Rising H5N1 ‘Bird Flu’ High-Virulence Sequences Found By Replikins, Ltd. (SYS-CON Media) Replikins, Ltd. has completed a comprehensive quantitative analysis of H5N1 'bird flu' peptide sequences found in humans infected with H5N1 in the past nine years. [News Source]

Bird flu update: 6 November 2006 (SciDev.net) Below is a roundup of the key developments on the spread of the bird flu virus (H5N1) and the threat it poses to human health. Each title is a link to the full article. [News Source]

China scientists call bird flu paper “unscientific” (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese government scientists have rejected international scientists' claims that a new strain of H5N1 bird flu has emerged in coastal China and may spread across Asia and Europe, state media reported late on Monday. [News Source]

China scientists call bird flu paper "unscientific" (AlertNet) Source: Reuters BEIJING, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Chinese government scientists have rejected international scientists' claims that a new strain of H5N1 bird flu has emerged in coastal China and may spread across Asia and ... [News Source]

New strain of bird flu spreads to humans (Daily Telegraph) A previously unknown and dangerous strain of the H5N1 bird flu has emerged from southern China and has spread from birds to people in South-east Asia, marking a third wave of avian flu and rekindling fears of a global pandemic. [News Source]

Generex Biotechnology to Begin the First Human Clinical Trial of Avian Influenza Vaccine (SYS-CON Media) Generex Biotechnology Corporation (NASDAQ: GNBT)announced today that it has entered into an agreement with theLebanese-Canadian Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon to conduct a human clinicaltrial of the Antigen Express synthetic avian influenza vaccine,representing the first studies to be conducted in man. The study is beingundertaken with the approval of the appropriate Lebanese governmental [News Source]

Migration of swallows raises fears of avian flu (Bangkok Post) Chiang Rai _ The annual migration of swallows to the small town of Mae Sai has got locals here fearing a possible outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu. Tens of thousands of the birds arrived in Mae Sai municipality two weeks ago. [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]

Uganda: Bird Flu Test Kits Arrive (AllAfrica.com) THE Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has acquired bird flu test kits, writes Gladys kalibbala. [News Source]

Generex Biotechnology to Begin the First Human Clinical Trial of Avian Influenza Vaccine (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance) Generex Biotechnology Corporation announced today that it has entered into an agreement with the Lebanese-Canadian Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon to conduct a human clinical trial of the Antigen Express synthetic avian influenza vaccine, representing the first studies to be conducted in man. The study is being undertaken with the approval of the appropriate Lebanese governmental and regulatory [News Source]

In Indonesia, virus spreads among blood relatives. Indonesia only threw off its dictatorship in 1998. A main objective of the new government has been to decentralize power. That has meant that Indonesia hasn't been able to mount a strong, centralized assault against avian influenza. [News Source]

Vietnam ends flu outbreaks, keeps awareness high. At its height, nearly a quarter of rural village communes and 60% of the towns in Vietnam were affected, and 45 million birds had died or been killed to control the epidemic. [News Source]