- KidsHealth: Bird Flu (Avian Flu)
Describes how the avian flu spreads from bird to bird or bird to person, unlike the regular flu which spreads from person to person. Includes who is at risk and what can one do to avoid the bird flu.
www.kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/infection/bird_flu.html
- Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (LPAI)
Overview of the low-risk form of influenza that causes little or no clinical signs in infected birds and poses no threat to human health. From the USDA.
www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/pubs/fsheet_faq_notice/fs_ahlpai.html
- WebMD: Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
Provides an overview, causes, risks, symptoms, and more about the bird flu caused by a certain kind of avian influenza virus.
www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/tc/avian-influenza-bird-flu-overview
- Avian Flu: It's Your Fault
Argues that factory farming of livestock drives the development and spread of bird flu and that the best way to remove the threat is to take up a vegetarian diet. From People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Also in Chinese.
www.avianflu.cn
- Nature: Avian Flu
Collection of articles, science updates, and profiles tracking the events and discoveries related to avian influenza.
www.nature.com/nature/focus/avianflu
- Genetic Analysis of Bird Flu
Describes research into recent outbreaks of avian influenza, including the H5N1 strain.
www.biomedcentral.com/news/20030227/04
- HealthLink: Avian Influenza on the Move
Discusses the transmission, symptoms, risk to humans, and treatment of the influenza A (H5N1) virus (also known as bird flu).
healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1031002553.html
- Avian Flu - The Pandemic Threat and the Global Strategy
Offers webcast of the symposium on avian flu conducted by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
www.jhsph.edu/flu/symposium
- Poultry Health Services: Avian Influenza Forum
Offers links to official reports and news stories on HPAI outbreaks.
www.poultry-health.com/fora/avinfind.htm
- Bird Flu Guide
Free, complete, easy to learn, downloadable, interactive and multimedia bird flu survival guide.
www.birdflusecrets.com
- OIE: Avian Influenza
Includes avian influenza surveillance reports in domestic and wild birds, information on vaccines and diagnostic methods, and methods of humane killing of disease control purposes and carcass disposal.
www.oie.int/eng/avian_influenza
- Avian Flu: Under the Microscope
Offers information on Avian Flu including transmission, signs of disease, and prevention and control.
library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01479
|