_|Hong Kong PRC SAR: H5N1 IN CHICKEN|_

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If the epidemic situation presents Macao to plan 7 day of suspension of sales time
2008-06-12 19:04

[on.cc special news]鑑 presents the bird flu in Hong Kong, Macao bird flu strain technology club holds today is 3 hour conference, the self-criticism preventive measure. Technology club member Zhang Sumei indicated that the group suggested that if examines the H5 positive reaction result in Macao's downtown or the birds files' sample, the entire downtown or sale point immediate suspension of sales live birds and beasts 7 days, have when the need will consider that will extend the long-term work birds and beasts the suspension of sales time to 21 days. The related suggestion will hand over the bird flu to plan the group resolution as soon as possible. The group also indicated that at present the civil administration head office besides examines the entrance birds, also will gather on the open country like wetland park or the street the dead bird and so on sample chemical examination, until now the discovery has not had the sample to present the positive reaction, will appraise Macao to erupt bird flu's risk to be relatively quite low, therefore the present will not consider the pause input live birds and beasts. But Hong Kong aspect bird flu's source or comes from the smuggling chicken, the group believed that present's preventive measure is effective, the authority completely all condition prevention possibly will occur the question, with a customs closer cooperation, will strengthen stops and investigates the smuggling chicken, and how will continue to strengthen the public education resident to prevent the bird flu. As for the authority can consider that implements central slaughtering, the group indicated that now has in the wholesale market reserves the facility to implement central slaughtering, but the facility is only the prevention Macao area has time accidentally the suspicion eruption bird flu only will then use. The group will also refer to will dispatch an official to exchange and the understanding epidemic situation to Hong Kong, and will dispatch an official to inland breeding farm inspection. At present Macao is carrying out the prevention bird flu emergency measure second stage, namely all downtown's live chicken does not keep the over night. http://svsurl.systransoft.com/?t=out...78a63429--355a

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Hong Kong markets reproduce the culling of chickens in bird flu
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> Three markets in Hong Kong found the H5N1 avian flu virus, authorities in Wednesday (11) in Hong Kong ordered the slaughter of live chickens in markets, in order to prevent the spread of the virus.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Director of Miss Cheung said that in Kowloon and New Territories three markets environmental samples found the H5N1 avian flu virus.

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department Assistant Director Thomas. Belfast (Thomas Sit), said: "In the past few years have been in wild birds and their populations launched a surveillance programme to monitor and have a positive wild birds."

He added that they have the virus may be transmitted to human beings for any signs of a high degree of vigilance.

He also said it found no cases of human infection, but authorities have the same doctors and hospitals to strengthen the monitoring, also needs some time to make conclusions.
Meanwhile, the Hong Kong market, the poultry workers started complaining of killing poultry on the losses caused by them.

A respondents said: "We have lost a lot. For me, the monthly rent is 60,000 Hong Kong dollars, I have 6-7 employees, so in the past 20 days, I may lose more than 100,000 HK. "

Hong Kong Food and Health Bureau officials said that poultry workers chickens will be slaughtered by the authorities for compensation.

Last week, authorities in Kowloon security Road Market in the swab samples found the H5N1 avian flu virus, immediately culled 2,700 chickens.

According to the World Health Organization said that since the H5N1 virus in Asia in 2003, has more than 10 countries resulted in 241 deaths.

Experts fear the constant mutation of the H5N1 virus may be changing as easily spread from person to person types, which may spread to the whole world, causing millions of deaths. A video at the link http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?hl...art%3D10#video

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Birds and beasts epidemic disease virus ambush downtown one week
12/06/2008, on Thursday in the afternoon 09:10

[Daily Sun special news] The bird flu virus exists in four downtown chicken files one week, the resident the crisis which infects is been at least enormous. Health protection center inspector general Zeng Haohui indicated that at present the high alert, has not for the present discovers the human bird flu doubtful case. The protection center strengthened the supervision the famous domesticated fowl employee's state of health which affects, if will have the need to distribute the anti-flu medicine to them ?the sensitive luck?. After the deep water (earth step) the security downtown chicken files examine the bird flu, followed up more than 20 chickens to sell, has not for the present discovered that they have flu symptom. Many three downtown chicken files examine the virus again, the whole accept the health supervision the domesticated fowl employee population to increase.
Zeng Haohui indicated that started the urgent emergency measure, strengthens with the hospital administrative bureau and the private hospital to the human bird flu supervises. Margaret, Wells, Elizabeth and the Mary five hospital's laboratories, will unite with the department of health public health examination center, momentarily will wait for orders the extension servicing time, will strengthen the fast test the laboratory backstop services.

