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Bird Flu
Questions and answers related to H5N1 Bird Flu (Avian Flu). It is an extremely virulent influenza virus that can infect birds, occasionally pigs, rarely infections in other animals, and very rarely humans. Fortunately, it does not spread very easily, and only extremely rare human to human transmissions have been known to occur. No instance of the virus spreading beyond a first generation of close human contacts has been reported. It does, however, have a very high mortality rate in animals and in humans (60% death rate in humans).
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There is no cure for the swine flu because Influenza is a mutating virus, so there is currently no cure only prevention and treatment. Often flu viruses that cause pandemics eventually "mutate" themselves away, but that is not an overnight process.
If everyone who can gets vaccinated, the swine flu H1N1/09 can be stopped more quickly.
When did the West Nile virus start?
Prior to the mid-1990s, WNV disease occurred only sporadically and was considered a minor risk for humans, until an outbreak in Algeria in 1994, with cases of WNV-caused encephalitis, and the first large outbreak in Romania in 1996, with a high number of cases with neuroinvasive disease. WNV has now spread globally, with the first case in the Western Hemisphere being identified in New York City in 1999.
What year was the bird flu first discovered?
No one person is credited with discovering this new flu virus in 2009. It was a joint effort by scientists and doctors in Mexico, the US and the World Health Organization.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigated the virus which was first detected in Mexico City and was made public March 18, 2009. On microscopic evaluation, they determined it was a brand new strain of influenza virus that was causing the illness. They also were the ones to isolate the new virus and grow cultures in the laboratory to be used as the seed stock to create vaccines.
The CDC has scientists from many disciplines working to discover and find solutions for new infectious diseases. They go to the site and work to discover what known or new microorganisms are involved. Epidemiologists, microbiologists, doctors, virologists and infectious disease specialists were among the groups who rapidly identified what was causing the spreading illness in Mexico.
The first person identified with the new influenza was in Mexico City and from there it was tracked back to La Gloria, a small village in the south of Mexico, where it is believed that it started infecting people first (although some new evidence suggests that it may have previously been in Asia, which may have actually been the location of the first creation of the new virus and the actual source. This is still being investigated).
The Mexican health authorities and US CDC worked to identify what the new virus was that the woman in Mexico City had. They took culture samples and grew them in culture media and then identified in a lab what the properties of the virus were and compared it to previously known flu strains. When determined it was an entirely new type of flu, an international team of scientists became involved. New strains like that can create significant illness and pandemics since people would have had no prior exposure to have developed immunity.
The need to identify the illness the woman in Mexico City had, so that they could know how to treat the patient, is what drove the epidemiologists and microbiologists to the discovery of the specific, and new, flu strain.
Now there has been a field test kit developed that is used to quickly identify probable swine flu cases when it is important to know the specific virus involved. Usually that is not needed since the treatment is the same for all common influenza viruses.
The scientists with the CDC also isolated and grew the virus that causes the swine flu and selected the particular "substrain" to use to make a vaccine. They worked closely with the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) and with the drug manufacturers to design and select the correct vaccine to protect against the new flu in 2009. They added the antigen made from the new virus to the "recipe" for vaccines for other flu viruses that had been used for decades, since the safety and effectiveness of that process had already been proven.
The vaccine for A-H1N1/09 is included again in the 2011-2012 flu season vaccine (it won't hurt to take it again if you had it one of the prior two years). The seasonal flu vaccine also contains vaccine for two other common flu types expected to be circulating in this current flu season.
How many birds die of bird flu?
As of April 2013, only 360 people world-wide have died from avian flu, H5N1, and 10s of millions of birds have died of this strain since 2003. It is rare among humans.
As of Easter Sunday 2013, it was reported that a new strain to infect humans, H7N9, had claimed the lives of the first two people with this rare strain of avian flu. Two men have died in Shanghai, and one other person in a different part of China is in critical condition with this strain of bird flu.
