China urges vigilance against SARS, bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News) China's Ministry of Health has urged local governments to be on alert for SARS and human cases of bird flu and to strengthen prevention against epidemics as winter approaches. [News Source]

Gene chip test identifies bird flu strains (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A new "gene chip" test can quickly and cheaply identify different influenza strains, allowing doctors to easily tell who has H5N1 avian influenza and who has everyday flu, U.S. researchers said on Monday. [News Source]

Indonesia reports two avian flu cases (CIDRAP) Nov 13, 2006 (CIDRAP News) – Two new human cases of H5N1 avian influenza, one of them fatal, were reported in Indonesia today, raising the country's toll to 74 cases with 56 deaths. [News Source]

Romanians visit Del. to learn from bird flu experts (The News Journal) Fifteen senior policymakers from Romania are visiting Delaware this week to participate in a nine-day training program on managing avian influenza outbreaks. The Romanian group, which includes representatives from the government, poultry industry and academia, will spend most of its time with avian flu experts from the University of Delaware and Delaware Technical & Community College campuses in [News Source]

EGYPT: Winter may bring more bird flu, health ministry says (AlertNet) Source: IRIN With the onset of winter, there may be an increase in cases of the potentially lethal avian flu virus H5N1 among fowl and humans in Egypt, according to health ministry officials. [News Source]

Control Of Avian Flu Among Issues For 28th AMAF Discussions (Bernama) SINGAPORE, Nov 13 (Bernama) -- Asean ministers in charge of agriculture and forestry will meet in Singapore on Thursday to discuss various issues including the progress achieved in the control of avian influenza. [News Source]

Boy dies of bird flu in Indonesia (AFP via Yahoo! News) A young boy has died of bird flu in Indonesia, bringing the country's death toll from the virus to 56. [News Source]

Indonesia: Bird flu kills 2-year-old (CNN.com) A 2-year-old Indonesian boy became the country's latest fatality from bird flu, dying Monday morning, an official with the Bird Flu Information Center said. [News Source]

Indonesia’s bird flu cases hit 74 (People’s Daily) Indonesia recorded two other bird flu cases on Monday with one dead, bringing the total death to 56 out of 74 contracted people in the vast archipelago country, the Health Ministry said. [News Source]

2 more human bird flu cases found in Indonesia (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) _ Two Indonesians are being treated in a Jakarta special hospital for bird flu, bringing the number of confirmed human cases to 74 in the country, a government official said Monday. [News Source]