Are We Safe From Bird Flu ?

[darkcrunk]

I was just wondering.. are we safe from bird flu ? ..

Here in Bangladesh. . . we pet birds . . such as hens, pigeons and other birds as well. . but how are we sure, they are not gonna bring death to us o_0 ? ? I am really worried about this whole thingie. . becoz i have some pigeons and they have some sorta freeky disease and they are dying ! .. One of our guards, who used to look after the pigeons fell sick ! .. Is this Bird Flu ? Are we safe. . Are YOU safe ?

[Icy]

Authority to boltese bird-flu er r kono voi nai.. Janina asholey nakina.. Newayz.. Ami murgi khaina.. So voi nai.. Oboshsho dim khai .. Ar darkcrunk boss.. Tor jey figure.. Aishob flu tlu te tor kichui hobena ..

[Rodro]

bird flu er kono voi amader jonno noi..karon jara ranna kore dader jonno ei ta akta voier karon...

[Icy]

Originally Posted by Rodro

bird flu er kono voi amader jonno noi..karon jara ranna kore dader jonno ei ta akta voier karon...

Vai tumi ki bolso kichui bujhlamna.. Kindly arektu clr kore bolo plz..

[Rodro]

Bird flue may hit Bangladesh
By UNB, Dhaka
Thu, 11 May 2006, 10:22:00




A recent population-based study by ICDDR,B said that if appropriate measures are not taken in time, Bangladesh could be affected by the new strain if influenza A virus, H5N1, commonly known as ‘bird flu’.

It said that two strains of influenza A virus, H3N2 and H1N1, have already been circulating among children in Bangladesh, which made the probability high of breaking out ‘bird flu’ in Bangladesh.

According to the ICDDR,B study, the two strains of influenza A virus and two of influenza B virus that are circulating in Asia are circulating within Bangladesh.

Between April 2004 and November 2005, ICDDR,B conducted a surveillance on 44,256 children under five of Kamlapur area in the capital city. Of them, 5,129 children were found affected by acute infectious respiratory illness.

The study shows that 14 percent of Bangladeshi children with acute infectious respiratory illness had influenza virus and the incidence of influenza virus infection was 84.5 episodes among every 1000 children in a year.

A 58 percent of isolates were influenza A (H3N2 and H1N1) and 42 percent influenza B (Shanghai and Hongkong) virus, the ICDDR,B surveillance shows.

This suggests that if H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza A, commonly known as bird flu, circulates among poultry in Bangladesh, there is an opportunity of human co-infection with human and avian influenza strains, the study said.

Other strains of influenza may also be causing human disease in Bangladesh.

Since 1996, influenza A (H5N1) has been identified in domestic poultry in 21 countries and in wild birds in 20 countries in the world. Between January 2004 and February 27 this year, 173 human cases have been laboratory confirmed; 93 of them have died.

The study said: “Bangladesh is near several countries that have reported avian influenza. Many residences of Bangladesh have regular contact with live poultry and it also have the highest human population density in the world, except for small city-states.”

“Thus, there is a high risk of new influenza strains emerging from Bangladesh, than from most other countries”, it added.

[Rodro]

are we save from bird flu??

from India into Bangladesh has heightened fears of an outbreak of bird flu in
the country.

In February India had reported cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of the avian flu. About 105 humans have died in Asia since the outbreak of bird flu in 2003. Over the past two weeks border security guards have seized and culled over100,000 chickens smuggled into Bangladesh from India.

In addition Dhaka has also banned imports of any poultry products from 33 Asian and European countries. Vigilance has also been stepped up at the borders to prevent smuggling from India.

According to Abdullah-Al Noman, the fisheries and livestock minister Bangladesh is ill-prepared to handle an outbreak of bird flu. In the case of an outbreak the Bangladesh government claims to have an emergency fund of 50 million takas (US$714,000) to procure equipment in the case of an avian flu outbreak with further aid expected from the WHO.

[IbLIsH]

Lot Of thnx rodro bro... for UR valuable Nformation....

thnx for sharin... keep it up...

[Rodro]

welll i think everybody guess what is bird flu???

[CutE_CupiD]

have jus no idea...

[jigSAW]

Let me give a brief on Avian Influenza (H5N1) or Commonly termed as Bird Flu

Transmission
Human influenza is transmitted by inhalation of infectious droplets and droplet nuclei, by direct contact, and perhaps, by indirect (fomite) contact, with self-inoculation onto the upper respiratory tract or conjunctival mucosa.4,5 The relative efficiency of the different routes of transmission has not been defined. For human influenza A (H5N1) infections, evidence is consistent with bird-to-human, possibly environment-to-human, and limited, nonsustained human-to-human transmission to date.
Animal to Human
In 1997, exposure to live poultry within a week before the onset of illness was associated with disease in humans, whereas there was no significant risk related to eating or preparing poultry products or exposure to persons with influenza A (H5N1) disease. Exposure to ill poultry and butchering of birds were associated with seropositivity for influenza A (H5N1). Recently, most patients have had a history of direct contact with poultry, although not those who were involved in mass culling of poultry. Plucking and preparing of diseased birds; handling fighting cocks; playing with poultry, particularly asymptomatic infected ducks; and consumption of duck's blood or possibly undercooked poultry have all been implicated. Transmission to felids has been observed by feeding raw infected chickens to tigers and leopards in zoos in Thailand and to domestic cats under experimental conditions. Transmission between felids has been found under such conditions. Some infections may be initiated by pharyngeal or gastrointestinal inoculation of virus.
Human to Human
Human-to-human transmission of influenza A (H5N1) has been suggested in several household clusters and in one case of apparent child-to-mother transmission. Intimate contact without the use of precautions was implicated, and so far no case of human-to-human transmission by small-particle aerosols has been identified. In 1997, human-to-human transmission did not apparently occur through social contact, and serologic studies of exposed health care workers indicated that transmission was inefficient. Serologic surveys in Vietnam and Thailand have not found evidence of asymptomatic infections among contacts. Recently, intensified surveillance of contacts of patients by reverse-transcriptase–polymerase-chain-reaction (RT-PCR) assay has led to the detection of mild cases, more infections in older adults, and an increased number and duration of clusters in families in northern Vietnam, findings suggesting that the local virus strains may be adapting to humans. However, epidemiologic and virologic studies are needed to confirm these findings. To date, the risk of nosocomial transmission to health care workers has been low, even when appropriate isolation measures were not used. However, one case of severe illness was reported in a nurse exposed to an infected patient in Vietnam.
Environment to Human
Given the survival of influenza A (H5N1) in the environment, several other modes of transmission are theoretically possible. Oral ingestion of contaminated water during swimming and direct intranasal or conjunctival inoculation during exposure to water are other potential modes, as is contamination of hands from infected fomites and subsequent self-inoculation. The widespread use of untreated poultry feces as fertilizer is another possible risk factor.

Here's a link from where you can download the WHO (World Health Organization) published report on Bird Flu and it's possible treatments.