Study confirms 2006 human-human spread of bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A mathematical analysis has confirmed that H5N1 avian influenza spread from person to person in Indonesia in April, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. [News Source]

Study confirms 2006 human-human spread of bird flu (AlertNet) Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - A mathematical analysis has confirmed that H5N1 avian influenza spread from person to person in Indonesia in April, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. They said ... [News Source]

New statistical tool confirms human-to-human spread of avian flu (Seattle Times) Seattle researchers have used a new statistical tool to confirm that avian influenza was spread person-to-person in the case of a family... [News Source]

Humans Spread Bird Flu To Humans in Indonesia (Science Daily) In the first systematic, statistical analysis of its kind, infectious disease modeling experts confirm that the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in 2006 spread between a small number of people within a family in Indonesia. The researchers estimated the secondary-attack rate of the virus in Indonesia — the risk of one infected person passing it to another — to be 29 percent, a level of ... [News Source]

Limited human-to-human spread of Avian-flu virus in Indonesia in 2006 confirmed (News-Medical-Net) In the first systematic, statistical analysis of its kind, infectious-disease-modeling experts at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center confirm that the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in 2006 spread between a small number of people within a family in Indonesia. [News Source]

Study confirms limited human-to-human spread of avian-flu virus in Indonesia in 2006 (PhysOrg) In the first systematic, statistical analysis of its kind, infectious-disease-modeling experts at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center confirm that the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in 2006 spread between a small number of people within a family in Indonesia. The findings, by biostatistician Ira M. Longini Jr., Ph.D., and colleagues, appear online and will be published in the Sept. 1 print ... [News Source]

H5N1 avian flu hits German duck farm FWi (Farmers Weekly Interactive) H5N1 avian flu has struck a farm in Southern Germany, the country’s first case this year on a commercial poultry unit. [News Source]

German H5N1 bird flu more widespread than first thought (EARTHtimes.org) Erlangen, Germany - The outbreak of bird flu found on a duck farm near the southern German city of Erlangen last week was probably more widespread and of longer duration than first thought, veterinary officials said Tuesday. Examination of birds dest... [News Source]

Officials go to great lengths to contain bird flu in Viet Nam (Viet Nam News) HA NOI — Viet Nam has succeeded in containing the bird flu outbreak because of its co-ordinated response to the epidemic, said participants at a conference jointly held by the Government and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Ha Noi yesterday. [News Source]

Feared bird flu victim cleared in Bali (Straits Times) JAKARTA - INDONESIA'S health ministry said that a 43-year-old woman who died in Bali with symptoms of bird flu was not infected with the virus. 'She tested negative,' said an official at the health ministry's bird flu information centre. [News Source]

Study Confirms Limited Human-To-Human Spread of Avian-Flu Virus in Indonesia in 2006 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) In the first systematic, statistical analysis of its kind, infectious-disease-modeling experts at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center confirm that the avian influenza A virus in 2006 spread between a small number of people within a family in Indonesia. [News Source]

Game Commission News: PGC reports avian influenza info on website (The Sentinel) As hunters prepare for waterfowl and migratory game bird seasons, the Pennsylvania Game Commission urges hunters to review information posted on its website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) about avian influenza and wild birds. The information can be accessed by selecting “Avian Influenza” in the “Quick Clicks” box in the upper right corner of the agency s homepage. [News Source]