The silent infection is more difficult against
Port big microbiology department head Yuan Guoyong disclosed last week that the Hong Kong downtown has had bird flu virus H9N2 actually, examines the sample ratio increases, demonstrated that the downtown the bird flu virus is active. Food environment department of health also confirmed that entrusts Hong Kong University in April to extract 463 environment sample chemical examination in the downtown, discovered that a sample has the H9 virus.
Another fishing agriculture nature nursing bureau hands over the security downtown's bird flu virus sample the port to carry on greatly the gene arrangement, discovered erupts the bird flu virus and the wild bird with Asia brings the bird flu virus to be similar, not obvious variety. Chinese university microorganism department Professor Chen Jixiang questions inland vaccine result, the vaccine possibly to the partial chickens only then the protection strength, is infected does not get sick sends the death. This kind of silent infection is more rambunctious than the lethality infection, but unconscious disseminates, virtually impossible to guard against. http://svsurl.systransoft.com/?t=out...78a63429--33c2

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SNIP from a commentary/editorial...By the health authority boast for the impregnable chicken birds and beasts quarantine guard system, collapses at the first blow originally. (Earth step) the security downtown chicken files discovered the bird flu virus last week after the deep water, Fenling united with the ruins, the Hong Kong Island duck (month advantage) the continent and the Tuen Mun benevolence downtown considers falls to the enemy, yesterday was confirmed discovered the H5N1 virus in these three downtown's chicken manure sample, demonstrated that the bird flu virus pushed directly into, attacks a city seizes territory, already in Hong Kong scope proliferation. Under the epidemic disease evil spirit shadow covers, Hong Kong falls into a panic, everybody discusses the chicken discoloration, resident's life and health faced with the threaten seriously.. http://svsurl.systransoft.com/?t=out...78a63429--3328

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Why did Zhang Shao the minister yesterday suffer the media crazy bang not to have last Saturday kills the Hong Kong downtown live chicken immediately, yesterday did not decide that the farm chicken also massacred continually, she only unceasingly stressed that had the rigorous direction, as for has not had forbids the cheung sha wan domesticated fowl wholesale market live chicken to sell the day before yesterday, she explained that because the wholesale market chemical examination's sample assumed the negative, therefore did not have 夠 the principle according to endure fully sells. She also acknowledged yesterday sold the live chicken indeed has not examined the bird flu, the risk is very low, but since examined four downtown live chickens once to have the bird flu again, was ?prudent? in order to only then Hong Kong kills the chicken. Food environment department of health Vice Superintendent Liu Yanyi acknowledged that only then adopted to yesterday afternoon when killing and encircled closes up a row moves, many chicken files possible to sell all chicken.

Hong Kong and Kowloon New Territory Domesticated fowl Wholesale Retail sales Chamber of commerce President Huang Weiquan also angrily rebukes the mountain motion to be Monday slow, the field is deceived miserably, he said: ?Monday Yue Shacuo the chicken, the words cheung sha wan domesticated fowl wholesale market safe, does me to enter the o left 200 chickens first, the early knowledge needs to kill does not enter, not turns over to according to the family initial capital.?

[Giuseppe]

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Transcript of SFH on avian influenza
June 12 2008, 13.23.00

Following is the transcript of remarks made by the Secretary for Food and Health, Dr York Chow, at a stand-up media session before a luncheon today (June 12):

Reporter:
(about vaccine)

Secretary for Food and Health:
We are looking at three possible causes for this contamination of the environment.

The first is whether there is any change of the virus. We have excluded this because we have gone through very detailed studies of the genetic sequencing of the virus.

