Avian Influenza Information

News Update, October 30

H5N1 in Wild birds
No new outbreaks this week.

H5N1 in Poultry
No new outbreaks this week.

H5N1 in Humans
No new outbreaks this week.

H5N1 in the Scientific Literature

• Wan X.F., et al. Evolution of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses in Vietnam between 2001 and 2007.PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(10):e3462. Epub 2008 Oct 21.

Other papers of interest

• Gray G.C., et al. Evidence for Avian Influenza A Infections Among Iowa's Agricultural Workers. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2008; 2(2):61-69.
• Theiler R.N., et al. Emerging and zoonotic infections in women. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2008 Dec; 22(4):755-72.
• Wan X.F., et al. Ubiquitous reassortments in influenza a viruses. J Bioinform Comput Biol. 2008 Oct; 6(5):981-99.