The Bird Flu is spread from animals to humans but not from humans to humans (except in very rare cases). To transfer the sickness, an animal only has to come into contact with another animal who has it. The animal with the Avian Flu can give it to another bird or human through its feces, saliva, or nasal secretions. People can get it by coming in direct contact with infected poultry, usually not with contact with wildbirds, however it is feasible. That means that you should be careful when handling any birdbath, feeder, or other place where bird saliva or feces is likely to be. It is rare in humans, but to be better safe than sorry use gloves, or be sure to wash your hands well after touching anything on which the birds may have left secretions or excrement.
What are basic nursing interventions for bird flu?
A short list:
- Application and maintenance of infection control processes and isolation,
- oxygen supplementation,
- monitoring vital signs and oxygen saturation levels,
- assisting ADLs,
- assessing respiratory status, function and breath sounds,
- monitoring for signs and symptoms of conjunctivitis,
- monitoring for signs and symptoms of secondary bacterial infections,
- administering medication (inhalation therapy, eye drops, oral and IV) including antivirals, prophylactic antibiotics or antibiotics for secondary infections, eye medication for conjunctivitis, and IV steroids,
- enabling respiratory care services,
- administration of IV fluids, monitoring intake and output along with fluid and electrolyte balances,
- providing comfort measures.
- In more severe cases: mechanical ventilation care and assessments.
How many people in the UK have had bird flu?
According to the National Health Service (NHS), as of July 16, 2009, there have been 26 deaths in England to date.
Health Protective Agency (HPA) estimates that there were 55,000 new cases of swine flu last week (range 30,000 - 85,000). This estimate is based on latest weekly consultation rates for flu-like illness, taking into consideration positivity rates for swine flu H1N1 from HPA's virological sampling and a range of assumptions related to the numbers of people attending their GP.
How big was the impact of Apollo 11?
The US Saturn V (that's "Saturn Five", not "Saturn Vee") is the largest (both in terms of height and weight) and most powerful rocket ever actually built and launched so far. It had a takeoff mass of over 3 million kg (weight just under 6,700,000 pounds), was 110 meters (363 feet) tall and had a diameter of just over 10 meters (33 feet). A Saturn V could lift almost 120 metric tons to low Earth orbit.
Yes, water fowl (especially non-domesticated fowl in the wild) are a common source of the Avian (Bird) flu virus. Luckily, it remains contained to limited areas of the world at present.
Where was the Spanish flu discovered?
Mexico City, Mexico. From there it was tracked back to a small village in southern Mexico called La Gloria where it is believed that the first cases developed.
Does riddex plus affect pet birds?
Yes. This can make them sick or even cause death if ingested.
I imagine anything that ingests an electronic device as big as they are will get sick. But since Riddex Plus is not a consumable product, I would suggest people do not answer when they are clueless about the product.
Can you become a human avian hybrid?
Technically, yes. There is, however, the fact that no-one knows whether or not people can develop after being born. After I turn 18, I will be trying to do this very thing. If you are interested, contact me.
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Not only am I interested, I would die and be reborn if it was possible. Humans suck, to no offence. But, honestly, I would love to be the first success in hybridding. I could do it on my own, sure. If it meant I couldn't eat McDonalds anymore? No problem. I'm sure that there would be a lot of penalties in being one. Surely, as always, there is no simple gain.
- You couldn't eat as much salt
- You'd need to keep your supposed wing muscles strong [ If you manage the wings]
- You're bones would probably need maintenance
And so on. I understand that the results are varied, and I wouldn't want to go in there until I know I will at the very least survive. I don't really know how to contact you, so I'll go ahead and hope you'll contact me.
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Go ahead, don'e be afraid.
