YOUR HEALTH: Experts identify mutation of bird flu virus to affect humans (The Journal-Standard) TOKYO, Oct. 5 (Kyodo) - A group of Japanese and Vietnamese scientists has identified a mutation of an H5N1 avian flu virus that can grow in the human upper respiratory tracts. [News Source]

Hygienic lab scientist to do bird flu training, blog for GazetteOnline (The Gazette) Trisha Kreman, a public health microbiologist at University Hygienic Laboratory, is traveling to India as one of five scientists selected to train laboratory technicians to test for bird flu. [News Source]

Hygienic lab scientist to do bird flu training, blog for GazetteOnline (The Gazette) Trisha Kreman, a public health microbiologist at University Hygienic Laboratory, is traveling to India as one of five scientists selected to train laboratory technicians to test for bird flu. [News Source]

Mechanism behind person-to-person bird flu transmission revealed (New Kerala) Washington, October 5 : A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has identified a key step that the H5N1 avian flu virus must take to facilitate its easy transmission from one person to another. [News Source]

Bird flu virus mutates into a strain more infectious to humans. The bird flu virus H5N1 has mutated into a form that makes it more infectious to humans, increasing the risk of a human pandemic, researchers have found. [News Source]

Bird flu fight draft holidaymakers for awareness (The Jakarta Post) JAKARTA (JP): Efforts aimed at preventing the spread of avian influenza took new tack on Saturday as campaigners appealed holiday revelers to inform their family members in their hometowns about the deadly virus. [News Source]

Seminar discusses plan on avian influenza in humans (Nhân Dân) A seminar was held in Hanoi on October 5 to discuss amendments and supplements to an action plan on preventing avian influenza in humans. [News Source]

YOUR HEALTH: Experts identify mutation of bird flu virus to affect humans (The Journal-Standard) TOKYO, Oct. 5 (Kyodo) - A group of Japanese and Vietnamese scientists has identified a mutation of an H5N1 avian flu virus that can grow in the human upper respiratory tracts. [News Source]