The US has committed to increasing funds to fight avian influenza. Currently, it has given $434 million and India is expected to receive a substantial amount as well.
Over 60 per cent of diseases that have emerged in the last decade can be traced to animals. Avian influenza is linked to poultry, foot and mouth [...]
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Avoid domesticated birds. If possible, avoid rural areas, small farms and especially any close contact with domesticated fowl.
Avoid open-air markets. These can be colorful or dreadful, depending on your tolerance level, but no matter how you see them, they’re often breeding grounds for disease.
Wash your hands. This is one of the simplest and best ways [...]
Since 1997, when the first human cases of bird flu appeared, hundreds of millions of sick or exposed birds - primarily chickens - have been destroyed. In many cases, affected farms were also quarantined. The WHO considers this approach the first-line defense against avian viruses.
Some nations have instituted strict vaccination and surveillance programmers for poultry [...]
The greatest risk factor for bird flu seems to be contact with sick birds or with surfaces contaminated by their feathers, saliva or droppings. The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed a handful of cases of limited human-to-human transmission of bird flu. But unless the virus begins to spread more easily among people, infected birds [...]
The exact incubation period for bird flu in humans isn’t clear. Illness develops within one to five days of exposure to the virus.
Sometimes the only indication of the disease is a relatively mild eye infection (conjunctivitis).
Signs and symptoms of bird flu resemble those of conventional influenza, including: cough, fever, and sore throat, muscle aches.
People with [...]