Not only should the first answerer take note, but to help out the question;
You'd have a lot of defects. A lot. For a start, it'll probably be harder to breath because your mixing two different lung types. You'd have to eat less, you would have to avoid a lot of foods the typical human loves--Salt, sugar, and more. Trust me. A lot of things could defect you; and surely you won't know every problem until it's too late; so you'd have to eat like you had them all. And a lot more. So if you're interested, though I am sure humans can do it already--considering that they can clone from DNA--you'd have to give up a lot. Like, per say, going to school. Living in your old manner. Eating the same foods. Eating the same amount of food. You might not even have the ability to talk anymore. So before throwing yourself out there, make sure you understand that. Because I want to do it. I'm willing to do it. I'm not willing to be the first one, no, but I am willing to give up a lot. Including my voice. But hopefully not my fingers, or intelligence.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed guidelines with the cooperation of world wide public health organizations and national health ministries that the member nations in the organization follow to report infectious diseases and also developed guidelines to use in preparing for and dealing with a pandemic. They agreed upon the criteria that would signal pandemics. It is the WHO who determines when the criteria is met based on these reports from all over the world and based on their own studies of outbreaks of infectious diseases. When it is time to engage the guidelines and responses to a pandemic , it is WHO that announces this finding internationally and sets things in motion for a coordinated effort in response to the situation.
What are the possible consequences of a pandemic disease?
That it kills a lot of ppl across all borders.
Look ate the plague, the Spanish flu etc. If it hits the poor countries they will have a hard time to keep ppl alive. The production can also go down because ppl are sick.
Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, can exhibit lytic properties, particularly in certain strains. Lytic infections involve the destruction of host cells, typically leading to the release of new viral particles. In the case of avian influenza, the virus can cause significant cell damage in infected birds, resulting in symptoms and high mortality rates in some strains. However, the pathogenicity and lytic nature can vary depending on the specific virus subtype.
What is the difference between H5N1 and Bird Flu?
The two main differences, besides being caused by two different viruses, would be that the H1N1/09 pandemic swine flu spreads very easily from human to human and is symptomatically milder than the Avian flu.
H1N1 spreads rapidly from person to person, which led to its being a pandemic in 2009-2010, while the Avian (bird) flu does not spread easily in humans. Bird flu is very rare overall, and spreads mostly from direct bird-to-human exposure. It has had extremely rare cases that spread from human-to-human but only among family members in the same households.
Swine flu has comparatively mild symptoms in most people, and causes fewer deaths than even the seasonal flu viruses usually do, while the bird flu is especially virulent and deadly with a mortality rate of 50 to 60 % of those infected.
They are both viruses that are relatively new to human infection. The pandemic swine flu (A-H1N1/09) is a new mutation and since there was no direct exposure to the virus before it was found in 2009, there was little resistance to contagion. The Avian "bird" flu (A-H5N1) is also a new virus for humans to get. Avian flu is much more rare among humans than in birds, but it is rarely transmitted to humans, and not by person to person transmission so far.
Swine flu is a mutation that caused a new subtype of influenza A. It contains genetic material from the avian flu virus, several strains of hog viruses, and human flu virus.
Here are the most common symptoms of each:
Avian flu-
~ Virus causes lung inflammation
~ Immune system over-reacts, creates a lot of white blood cells and a natural virus-fighting chemical (Cytokine)
~ Chemical runs in blood stream in such high quantities that it creates tiny holes in the blood vessels
~ Plasma leaks out of the holes and into the lungs
~ Victim drowns from the inside
Swine flu-
~ Virus is very similar to seasonal human flu
~ Starts with a bad cough and headache
~ Fever and fatigue ensue
~ After about a week, symptoms are relieved except for the fever and often the cough
~ After 24 hours of no fever, you are considered no longer contagious
On the humorous side:
As far as the care goes, with Bird flu you need to seek TWEETMENT, and for swine flu you can apply OINKMENT.
Tell me that I'm a bird What if your a bird Now say your a bird too If your a bird I'm a bird?
I'm not a bird and your not a bird and this question makes no sense!
