News archive : Avian Flu

Follow the news of avian flu outbreaks around the world, and attempts by scientists, public health experts, policy makers, and governments to control its spread.

Poultry

Snapshot: Trouble in paradise

Bali's first human bird-flu victim.

Nature

Published:: 15 August 2007

Keywords:: Disease Outbreaks; Poultry

Australia tackles bird flu using RNAi

RNAi technology could prevent virulent strains circulating in poultry, such as the influenza strain H5N1, from directly infecting humans.

Nature Biotechnology

Published:: 01 June 2007

Keywords:: Poultry; Host Defense; Cytokines; Prevention & Control

Avian flu and the New World

The H5N1 avian influenza virus has not yet reached North and South America. What will happen when it does? Declan Butler and Jacqueline Ruttimann investigate.

Nature

Published:: 10 May 2006

Keywords:: Epidemiology; Poultry

From the front lines

As the H5N1 flu virus continues to sweep across the globe, researchers in some of the countries affected describe in their own words the political and scientific challenges that they face.

Nature

Published:: 05 April 2006

Keywords:: Africa; Chickens; China; Endemic Diseases; Epidemiology; H5n1 Virus; Mortality; Poultry; World Health Organisation

The 1918 flu virus is resurrected

The recreation of one of the deadliest diseases known could help us to prevent another pandemic. Or it might trigger one, say critics. Andreas von Bubnoff investigates whether the benefits outweigh the risks.

Nature

Published:: 05 October 2005

Keywords:: Avian Flu; Molecular Evolution; Pandemic; Poultry; Gene Sequence; 1918 Spanish Flu

Bird flu: crossing borders

Despite recent reports from governments that bird flu is under control, it continues to spread through Asia's poultry and claim lives — there are even signs of human-to-human transmission. Declan Butler tracks the disease's inexorable spread.

Nature