| Asian
Reactions to the Avian Flu Crisis: Lessons for Beijing |
Eric Teo Chu Cheow's analysis in China
Brief (Mar. 8, 2004) |
| Avian
Flu |
BBC News Medical notes (Jan. 14,
2004) |
| Avian
Flu |
(in Chinese) China Internet Information
Center special report |
| Avian
Flu: Gauging the Threat |
A Time Asia special report
(Feb. 9, 2004) |
| Avian
Flu - What We Need to Know |
A blog of news & information
related to the avian flu, with entries searchable by
category, & relevant links & books |
| Avian
Flu Hatches Again |
Bryan Walsh on the dangers of human
infection by the H5N1 virus (Time Asia, Jul. 19, 2004) |
| Avian
Flu in Asia |
FAO's Region Office for Asia & the
Pacific: background; impact; press releases; situation
update; support to countries; links |
| Bird
Flu to Shake Up Asian Society |
Marwaan Macan-Markar on the potential
for a bird flu pandemic (Asia Times, Mar. 1, 2005) |
| Avian
Influenza Emergency |
Special report by FAO's Animal Production & Health
Division: background; situation update; FAO response;
outbreak news; Q & A; disease card; recommendations;
information for travellers; other issues |
| Avian
Influenza Still Endangers Europe |
Roberto Spiezio on European Union's
proposed measures to prevent the further spread of the
bird flu; world map of documented avian flu infections
in humans (OhmyNews International, May 21, 2005) |
| Basic
Information About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) |
From Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
(CDC) |
 BBC
News In Depth: Bird Flu |
How
bird flu has spread; key stories; global impact; fighting
the virus; background & features, etc. |
| Bird
Flu - the Global Impact |
BBC
News report on the spread of bird flu (H5N1) from Southeast
Asia, with maps of outbreaks in 2005 & deaths since 2003 (updated Oct. 20, 2005) |
| Bird-Flu
Hunter |
Time cover
story on Guan Yi, the Hong Kong-based doctor who discovered
that civet cats were the probable source of SARS spreading
to humans, & is now tracking avian flu in Asia (Nov. 07, 2005) |
| Bird
Flu Newswire |
"Latest News on Bird Flu from
around the World," with country index |
| CBC
News Indepth: Avian FLU |
Q & A; timeline; WHO FAQ; Health
Canada Info |
| China
in Battle Against Bird Flu |
A Xinhua News Agency special report |
| CIDRAP:
Avian Influenza |
Compiled by the Center for Infectious
Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP), University of
Minnesota: news; overview; selected readings; guidelines;
links |
| East
Asia Update: Economic Impact of the Avian Flu |
From
the Nov. 2005 half-yearly East Asia Update from the World
Bank |
| FAO/OIE
II Meeting on Avian Influenza Control in Animals in
Asia, Feb. 23, 2005 |
An FAO special report: conference
report & related documents |
| Influenza
A (H5N1) Outbreak |
Updated information from CDC |
| Interview
with WHO Bird Flu Expert: "A Ticking Time Bomb
in Your Backyard" |
Interview with Dr. Klaus Stohr,
coordinator of WHO's global influenza program (Der
Spiegel, Mar. 7, 2005) |
| Outbreaks
of Avian Influenza in Animals and Man Reported from
Asia since December 2003 |
Map provided by the European Commission |
| Outbreaks
of H5 Avian Influenza in Asia in the period January-March
2004 |
Map provided by the European Commission |
| Potential
Economic Impact of an Avian Flu Pandemic on Asia |
An
Asian Development Bank Economics & Research Department policy brief (Nov. 2005; PDF format) |
| Prevention
of Avian Influenza |
From government of Hong Kong: information
for HK community, healthcare professionals, teachers,
students & parents, & tourists & travellers;
news; additional measures to prevent avian flu; global
situation |
| Proinflammatory
Cytokine Responses Induced by Influenza A (H5N1) Viruses
in Primary Human Alveolar and Bronchial Epithelial
Cells |
Abstract & PDF
versions of paper on the H5N1 bird flu virus provoking
a deadly excessive immune reaction and affecting the
young disportionately, by a Hong Kong University team
(Respiratory Research, Nov. 11, 2005) |
| Q&A:
Avian flu |
From BBC News (Jan. 17, 2005) |
| Scientists
Race To Head Off Lethal Potential Of Avian Flu |
David
Brown's news story in the Washington Post (Aug. 23, 2005) |
| Singapore
Government Bird Flu Website |
Maintained by the Ministry of Information,
Communications and the Arts (MICA): latest news; factsheets & FAQs;
press releases; pamphlets & posters |
| Timeline:
Bird Flu Crisis Unfolds |
From CNN.com (Feb. 2, 2004) |
| WHO:
Avian Influenza |
Latest information; archives; links |
| WHO:
Avian Influenza - Fact Sheet |
"about the significance for
human health of avian influenza" |
| Wikipedia:
Avian influenza |
A collaborative encyclopedia entry,
with contributions on pandemic
preparedness from a public health practitioner with
the goal of anticipating & mitigating an avian flu
pandemic |
| A
Wing And A Prayer |
Bryan
Walsh's Time Asia cover story on the race of 3 top scientists to prevent an avian flu epidemic
(Sept. 19, 2005) |
| World
Organization for Animal Health (OIE): Avian Influenza |
Information for formulating policies
on the diagnosis, control & eradication of avian flu
in animals |
| YaleGlobal
Special Report on Avian Flu |
Examination
of "the nature and impact - both current and potential - of the avian influenza": timeline; selected articles; total reported human cases |
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