Tuesday, January 29, 2008

This week in pandemic flu, emerging infectious disease: Avian flu cases causing concern in Asia

Indonesia, India and other countries in the Southeast Asia region continue to have problems with reoccurring cases of avian flu, drawing concern from global health officials, according to headlines reported by APHA's Get Ready news Twitter.

Among the bird flu headlines reported recently by the Get Ready news Twitter are:
*Indonesia human bird flu death toll hits 100
*India steps up culling as bird flu spreads
*U.S. offers help to contain bird flu outbreak in West Bengal, India
*Bangladesh plans house-to-house bird flu search
*Bangladesh bird flu situation alarming, says science adviser
*India worst bird flu outbreak spreads
*India admits falling behind in bird flu battle

For links to these and dozens of other news stories and resources, visit the Get Ready Twitter.

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