EID Journal: Influenza A(H6N1) In Dogs, Taiwan

    # 10,366   Up until a little over a decade ago, dogs were generally thought to be immune to influenza virus infection.  In 2004, however, the equine H3N8 flu virus mutated enough to adapt to a canine host, and began to spread among greyhounds in Florida (see EID Journal article Influenza A Virus (H3N8) in Dogs with Respiratory Disease, Florida).  ...

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Saudi MOH: 1 New MERS Case In Al Kharj

    #10,365 After no reports for two days, the Saudi MOH is reporting their 8th MERS case in the past 8 days.  This time from Al Kharj.  Details, as always, are scant. ...

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PLoS Bio: Imperfect Poultry Vaccines, Unintended Results

  #10,364   When stories emerge about suspected links between an increased incidence of narcolepsy with taking the H1N1 Pandemrix vaccine, the elevated number of febrile reactions to CSL’s FluVax in Australia, or the possible impact of the (as-yet poorly understood) concept of Original Antigenic Sin on vaccines, it seems there is always a section of  the anti-vaccine...

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Our Global Game Of Whac-A-MERS

Credit ECDC – Global Export Of MERS – Jul 21st, 2015   UPDATED:  7/28/15  0930 HRS Crof has a report indicating that both  UK: Manchester patients test negative for MERS   # 10,363   Although they have not been confirmed positive yet, earlier today the UK’s NHS announced that two suspected MERS cases had shown up at the Manchester Royal Infirmary...

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Germany: H7N7 Reported At Emsland Poultry Farm

Lower Saxony – Near Dutch Border – Credit Wikipedia #10,362   Roughly three weeks after the UK reported an outbreak of HPAI H7N7 (see Defra: Lancashire Avian Flu Confirmed As HPAI H7N7), today we learn from the Lower Saxony Ministry of Agriculture of a similar outbreak involving 10,000 layer hens at a farm in Emsland.   While it has been HPAI H5 avian flu viruses...

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RESEP SAMBAL NANAS ASAM PEDAS

Resep sambal nanas bercita rasa asam pedas sebagai pelengkap menu makan harian yang meningkatkan selera. Rasa buah nanas yang manis dan asam sering kali dijadikan sebagai bahan utama ataupun sebagai bumbu pelengkap dari aneka masakan bercita rasa asam yang segar.Sambal dengan menggunakan nanas sebagai bahan utamanya merupakan kombinasi dari rasa tersebut yang dipadukan lagi...

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Revisiting The Migratory Bird Debate

Major Global Migratory Flyways – Credit FAO   #10,361   A decade ago, when H5N1 was making its first forays into Europe and the Middle East, concerns ran high it might hitch a ride on migratory birds and make its way to the Americas. As the map above illustrates, there are two major `shared’ migratory flyways which could plausibly provide a bridge for avian flu...

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