Egypt, Indonesia each report an avian flu case (CIDRAP) Oct 11, 2006 (CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that a 39-year-old Egyptian woman has H5N1 avian influenza, while officials in Indonesia reported another fatal human case there. [News Source]

Bird Flu in Humans Reappears in Egypt (U.S. Department of State) Egyptian health authorities detect the first case of bird flu in a human since May, a report that also is confirmed by the World Health Organization. In addition, Indonesian agricultural officials confirm that H5N1 has been detected in pigs and cats, according to news reports. This is a worrisome development because it is well established that pigs could become living test tubes for the emergence [News Source]

Bird flu: Who’s next? Bangladesh!The Role of Public Administration (News From Bangladesh) In comparison to malaria and diarroeal diseases, which together kill over 3 million people every year, bird flu has killed very few people. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the H5N1 virus may mutate into a new human flu virus against, which humans have no immunity. [News Source]

New human bird flu case in Egypt. Egypt has detected its first human case of the bird flu virus since May in a woman who raised ducks from her home. [News Source]

Hospitalised Indonesian woman has bird flu. An Indonesian woman being treated in hospital has tested positive for bird flu, a health official said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Indonesian Woman Tests Positive for Bird Flu - Chinese Agency (RedNova) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Jakarta, 11 October: A 67-year-old hospitalized Indonesian woman is positively infected by avian influenza, a health official said here Wednesday [11 October]. [News Source]

Indonesian Govt Steps Up Publicity To Combat Bird Flu (CattleNetwork.com) JAKARTA (Dow Jones)--The Indonesian government Wednesday placed advertisements in some widely-read newspapers to rally public support to control H5N1 avian influenza. [News Source]

China tightens up monitoring of bird flu possibilities (EARTHtimes.org) With the autumn and winter months coming up, marking the migration season for birds, China has tightened up its prevention measures for avian influenza. It has initiated daily reports on the bird flu status instead of the earlier weekly reports at its 86 monitoring stations and asked citizens as well as officials to be particularly alert. [News Source]

Indonesian woman tested positive on bird flu (People’s Daily) A 67-year-old hospitalized Indonesian woman is positively infected by avian influenza, a health official said Wednesday. [News Source]

Aussie company wins bird flu test tender (Sydney Morning Herald) An Australian company has won a tender to supply the Indonesian Department of Agriculture with bird flu test kits. - [News Source]

Expert: No link to Avian flu (Montana Standard) Rose Jaffe, avian influenza surveillance project coordinator in Bozeman, says there’s no reason to believe the coot deaths are connected to the avian influenza virus. Many wild shore birds and waterfowl tested so far bore no trace of the disease. [News Source]