Bird flu vaccine gives strong protection in mice (AlertNet) Source: Reuters HONG KONG, Sept 2 (Reuters) - An experimental bird flu vaccine that uses DNA from various strains of the H5N1 virus appears to trigger a strong immune response in mice after it is injected straight ... [News Source]

Bird flu vaccine gives strong protection in mice (Reuters via Yahoo! News) An experimental bird flu vaccine that uses DNA from various strains of the H5N1 virus appears to trigger a strong immune response in mice after it is injected straight into the muscles, a study has shown. [News Source]

Monitoring For ‘Pandemic’ Mutations By Examining Bird Flu Infections (Medical News Today) Scientists funded by the Wellcome Trust are to examine what is preventing the H5N1 avian influenza virus from causing a human pandemic and what mutations are required to realise its deadly potential. The research could hold the key to early identification of a potential influenza pandemic, and to developing drugs and a vaccine. [News Source]

Kenya: Country on Bird Flu Alert (AllAfrica.com) KENYA Government has banned with immediate effect the transportation of live birds and chicken by long distance trucks entering the country through Malaba and Busia as a caution to avian influenza which it said had reached Southern Sudan. [News Source]