Bird Flu

No. Bird flu is aka Avian Influenza and is caused by influenza viruses not fungi.

It can kill if not treated.

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A disease affecting the bird's digestive systems.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Avian Flu in Birds:

Avian influenza is an infectious disease of birds caused by type A strains of the influenza virus. The disease occurs worldwide. While all birds are thought to be susceptible to infection with avian influenza viruses, many wild bird species carry these viruses with no apparent signs of harm.

Other bird species, including domestic poultry, develop disease when infected with avian influenza viruses. In poultry, the viruses cause two distinctly different forms of disease - one common and mild, the other rare and highly lethal. In the mild form, signs of illness may be expressed only as ruffled feathers, reduced egg production, or mild effects on the respiratory system. Outbreaks can be so mild they escape detection unless regular testing for viruses is in place.

In contrast, the second and far less common highly pathogenic form is difficult to miss. First identified in Italy in 1878, highly pathogenic avian influenza is characterized by sudden onset of severe disease, rapid contagion, and a mortality rate that can approach 100% within 48 hours. In this form of the disease, the virus not only affects the respiratory tract, as in the mild form, but also invades multiple organs and tissues. The resulting massive internal haemorrhaging has earned it the lay name of "chicken Ebola".

To prevent contracting the avian flu, avoid contact with infected birds. If you have normal flu symptoms, eye infections, or respiratory issues, you many have the avian flu.

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Swine Flu

The poultry industry.

Yes. It does contain genetic material of Avian Flu in addition to three types of swine flu and also human flu viruses. (Avian flu is also called "Bird Flu"). When a virus mutates like this one did in pigs with five different genomes in the virus, it is called a quintuple reassortant (also known as reassortment) virus.

The three types of swine flu genetic material in the A-H1N1/09 pandemic flu are American swine flu, Asian swine flu, and European swine flu.

SARS or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome belongs to a family of Corona virus. It's signs and symptoms are similar to a common cold but more deadly. As of the moment there is no cure for such disease but expert doctors said if a person has a suspected signs and symptoms of SARS s/he has to be taken to the nearest hospital. There are important things to remember on how to prevent the disease such as: frequent handwashing, strengthen your immune system by taking Vitamin C and fruits and vegetables that contains Vitamin C, wearing of N95 mask and the last resort is to go to the nearest hospital if signs and symptoms are visible.

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About 10,000 types of birds, but there are too many to count!

Both of the two strains known to infect humans, H5N1 and H7N9 are very strong. H5N1 kills approximately 50 - 60% of humans infected. The mortality rate of H7N9 is unknown since it was only first discovered in humans at Easter time in 2013.

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Humans and birds can die from avian "bird" flu. Up to 60% of humans who get avian flu can die.

In H5N1, the 'H' stands for hemagglutinin and the 'N' stands for neuraminidase. These are two proteins found on the surface of the influenza virus. The numbers indicate the specific subtype of these proteins, with H5 referring to a particular variant of hemagglutinin and N1 indicating a specific variant of neuraminidase. This classification helps in identifying and studying different strains of the virus.

The first known case of SARS was traced to a November 2002 case in Guangdong province, China. By mid-February 2003, Chinese health officials tracked more than 300 cases, including five deaths in Guangdong province.

UPDATE: No, as of August 10, 2010, the pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be in the Post Pandemic Phase.

Yes, the spread that began in late March 2009, continues with widespread outbreaks in multiple areas of the world and this means that the pandemic phase is still in effect.

The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to monitor the pandemic and has been since before they declared this to have met the criteria to be called a pandemic in June 2009. To be considered a pandemic, there needs to be rapid spread of a communicable disease, such as the flu, across large areas of the world such as across continents, or, as is the case of the 2009 A-H1N1/09 pandemic, a spread world-wide.

The WHO has not yet seen the indicators to show that we are approaching the post pandemic phase, so it is still officially considered a pandemic as of mid December 2009. There are predictions among scientists that we may even see a third wave of the spread starting again around the first of the year of 2010.

Luckily, this particular virus has not been as virulent as was feared, so the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are still calling it a Category 1 pandemic in their system to categorize pandemics according to their severity of morbidity and mortality.

The CDC system assigns the category level (Category 1 through 5) based on the Case Fatality Ratio (CFR), the percentage of fatalities compared to the number of cases. The system is defined by the CDC as follows:

"Category........CFR....................Example(s)

1.................less than 0.1%.......Current Swine Flu Pandemic (similar CFR to seasonal flu)

2.................0.1% to 0.5%.........Asian Flu and Hong Kong Flu

3.................0.5% to 1%............N./A

4.................1% to 2%...............N/A

5.................2% or higher..........Spanish flu"