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WHO Warns Tourists Visiting Bird-Flu Hit Countries To Avoid Farms, Wet Markets
This comes after an 11-year-old girl in Cambodia died after contracting the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus
Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, is an infectious viral disease which normally affects wild birds but can sometimes spread to domestic poultry. The flu doesn’t normally affect humans except for the H5N1 strain. A new strain H7N9 has been identified which seems to be highly fatal and kills victims within three weeks. Bird flu cannot spread from one human to another like swine flu. But according to researchers, if the strains affecting humans mutates and starts spreading between humans it could cause a large scale pandemic.
Avian influenza can only spread from infected birds to humans by coming in close contact with them. It can spread from the bird’s skin, excreta and blood. Also eating, uncooked or under-cooked birds infected with the virus could cause bird flu. If a farm-raised bird gets affected it must be immediately culled to stop the virus from spreading. The virus cannot spread from one human to another like swine flu.
Some of the typical symptoms are fever, cough, sore throat and muscle aches. More severe symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, eye infections and could ultimately lead to pneumonia and respiratory failure. The most commonly used medicine to treat H5N1 in humans is Tamiflu (Oseltamivir), an anti-viral that prevents the spread of flu in the body. There is no publicly-available vaccine against H5N1 yet.
This comes after an 11-year-old girl in Cambodia died after contracting the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus
Last month, over four dozen birds, including crows, ducks, chickens, were found dead in mysterious circumstances in Chapkahi village under Sadar police station.
Bird flu scare - Namibia has suspended imports of live poultry, birds and poultry products from the United States.
The UK has recently seen a large number of outbreaks and incidents of avian influenza in birds across the country of the H5N1 strain.
Samples taken of bird droppings in the Delhi Zoo have been found positive for avian influenza virus, director of the zoo Ramesh Pandey said Tuesday.
Bird flu is a highly infectious and severe respiratory disease in birds caused by the H5N1 influenza virus, which can occasionally infect humans as well. Read to know how to keep yourself safe.
According to the World Health Organisation, cooking of poultry at or above 70 degree Celsius is a safe measure to kill the bird flu virus.
Bird flu have been circulating worldwide for centuries with four known major outbreaks recorded in the last century. India notified the first outbreak of avian influenza in 2006.
Did you know India was declared free from bird flu in 2017?
Genetic engineering can make chicken's resistant to the flu virus.
Developed: Vaccines to protect chickens from two new strains of avian influenza
Regular flu vaccines can protect against a broad range of viruses, including deadly H7N9
Kerala on high alert for bird flu - 5 prevention tips
Bird flu in Kerala: Health Minister Nadda deploys central team to tackle the outbreak
Bird flu in Kerala: State on high alert for spread of H5N1 avian influenza
Bird flu in Kerala: Poultry farmers to be compensated for birds culled by AHD squads
Bird flu in Kerala: 3 lakh birds to be culled within the next 3 days
This comes after an 11-year-old girl in Cambodia died after contracting the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus
Last month, over four dozen birds, including crows, ducks, chickens, were found dead in mysterious circumstances in Chapkahi village under Sadar police station.
Bird flu scare - Namibia has suspended imports of live poultry, birds and poultry products from the United States.
The UK has recently seen a large number of outbreaks and incidents of avian influenza in birds across the country of the H5N1 strain.
Samples taken of bird droppings in the Delhi Zoo have been found positive for avian influenza virus, director of the zoo Ramesh Pandey said Tuesday.
Bird flu is a highly infectious and severe respiratory disease in birds caused by the H5N1 influenza virus, which can occasionally infect humans as well. Read to know how to keep yourself safe.
According to the World Health Organisation, cooking of poultry at or above 70 degree Celsius is a safe measure to kill the bird flu virus.
Bird flu have been circulating worldwide for centuries with four known major outbreaks recorded in the last century. India notified the first outbreak of avian influenza in 2006.
Did you know India was declared free from bird flu in 2017?
Genetic engineering can make chicken's resistant to the flu virus.
Developed: Vaccines to protect chickens from two new strains of avian influenza
Regular flu vaccines can protect against a broad range of viruses, including deadly H7N9
Kerala on high alert for bird flu - 5 prevention tips
Bird flu in Kerala: Health Minister Nadda deploys central team to tackle the outbreak
Bird flu in Kerala: State on high alert for spread of H5N1 avian influenza
Bird flu in Kerala: Poultry farmers to be compensated for birds culled by AHD squads
Bird flu in Kerala: 3 lakh birds to be culled within the next 3 days
