Influenza, or flu, and air pollution are significant public health risks that impact nations around the world with large economic consequences. The authors of this paper show that increased levels of air pollution significantly increase the rate of hospitalisation for people with flu. In addition, they find that protection afforded …
KATHMANDU, JAN 02 - Over 2,500 chickens were slaughtered at a Lamthoki hatchery in Sitapaila, Kathmandu, on Wednesday following an outbreak of the bird flu (H5N1) virus. A team of experts from the Department of Livestock Services (DoLS) culled 2,640 chickens and destroyed 25kg of poultry feed and 527 eggs …
Hundreds of fowls that died in a Dharke-based a chicken firm over the past one week are learnt to have died due to bird flu outbreak. The confirmation of bird flu came from a test report conducted by Central Veterinary Lab in Kathmandu on samples collected from Laxmi Pokharel’s chicken …
At least 50 Great Cormorant migrant birds (file photo) have been found dead inside the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), a world heritage site, following which a probe has been ordered. The birds were found dead at Borbeel in Bagori range on 28 November. “We are concerned at the death of …
At least 40 demoiselle cranes were found dead near Victor Dam at Rajula in Amreli district. While preliminary investigation suggested the migratory birds died due to breathing problem, experts are not ruling out the possibility of bird flu. "We carried out the post-mortem locally and doctors opine the birds died …
At least 33 migratory Greater Cormorant birds have died in Kaziranga National Park in upper Assam since yesterday, Park authorities said but claimed Avian Flu was not the cause. The fish eating birds, locally called Monihori, were found dead in Barseleka beel (water body) in Bagori Range of the Park …
A spate of avian flu outbreaks in the last few years has dashed India’s hopes of becoming a major egg exporter. Oman, the largest buyer of Indian eggs, has now imposed a second ban on Indian shipments this year following the avian flu incidence in a research farm in Karnataka. …
The ever-busy Central Poultry Development Organisation (CPDO) and Training Institute will now be without any activity as its entire stock of poultry has been culled. The Institute will now have to wait for at least three months to renew its activities. An uneasy calm prevails at CPDO as the Avian …
Kerala has banned entry of poultry from other states following detection of avian influenza (bird flu) in a government farm at Hessarghatta, outside Bangalore. Following an intimation in this regard from the Karnataka, the state Animal Husbandry Department banned movement of poultry from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu since last evening, …
As many as 120 chicken died on Sunday and 86 chicken and 17 ducks on Saturday Over 220 chicken and ducks have died at Central Poultry Development Organisation (CPDO) at Hesaragatta here, where avian influenza (H5N1) had claimed over 3,600 turkeys over the last fortnight. “Mortality among the chicken and …
Bhaktapur District Administration Office has declared Bode of Madhyapur Thimi Municipality, bird-flu emergency area. The area around Bode has been declared emergency area after bird flu was confirmed in the poultry farm of local Om Khadka. According to sources, 800 chickens out of 2000 have died in the farm. The …
Mad-cow, bird-flu or swine-flu - the world is more than familiar with “human-animal diseases”. A global study mapping these diseases, that jump species from animal hosts to humans, found that an “unlucky” 13 zoonoses were responsible for 2.4 billion cases of human illness and 2.2 million deaths per year. And …
A global study mapping human diseases that come from animals like tuberculosis, AIDS, bird flu or Rift Valley fever has found that just 13 such diseases are responsible for 2.4 billion cases of human illness and 2.2 million deaths a year. The vast majority of infections and deaths from so-called …
It might be possible for human-tohuman airborne transmissible avian H5N1 influenza viruses to evolve in nature, new research has found. The findings, from research led by Professor Derek Smith and Dr Colin Russell at the University of Cambridge, were published on June 22 in the journal Science. Currently, avian H5N1 …
Tokyo: A single blood test can now detect the deadly H5N1 bird flu infection in just two hours time. Scientists have for the first time developed the world’s most rapid and comprehensive diagnostic kit that can detect all known strains of avian influenza or bird flu through a single blood …
The local administration in Gorkha has banned import of poultry in the district after more than 200 chickens died in Jaubari and Gokhu VDCs recently. Authorities suspect that bird flu may have killed the chickens. Samples of the dead fowl have been sent to the Capital for tests. As a …
Imperfect global biosafety standards and a threat to researchers’ motivations from biosecurity concerns are among the significant risks in current flu research. (Editorial)
Highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza A viruses occasionally infect humans, but currently do not transmit efficiently among humans. The viral haemagglutinin (HA) protein is a known host-range determinant as it mediates virus binding to host-specific cellular receptors1, 2, 3. Here we assess the molecular changes in HA that would allow …
An engineered influenza virus based on a haemagglutinin protein from H5N1 avian influenza, with just four mutations, can be transmitted between ferrets, emphasizing the potential for a human pandemic to emerge from birds.
