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What is responsible for avian influenza?
Avian influenza is also known as the "Bird Flu". Influenza is caused by viruses. The virus that causes avian flu is the H5N1 influenza virus.
Why is the H5N1 virus called the avian virus?
It was first seen in birds (avian).
What is the h5ni?
The H5N1 Virus is the Avian Flu, or otherwise recognized as the bird flu. :)
In 1997 Hong Kong recorded the first instance of H5N1 subtype of this disease to jump from animals into the human population what disease is this?
It is the pathogenic avian influenza virus commonly known as 'bird flu'
What is the code for the avian flu?
The name of the strain of virus that causes the Avian (Bird) flu is H5N1.If you are asking for the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code, the new 2010 code for the Avian flu is 488.0.
Avian flu vaccine?
Q-pan is the approved vaccine for Avian Flu or H5N1.
What is the medical term meaning bird flu?
Avian Influenza, H5N1 or Avian Influenza, H7N9.
What diseases do birds carry?
Angel wing Avian adenovirus Avian Bornavirus Avian encephalomyelitis virus Avian influenza Avian malaria Avian pneumovirus Avian sarcoma leukosis virus Avipoxvirus Bumblefoot (infection) Canarypox Fatty liver hemorrhagic syndrome Feather-plucking Filicollosis Fowl cholera Gallid herpesvirus 1 H5N1 Lymphoid Leucosis Mycoplasma meleagridis Pacheco's disease Pigeon pox Polydipsia Poultry disease Proventricular Dilatation Disease Psittacine beak and feather disease Psittacosis Scaly foot Scaly leg Severe acute respiratory syndrome Turkey coronavirus Turkey viral hepatitis Visceral gout
What are the definition of an emerging virus and an example with source cause and treatment?
An emerging virus is one type of emerging disease, which is a newly identified disease or a disease that is becoming less localized in its occurrence. An example of an emerging viral disease is H5N1 avian influenza. The source of this virus was live poultry in southeast Asia, where it spread to the human population and then was exported to the Middle East. The emergence was caused by a mutation in the virus' genome that made it somewhat infectious to humans where before it had been only infectious to poultry. Treatment is either symptomatic (IV fluids for dehydration, anti-pyretics for high fever, rest, etc) or pre-emptive with anti-virals like Tamiflu.
What type of disease is the avian influenza?
It is a type of flu that affects birds, mostly wild birds or crowded birds in poultry operations. It is passed from bird to bird directly or from bird to human, but there have been no incidences of human to human transmission. It is a very severe influenza with nearly a 50% mortality rate in humans. It is called Avian or Bird Flu as well as the H5N1 influenza virus.
When was the H5N1 virus first isolated?
The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus was first isolated in terns in South Africa in 1961, and then in Hong Kong in 1997.
Can a turkey carry the bird flu?
Yes, turkeys can become infected with avian influenza; however, the versions of the virus that are highly pathogenic and highly contagious among turkeys tend to be not that proficient in transmitting through water fowl, chickens and other birds. In reference specifically to H5N1 (the "bird flu" scare from 2005 or so), turkeys live primarily in North and South America and haven't been exposed on a large scale to this particular avian influenza virus. Therefore, the pathogenicity of H5N1 in turkeys is basically unknown.
