Analysis of H5N1 avian influenza infections from wild bird surveillance in Hong Kong from January 2006 to October 2007

Characterization of Avian Influenza Viruses A (H5N1) from Wild Birds, Hong Kong, 2004–2008

From January 2004 through June 2008, surveillance of dead wild birds in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, periodically detected highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses (H5N1) in individual birds from different species. During this period, no viruses of subtype H5N1 were detected in poultry on farms and in markets in Hong Kong despite intensive surveillance. Thus, these findings in...

Characterization of avian H5N1 influenza viruses from poultry in Hong Kong.

The transmission of avian H5N1 influenza viruses to 18 humans in Hong Kong in 1997 with six deaths established that avian influenza viruses can transmit to and cause lethal infection in humans. This report characterizes the antigenic and biological properties of the H5N1 influenza viruses isolated from chickens, ducks, and geese from farms and poultry markets in Hong Kong during 1997 and compar...

Changing Perception of Avian Influenza Risk, Hong Kong, 2006–2010

To the Editor: Since 1997, routine surveillance has demonstrated periodic reemergence of infl uenza A (H5N1) viruses (avian infl uenza) in retail markets in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China (1,2), leading to stepped implementation (progressively implementing more measures over time) of measures to reduce human exposure to infl uenza subtype H5N1. From 2006 through November 2008, progressiv...

Avian Influenza Survey in North-West of Iran from January to March 2008, Using RT-PCR

epidemiological study of oral and pharyngeal cancers in kermanshah province from march 1993 to march 2006

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