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Aichi man found to have H5N1 bird flu antibody

(The Japan Daily Press) Scientists from the Fujita Health University have discovered an antibody against the H5N1 bird flu virus in a man from Aichi Prefecture. Previously, it was believed that there was no human who had developed an antibody against the influenza virus, as this disease has never been detected in any persons in Read More »

February 8, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agents & Toxins, International, and Research
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Information On US Bioweapons Tests In Japan Met With Ambivalent Reaction

(Eurasia Review) Information about the US conducting field experiments of biological weapons in the Japanese island of Okinawa in early 1960s once again attracted the attention of international politicians and experts to the problem of bioterrorism, and provoked mixed reaction in the world. According to Japan’s leading news network Kyodo News that obtained US documents, Read More »

February 6, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, and International
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Be alert for anthrax

(Wellington Times) The current dry, hot weather creates conditions favourable for the emergence of anthrax events in those areas that have had a history of the disease in the past. Central West Local Land Services (LLS) is encouraging landholders to look out for sudden deaths in stock and consider vaccinating against this disease where there Read More »

February 5, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agents & Toxins, and Countermeasures
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Influenza virus H7N9 now detected in southern China increasing risk of cross-border spread

(FAO) The spread of the H7N9 virus among poultry in live bird markets (LBM) in China’s Guangxi Province has significantly increased the risk that it will progressively spread to other neighbouring countries of China, posing an increased human health risk, the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today. The virus, which produces no Read More »

February 5, 2014
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agriculture, International, and Public Health
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H5N1 avian influenza: First human case reported in Cambodia in 2014

(The Global Dispatch) After reporting 26 human H5N1 avian influenza cases in 2013, by far the most of any country, the Kingdom of Cambodia has announced their first case of the lethal bird flu on 2014, according to a Ministry of Health press release Feb. 4. The case is a 5-year-old boy from Chongda village, Read More »