avian flu(e)
21Spanish flu research — has long included many theories about the origins and progress of the Spanish flu, but it wasn t until 2005, when various samples recovered from American World War I soldiers and an Inuit woman buried in the Alaskan tundra, that significant… …
22Spanish flu — The 1918 flu pandemic (commonly referred to as the Spanish flu) was an influenza pandemic that spread to nearly every part of the world. It was caused by an unusually severe and deadly Influenza A virus strain of subtype H1N1. Historical and… …
232009 flu pandemic — Pandemic H1N1/09 Influenza Classification and external resources Electron microscope image of the reassorted H1N1 influenza virus. The viruses are 100 nanometres in diameter.[ …
24Swine flu — (or Swine influenzavirus (SIV) flu) refers to a subset of Orthomyxoviridae that creates influenza in pigs and are endemic in pigs. This is not a phylogenetics based taxonomic category.The species of Orthomyxoviridae that can cause flu in pigs are …
25Singaporean measures against avian influenza — Singapore has taken a series of measures against avian influenza and the potential threat of a pandemic. Status As of October 17, 2005, there were no cases of H5N1 avian influenza detected in Singapore, either in humans or poultry. Threat A major …
26bird flu — noun A highly contagious strain of influenza that affects poultry and can be transmitted to humans (also called avian flu or avian influenza) • • • Main Entry: ↑bird * * * bird flu UK US noun [uncountable] a type of flu (=an infectious disease… …
27International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza — President George W. Bush announced the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza in his remarks to the High Level Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on September 14, 2005, in New York. On September 15, 2005,… …
28OIE/FAO Network of Expertise on Avian Influenza — OFFLU is the OIE/FAO Network of Expertise on Avian Influenza. In April 2005, the OIE and FAO created and endorsed a joint network of expertise on Avian influenza for the benefit of Member Countries. The objectives of OFFLU are : # To exchange… …
29Swine Flu and Dracula Sneezes — Just two of the phrases prompted by the Influenza A (H1N1)virus. An Israeli minister has advocated renaming swine flu in an attempt to make the virus religiously inoffensive, Julian Kossoff reported in The Telegraph: Demonstrating a bizarre sense …
30Cat flu — is feline upper respiratory tract disease. It is generally a misnomer since it usually does not refer to an infection by an influenza virus. Instead it is a syndrome: a term meaning any flu like respiratory disease in a cat. The signs of this… …
