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Laos teenager dies from bird flu

Thu, 8 Mar 2007 07:54:36 +0100

Laos officials confirm the nation's first definite human bird flu fatality, after a 15-year-old girl dies from H5N1.

Woman dies from bird flu in Laos

Sun, 4 Mar 2007 18:08:55 +0100

A 42-year-old woman becomes the first person in Laos to die of bird flu and the second to be infected, officials say.

Laos, Apparently Without Bird Flu, Is Still Pressed by the West to Join Global Fight - New York Times

VIENTIANE, Laos, Jan. 14-Khamla Sengdavong, the manager of a state-owned farm here, still remembers his horror and dismay when bird flu suddenly killed a quarter of the farm's 2,000 chickens in five days in January 2004. "They bled from the nose and the backs of their heads turned purple and then ...

Laos takes drastic measures to control bird flu

Laos takes drastic measures to control bird flu HANOI, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Laos has taken bold measures to control the bird flu outbreak after its samples sent to Thailand and Vietnam tested positive to H5N1. The Lao government has directed the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to keep ...

H5N1 strain of bird flu found in duck in Laos, says Laotian official

AP Worldstream 05-17-2006 Dateline: BANGKOK, ThailandThe virulent H5N1 type of bird flu has been found in a single duck in Laos, a government official said Wednesday.The virus was discovered in a living free-range duck several weeks ago at a backyard farm 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the country's ...

Tests confirm bird flu outbreak in Laos

Tests confirm bird flu outbreak in Laos BANGKOK, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Tests have confirmed an outbreak of bird flu among chickens in Vientiane, capital of Laos, a senior official of the Lao Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday. The official said, About 3,500 chickens had died in three chicken farms ...

Duck in Laos infected with bird flu

Duck in Laos infected with bird flu HANOI, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Laos has, for the first time, detected a duck contracting a bird flu virus since 2004, according to news reports which reached here Thursday. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said the duck detected in a farm, 20 km ...

Suspected bird flu patient in Laos dies

Suspected bird flu patient in Laos dies HANOI, March 5 (Xinhua) -- A 42-year-old woman from Laos, suspected of contracting bird flu, died, the country's news agency KPL reported Monday. Laboratory tests showed that specimens from the woman were positive to bird flu virus strain H5, and it will take ...

Urgent: Bird flu confirmed in Laos

Urgent: Bird flu confirmed in Laos HANOI, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Bird flu had broken out in Laos, said reports reaching here on Tuesday. But the Lao government added it was not the H5N1 virus that affected neighboring Thailand and Vietnam. ...

VOA NEWS: WHO CONFIRMS FIRST HUMAN CASE OF BIRD FLU IN LAOS

The Voice of America issued the following story: The World Health Organization has confirmed the first human case of bird flu in Laos. In a joint statement issued Tuesday, WHO and Laotian officials say a 15-year-old girl who fell ill earlier this month is infected with the bird flu virus. Officials ...

WHO confirms second human case of bird flu in Laos

WHO confirms second human case of bird flu in Laos HANOI, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Results from a World Health Organization (WHO) reference laboratory in Japan have confirmed the second human case of bird flu H5N1 in Laos, according to a press release issued by the Lao Health Ministry on Friday. "The ...

South Korea, New Zealand stockpile antivirals against bird flu; Laos kills chickens

TED ANTHONY, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 02-11-2004 Dateline: BEIJINGSouth Korea and New Zealand announced plans Wednesday to boost stocks of antiviral medicine to gird against Asia's bird flu as China moved to keep homing pigeons _ potential virus carriers _ out of the skies. The United ...

The Global Bird Flu Riddle

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:07:09 +0200

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