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Avian Influenza Situation in Iraq update 5

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:58:02 +0200

The Ministry of Health in Iraq has retrospectively confirmed the country's third case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case, a 3-year-old boy, was hospitalized in Baghdad on 15 March 2006. His illness was mild and he fully recovered. During its outbreak, which is now considered over, Iraq faced problems in the shipment of specimens for external verification of diagnostic tests. For the retrospectively confirmed case, initial test results were inconclusive, possibly as a result of sample deterioration during shipment. Repeated testing, using different methods, was needed for diagnostic confirmation.

Avian Influenza Situation in Iraq Update 4

Wed, 1 Mar 2006 00:58:01 +0100

A WHO collaborating laboratory has verified H5N1 avian influenza as the cause of death in a 39-year-old Iraqi man, previously announced by the Ministry of Health. This brings the number of laboratory-confirmed cases in Iraq, listed in the WHO cumulative table, to 2. Both cases were fatal.

Avian Influenza Situation in Iraq Update 3

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:58:01 +0100

The Ministry of Health in Iraq has confirmed the country's second case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case, which was fatal, occurred in a 39-year-old man from the northern province of Sulaimaniyah.

Avian Influenza Situation in Iraq Update 2

Tue, 7 Feb 2006 00:58:01 +0100

A WHO-led team of international experts, including veterinary expertise from FAO, is now in the Erbil and Sulaimaniyah area of northern Iraq, where a fatal human case of H5N1 infection was confirmed on 30 January. Confirmed outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 in poultry were reported in the area on 2 February.

Avian Influenza Situation in Iraq Update

Thu, 2 Feb 2006 00:58:01 +0100

Specimens from Iraq's first reported case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus have now been tested at a WHO collaborating laboratory in the United Kingdom. The case was a 15-year-old girl from the northern part of the country who died of severe respiratory disease on 17 January. Test results have now confirmed her infection.

Avian Influenza Situation in Iraq

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:58:01 +0100

The Ministry of Health in Iraq has confirmed the country's first case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case occurred in a 15-year-old girl who died on 17 January following a severe respiratory illness. Her symptoms were compatible with a diagnosis of H5N1 avian influenza.

Health authorities go on bird-flu alert, issue warnings to farmers across Iraq

YAHYA BARZANJI, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 01-31-2006 Dateline: SULAIMINYAH, IraqHealth authorities went on high alert Tuesday following Iraq's first reported case of the deadly bird flu virus, warning farmers across the country to inspect their domestic and commercial birds.The ...

WHO says two bird flu deaths in Iraq both tied to sick poultry

BRADLEY S. KLAPPER, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 02-24-2006 Dateline: GENEVAThe death of an Iraqi girl and her uncle from bird flu in January were both caused by contact with sick poultry and not the result of a mutation in the deadly H5N1 virus, the U.N. health agency said Friday."Both ...

Thousands of birds culled as Iraq battles to contain avian flu outbreak

YAHYA BARZANJI, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 01-31-2006 Dateline: BINGIRD, IraqWidower Amina Qader gazed sadly as her 70 ducks and chickens, once her main source of income, were hauled away Tuesday in plastic bags destined to be buried alive in a nearby muddy grave.Her birds are among ...

THE STRUGGLE FOR IRAQ: DISEASE; Iraqi Doctors Investigating Possible Cases Of Bird Flu - New York Times

Iraqi doctors are investigating six suspected cases of bird flu in southern Iraq, including one in which a 25-year-old fisherman died after contact with birds he was keeping in his yard, Iraqi and American health officials said Sunday. Tests are now being performed to determine whether the ...

Iraq Tries to Contain Bird Flu Outbreak

YAHYA BARZANJI, Associated Press Writer AP Online 01-31-2006 Dateline: BINGIRD, IraqIraqi government workers collect dozens of ducks and chickens in plastic bags destined to be buried alive in a nearby muddy grave, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006, in Bingird, 65 kms. north of Sulaimaniyah, northern Iraq. ...

U.S., U.N. officials arrive in Iraq to help battle bird flu

PAUL GARWOOD, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 02-05-2006 Dateline: BAGHDAD, IraqAmerican and U.N. health experts arrived in Iraq to help this war-ravaged country fight a new battle _ bird flu _ and officials said Sunday that at least eight people are in hospital suffering symptoms akin to ...

WHO: Tamiflu being sent to Iraq following confirmed human case of bird flu

ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 02-03-2006 Dateline: GENEVAA large shipment of an anti-flu drug is being sent to Iraq to help contain any outbreak of bird flu following the first confirmed human case of the disease in the country, a top official of the U.N. health ...

Iraq on Alert After First Bird-Flu Case

YAHYA BARZANJI, Associated Press Writer AP Online 01-31-2006 Dateline: SULAIMINYAH, IraqIraqi government workers disinfect vehicles traveling out of local villages, Monday, Jan. 30, 2006, in Raniya, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Battered by rampant violence and political ...

Control of Bird Flu Difficult in Iraq

PAUL GARWOOD, Associated Press Writer AP Online 02-09-2006 Dateline: BAGHDAD, IraqChildren suffering from bird flu-like symptoms are seen in a hospital in Sulaimaniyah, 260 kilometers (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006. A World Health Organisation (WHO) team arrived in Iraqi ...

First Bird Flu Death Confirmed in Iraq

YAHYA BARZANJI, Associated Press Writer AP Online 01-30-2006 Dateline: RANIYA, IraqIraqi government workers disinfect vehicles traveling out of local villages, Monday, Jan. 30, 2006, in Raniya, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Battered by rampant violence and political ...

The Global Bird Flu Riddle

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:13:48 +0200

Bird flu patients die of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). What causes ARDS and what makes it fatal? Read it here …