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CDC: Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) - http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/
Facts about previous flu pandemics, and key facts about bird flu and the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus.
Animal Health: Avian Influenza - http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/subjects/en/health/diseases-cards/special_avian.html
Background, resources, news, and breaking information from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
SciDev.Net - http://www.scidev.net/ms/bird_flu/
Questions, answers, and opinions from the Science and Development Network, which provides information on science- and technology-related issues that impact developing countries.

World Health Organization - http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/
Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response: includes updated counts of human incidence of Avian flu, and updates of the state of medical knowledge.

International Society for Infectious Diseases - http://www.promedmail.org/
With frequent updates on the incidence of, and plans to detect cases of, avian flu.

BBC Health news: Avian flu - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3422839.stm
BBC questions and answers on avian flu, and whether it could spread between humans.

NBII Wildlife Disease Information Node - http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov
Monitoring and reporting system to provide data on wildlife diseases, mortality events, and other critical related information.

Nature: Bird Flu - http://www.nature.com/nature/focus/birdflu/
Events relating to, and science about, bird flu, presented by the science magazine Nature.

WHO: Avian Influenza - http://www.who.int/csr/don/2004_01_15/en/
Fact sheet about the disease and its risk to humans.

MedlinePlus: Bird Flu - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/birdflu.html
News and links.

Singapore Government Bird Flu - http://www.flu.gov.sg/
News and facts about bird flu from the Singapore Government.

CIDRAP - http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/
News on avian influenza from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.

Avian Influenza - http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/health-avian_influenza-index.htm
Information on bird flu from Australia's Department of Health and Ageing.

Reuters AlertNet - Bird Flu - http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/reliefresources/sections/BIRDFLU.htm
Provides news, information, and analysis on the bird-flu emergency.

 

Avian Flu (Bird Flu) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/birdflu1.shtml
A guide to bird flu and its symptoms from BBC Health.

Guardian Unlimited: Special Report: Bird Flu - http://www.guardian.co.uk/birdflu/0,14207,1131431,00.html
Ongoing news coverage of the H5N1 virus and the possibility of a human pandemic. Includes Flash slideshow showing how a pandemic might start.

Bird flu (avian influenza) - MayoClinic.com - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bird-flu/DS00566
Overview of the virus, its effects on birds and humans, and the possibility of global pandemic.
 

Avian Influenza (Bird Flu): Implications for Human Disease - http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/biofacts/avflu_human.html
Overview of avian influenza (bird flu) and analysis of the developing threat to humans.

Flu Shots and the Bird Flu - http://pediatrics.about.com/od/weeklyquestion/a/05_bird_flu.htm
Explains why the normal vaccination will not protect against this specific virus.

Bird Flu - http://www.sars.com.sg/birdflu/bfindex.php
With a frequently updated list of web news on avian influenza.

 

 

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