite.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

1. Just great

If Marburg doesn't get us...

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2. I find it interesting that SARS, Avian Flu, and Marburg have surfaced....

...in a relatively short amount of time, and on the world's most populated continents.

Here's a statement from the NeoCon PNAC document "Rebuilding America's Defenses" that I find particularly troubling in light of recent events:

<http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf>

QUOTE from Chapter V. CREATING TOMORROW’S DOMINANT FORCE (search the .pdf document for the term "genotype":

And advanced forms of biological warfare that can “target” specific genotypes may transform biological warfare from the realm of terror to
a politically useful tool.

[Avalux]

4. Doubt an engineered virus outbreak

Viruses are like any other living creature - they do what they can to survive. They evolve. There's thought to be a huge Marburg reservoir in Zimbabwe.

As population increases, nature happens.

[Avalux]

3. Need documented cases of human to human transmission

As long as the human cases are linked solely to bird contact, outbreak will be contained. In the past, virus has been found in bird droppings but now they're finding it in mucous membrane secretions; could explain larger numbers of cases.

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7. The Avian Flu virus has been found in pigs as of a year ago....

...and jungle cats most recently.

[Avalux]

8. I just posted something I wrote about avian flu virus in this forum -

please let me know what you think. :hi:

[pscot]

5. I read something about this last week

but it's all so vague that one can't tell what's actually happening. Vietnam is hardly a transparent society. Until WHO comments it's best to not get too worked up about it.

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6. WHO has been markedly unable to get the information that it seeks....

...from Vietnam.