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	<title>Bird Flu Center</title>
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	<description>Useful information about avian flu (bird flu)</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>West Bengal faces flu scare</title>
		<link>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2008/01/west-bengal-faces-flu-scare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Asia</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sudden death of thousands of chickens over the course of a few days has been cause for panic in Haryana&#8217;s Bhiwani District, as poultry farmers feared the highly-pathogenic H5N1 virus was to blame for the event.
They complain that the veterinarians are powerless in stopping the wave of deaths among birds. However, there has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asia copes with flu spread</title>
		<link>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2008/01/asia-copes-with-flu-spread/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Asia</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indonesia recorded its 101st human bird flu death on Wednesday, the last in a series of events that marks the spread of the disease through the Asian continent. The latest victim is a 32-year-old man whose source of infection is not yet known.
Tibet is facing its own virus problem, as a poultry farm was shut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last year&#8217;s cases confirmed as human to human transmission</title>
		<link>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/08/last-years-cases-confirmed-as-human-to-human-transmission/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/08/last-years-cases-confirmed-as-human-to-human-transmission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>World</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study relying on mathematical analysis has been brought forward to confirm that several cases of avian influenza on humans, detected in 2006 in Indonesia, were due to the disease spreading from person to person. A team of US researchers have developed a tool by which to quickly run tests on contagious disease cases of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam&#8217;s efforts to contain bird flu</title>
		<link>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/08/vietnams-efforts-to-contain-bird-flu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Vietnam</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vietnam officials were praised for the country&#8217;s consistent efforts to contain the bird flu virus in their country, during a conference jointly organized by the government and the Food and Agriculture Organization in Hanoi on Monday.
May this year saw a reoccurrence of the disease in the Asian country, but previously to that, there had been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>German close bird flu hit farm</title>
		<link>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/08/german-close-bird-flu-hit-farm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/08/german-close-bird-flu-hit-farm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Germany</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[German authorities have decided to close the doors of a poultry farm in the south of the country, after the presence of the H5N1 virus was confirmed in a number of birds in the area. Further checks on other samples from farm birds were taken in for analysis, as the farm raises around 44000 birds. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam reports outbreak near Chinese border</title>
		<link>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/08/vietnam-reports-outbreak-near-chinese-border/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/08/vietnam-reports-outbreak-near-chinese-border/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Vietnam</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following a batch of tests carried out on dead birds in a Vietnamese province near the Chinese border, local authorities have confirmed that H5N1 avian influenza virus is responsible for 89 chickens and ducks that were found dead at a farm in Ban Loc Village. The confirmation came from the country&#8217;s Ministry of Agriculture and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indonesia reports new bird flu death</title>
		<link>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/08/indonesia-reports-new-bird-flu-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Indonesia</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 17 year old woman is the latest reported human victim in Indonesia&#8217;s continuous battle against bird flu. The country&#8217;s Health Ministry says the victim died on Tuesday in Tangerang, just west of Jakarta. Earlier the same week, another bird flu victim succumbed to the disease, as a woman residing on the island of Bali [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian children test negative</title>
		<link>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/08/indian-children-test-negative/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/08/indian-children-test-negative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>India</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Indian government has completed a wide campaign of testing on thousands of people, as an outbreak of avian influenza sparked worries in the remote northeast. Four boys previously suspected to have been infected have tested negative for the disease however. The joint secretary in the health ministry gave the news to the press on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spotlight on bird flu awareness in Georgia</title>
		<link>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/07/spotlight-on-bird-flu-awareness-in-georgia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/07/spotlight-on-bird-flu-awareness-in-georgia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Georgia</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children and young people in Georgia will have the chance to get an insight on avian influenza through drama lessons and performances. The project is coordinated by the Internally Displaced Persons Women&#8217;s Association &#8216;Consent&#8217;, with support from UNICEF Georgia. Puppet shows will be organized for around 4,000 children and around 20 theatre performances will focus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Controversy over suspected case</title>
		<link>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/07/controversy-over-suspected-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/07/controversy-over-suspected-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>India</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As poultry culling intensifies at the farm in India where the latest outbreak of bird flu was detected last week, there is dispute over the nature of the illness of one of the farm&#8217;s workers. A 40 year old man was admitted to hospital with flu like symptoms, but doctors at JN hospital, as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India increases surveillance</title>
		<link>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/07/india-increases-surveillance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/07/india-increases-surveillance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>India</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reports that bird flu outbreaks have been signalled in neighbouring Myanmar have urged India to keep an eye on the situation and step up surveillance measures near the border. Nearly a week ago an international animal health organization reported an outbreak of avian influenza in the state of Mon, southern Myanmar.
Veterinarians are now monitoring poultry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba in high alert over bird flu</title>
		<link>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/07/cuba-in-high-alert-over-bird-flu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/07/cuba-in-high-alert-over-bird-flu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Cuba</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cuban authorities are preparing a vast security system meant to quickly detect avian influneza, as the disease is expected to appear on the American continent after ravaging Southeast Asia. Authorities are reported to have invested several million dolars in the program to detect and control a possible outbreak of the disease in birds as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ghana pays compensation for bird flu losses</title>
		<link>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/07/ghana-pays-compensation-for-bird-flu-losses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/07/ghana-pays-compensation-for-bird-flu-losses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Ghana</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around 90 million cedis was paid last Friday to three poultry farmers whose business were destroyed by Ghana health authorities to stop an avian influenza outbreak. One of them, who had 1,500 birds culled, received the highest compensation of around 60 million cedis. The farmers complain of slow reaction on the part of the authorities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bird flu spreading through Central Europe</title>
		<link>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/07/bird-flu-spreading-through-central-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/07/bird-flu-spreading-through-central-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Germany</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A highly pathogenic form of bird flu is again spreading through Europe. Most recently, Germany and the Czech Republic have reported outbreaks of H5N1, despite the European Union intensifying its efforts to prevent the reappearance of the virus among poultry. Some specialists are claiming that the latest outbreaks are a sign that the disease is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Belgium scientists start human trials for vaccine</title>
		<link>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/07/belgium-scientists-start-human-trials-for-vaccine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bird-flu-center.com/2007/07/belgium-scientists-start-human-trials-for-vaccine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Belgium</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers working at the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology and Ghent University in Belgium are due to start human trials for their flu virus vaccine. The drug is promising because it is aiming to be a universal vaccine for all the &#8220;A&#8221; type strains of the virus. It is designed to replace the currently yearly administered [...]]]></description>
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