Early Detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Alaska: Workshop

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BirdLife International - A Position Statement on Avian Influenza693

From document: Outbreaks among wild birds in Europe and Iran during 2006 show that wild birds are capable of carrying the virus to new sites after infection, possibly in a "leap-frog" fashion by travelling for a short time and passing on infection to another group of birds before dying. Many questions remain concerning the effects of the virus on wild birds and how efficiently they can spread it to other wild birds or to domestic poultry. By contrast, recent outbreaks in Cameroon, Egypt, Ind...
Editorial
Keywords: Avian Influenza Migration Poultry Waterfowl Wildlife

Spring and Fall Migration Timetable: Estimated Arrival and Departure Dates for Select States 700

EXCERPT: The Spring and Fall Migration Timetable information was compiled using information from books and magazines, America Online's Birding forums, searches on the DejaNews site and many hours at the local public libraries. This timetable is only for the Eastern US states of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, N...
Table or Spreadsheet
Keywords: Migratory birds Time

Immunization of Pigs with a Particle-Mediated DNA Vaccine to Influenza A Virus Protects against Challenge with Homologous Virus781

From abstract (free full-text available): Particle-mediated delivery of a DNA expression vector encoding the hemagglutinin (HA) of an H1N1 influenza virus (A/Swine/Indiana/1726/88) to porcine epidermis elicits a humoral immune response and accelerates the clearance of virus in pigs following a homotypic challenge. Mucosal administration of the HA expression plasmid elicits an immune response that is qualitatively different than that elicited by the epidermal vaccination in terms of inhibition of...
Journal (Articles)
Keywords: Avian Influenza Immunology Influenza A Virus Orthomyxoviridae infections Swine Vaccines Viral DNA

Antigenic and Genetic Analysis of a Recently Isolated H1N1 Swine Influenza Virus787

From abstract (online abstract only): Hemagglutinins (HA) of H1N1 swine influenza viruses isolated in the United States have remained antigenically and genetically conserved for many years. In contrast to such conservation, the HA of A/Swine/Nebraska/1/92 (Sw/Neb) could readily be distinguished from those of contemporary porcine viruses. Twenty-eight amino acid mutations differentiated the HA of Sw/Neb and A/Swine/Indiana/1726/88, the most recent H1N1 swine influenza virus for which HA sequence ...
Journal (Articles)
Keywords: Avian Influenza Genetics Immunology Influenza A virus Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype Metabolism Microbiology Pathology Swine Veterinary medicine Viral antigens Viral genes

Influenza Infectedness of Captured and Shot Wild Birds on North-eastern and South-eastern Parts of Hungary1088

From abstract (no online abstract available): Before 1973, a strain isolated from a common tern (Sterna Hirundo) had been the only isolate from a wild bird. Subsequently, influenza A virus strains were isolated from shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) at the western shores of Australia (Downie and Laver, 1973) and from exotic birds imported into the USA from the Far East (Thailand, Taiwan, India, etc.), Mexico and Equador (Slemons et al., 1973, 1974; Butterfield et al., 1973). The birds belonged t...
Journal Articles
Keywords: Bird diseases Birds Hungary Orthomyxoviridae infections

Map of the Asian Migratory Bird Flyways1322

A simple map illustration depicting the three Asian migratory bird flyways, the Central Asian-Indian Flyway, East Asian-Australian Flyway, and the West Pacific Flyway.
Maps
Keywords: Avain Influenza Flyways Migratory birds

From the Front Lines. H5N1 Flu Virus Continues to Sweep Across the Globe1664

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Journal Articles
Keywords: Animals Avian influenza Azerbaijan Birds China Epidemiology Humans India Indonesia Influenza A virus, H5N1 subtype Influenza in birds Isolation and purification Nigeria Thailand

Imported Parakeets Harbor H9N2 Influenza A Viruses that Are Genetically Closely Related to those Transmitted to Humans in Hong Kong [Note]1692

From abstract (free full-text available): In 1997 and 1998, H9N2 influenza A viruses were isolated from the respiratory organs of Indian ring-necked parakeets (Psittacula Krameri manillensis) that had been imported from Pakistan to Japan. The two isolates were closely related to each other (>99% as determined by nucleotide analysis of eight RNA segments), indicating that H9N2 viruses of the same lineage were maintained in these birds for at least 1 year. The hemagglutinins and neuraminidases of ...
Journal Articles
Keywords: Amino acid sequence Animals Avian influenza Disease transmission Hong Kong Humans Mice Molecular structure Parakeets Phylogeny RNA Viral proteins Virology

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	A workshop was held January 18-19, 2006 in Anchorage to discuss surveillance strategies and plans for the early detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Alaska.

Workshop Goal
To develop a field sampling plan, coordinate sample handling and processing, and data management and dissemination for early detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Alaska.

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