China Culls 13,000 Fowl After Bird-Flu Outbreak in Xinjiang (Bloomberg) Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) -- China culled more than 13,000 poultry in response to an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the northwestern province of Xinjiang, National Chief Veterinary Officer Yu Kangzhen said. [News Source]

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 vs 1918 virus, avian flu outbreaks, H5N1 in China, seasonal flu studies, Salmonella updates (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) Study suggests H5N1 virus more virulent than 1918 pandemic strain Arizona researchers report that the H5N1 avian influenza virus had more damaging effects on the lungs of nonhuman primates than reassortant versions of the 1918 pandemic virus did. [News Source]

Vietnam has new human bird flu case. A 23-year-old man has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 virus in northern Vietnam, a state-run newspaper reported on Saturday. [News Source]

PM asks for greater efforts to prevent bird flu epidemic (Vietnam Net) VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed a despatch on February 10 regarding the prevention of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, which can be passed from poultry to humans. [News Source]

Second trials for the bird flu vaccine Fluvax set to begin (Vietnam Net) VietNamNet Bridge – Avian flu remains a threat to humans across the world. Viet Nam News spoke with Dr Nguyen Thu Van from the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology about a project to develop a vaccine. [News Source]

Bird flu outbreaks in five provinces (Vietnam Net) VietNamNet Bridge - Bird flu has struck the northern border province of Quang Ninh, bringing the number of affected provinces nationwide to five, according to the Animal Health Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. [News Source]

Nigeria: Jigawa Sensitizes Poultry Farmers on Bird Flu (AllAfrica.com) Abuja — Poultry farmers in Jigawa State have been sensitized on the Avian Influenza disease with a passionate call on them to report to the nearest veterinary centre any outbreak of the killer disease in their respective farms. [News Source]

Woman tests positive for bird flu in Quang Ninh (Việt Nam News) HA NOI — A woman in Dam Ha District, Quang Ninh Province, tested positive for the avian influenza H5N1 virus, said the Ministry of Health’s Department of Preventive Medicine and Environment. [News Source]

Bird flu fulled controlled in Nepal (Asia News Network) Government officials said on Monday that the country's first-ever bird flu outbreak had been fully controlled and that the fatal virus strain had not spread to other parts of the country. [News Source]

Bird flu fully controlled in Nepal (Asia News Network) Government officials said on Monday that the country's first-ever bird flu outbreak had been fully controlled and that the fatal virus strain had not spread to other parts of the country. They sai ..... [News Source]

Panasonic to fly home workers’ families over bird flu fears (AFP via Yahoo! News) Panasonic Corp. has ordered Japanese employees in some foreign countries to send their families home to Japan in preparation for a possible bird flu pandemic, a spokesman said Tuesday. [News Source]