The United Nations has warned of a possible major resurgence of bird flu and said a mutant strain of the H5N1 virus is spreading in Asia and elsewhere.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that the deadly bird flu, which first appeared in 2003, is rearing its head again in Asia and other countries.
Rome: The United Nations warned Monday of a possible resurgence of the deadly bird flu virus, saying wild bird migrations had brought it back to previously virus-free countries and that a mutant st
At least 8 more persons have been infected with anthrax on Wednesday at village Khirsintikor of Paba upazila in Rajshahi, according to the health officials.
The recent detection of cases of avian influenza in humansunderscores the ongoing risk of human infection with new strains of influenza,says a recent ICDDR,B study.
Worm infestations, food parasites, Chagas disease, sand fly-transmitted infections and other neglected tropical diseases usually found in Africa and Asia are turning up more often in Europe, accord
The incidents of rabies’ are increasing in Pakistan where 5,000 deaths are recorded annually while rabies cases reported from India are much higher and one person is becoming prey to the zoonotic v
More than 1,000 field staff of the department of livestock services are now using cell phone and web-based SMS gateway to report Avian Infleunza outbreaks in the poultry farms of 306 upazilas.
The DLS staff through SMS reported 144 out of the 161 outbreaks that have occurred during the last wave of bird flu outbreak beginning in January 2011 after successive two lean years.