The second is whether the immunity status of the chickens has changed so that they are carrying the virus and yet they do not have any symptoms.
Our scientists have also studied the serological status, that is the antibody level of chickens and also the droppings of those chickens in the past period on a regular basis.
We did not find any abnormality in there.

These two possibilities can be ruled out, but we are still going to do some more research on the possibility of the immunity of chickens.

Reporter:
(about vaccine)

Secretary for Food and Health:
That means whether the vaccine is providing sufficient protection so that the chickens would not contain the virus or shed any virus. This is something that we have done a bit of research so far, but we would like to repeat again.

Reporter:
(about resistance to vaccine)

Secretary for Food and Health:
If it happens in chickens, we will be able to demonstrate that the resistance of the chickens is actually related to their antibody level. We have not found any lowering of the antibody level of those chickens. We have not found any shedding of virus from those chickens in the farms either.

Reporter:
Is it time for Hong Kong to have a centralised slaughterhouse?

Secretary for Food and Health:
According to our statistics, the chickens sold by the affected stores for the three additional stores is around about a thousand chickens, and for the three affected markets are about 4,000 chickens.
So I think anybody perhaps been in contact with those chickens or in those markets in case they have any health problem, any symptoms of upper respiratory infection, appeal to them that they should contact doctors as soon as possible.
We have also made an appeal to the public if they have any history of contacting chickens in a market or anywhere and if they have similar symptoms they should inform the doctor as early as possible so we can trace whether they are affected by H5N1.

Regarding the issue of central slaughtering, it is always the government's position that we should have a central slaughtering of chickens in the medium and long term.
We will be working very hard on choosing a site, we have already identified a site in that territory. At the same time, we have also been doing a number of feasibility studies, both on the business side, as well as on the environment.

Reporter:
It seems that retailers not really like the idea, what kind of suggestions...

Secretary for Food and Health:
As I said earlier on, it seems that the licensing conditions of the retailers as well as the measures that are being taken, both by the retailers and also the inspections that we have done are insufficient in maintaining the safety of the environment and market, so we will be discussing with the trade on how to improve that so we can have a cleaner environment and also a faster turnover of the chickens in the market.
One of the suggestions given by experts is to slaughter all chickens at the end of the day so that we do not have an opportunity to build up the virus load in the environment.
(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the transcript.)
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CORRECTED-Hong Kong scours farms for source of H5N1 virus

(Corrects paragraph 3 to read virus found at several markets, not wholesale suppliers)

HONG KONG, June 12 (Reuters) - Hong Kong officials scoured farms and wholesale markets on Thursday, searching for the source of an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus that forced the culling of thousands of birds across the wealthy city.

Hong Kong ordered a cull of 3,500 poultry on Wednesday after discovering the H5N1 virus in four markets scattered across the city's northern and central areas, including in the commerce and retail hub of the main island.

Samples taken from local farms have so far tested negative. But officials found instances of the virus at several markets, which have since had their facilities cleaned and disinfected.

"We are working on finding the origin of this virus but have had no result yet," said Sally Hong, a spokeswoman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.

"We're also monitoring the health of poultry traders and workers to see if they have any symptoms of flu."

Since the H5N1 virus resurfaced in Asia in 2003, it has killed 241 people in a dozen countries, according to the World Health Organisation.

Experts fear the constantly mutating virus could change into a form easily transmitted from person to person. (Reporting by Amrita Sheokand; Editing by Nick Macfie)

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HK scours farms for source of H5N1 virus
(Reuters)

12 June 2008

HONG KONG - Hong Kong officials scoured farms and wholesale markets on Thursday, searching for the source of an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus that forced the culling of thousands of birds across the wealthy city.


Hong Kong ordered a cull of 3,500 poultry on Wednesday after discovering the H5N1 virus in four markets scattered across the city's northern and central areas, including in the commerce and retail hub of the main island.

Samples taken from local farms have so far tested negative. But officials found instances of the virus at several wholesale suppliers, which have since had their facilities cleaned and disinfected.

?We are working on finding the origin of this virus but have had no result yet,? said Sally Hong, a spokeswoman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.

?We're also monitoring the health of poultry traders and workers to see if they have any symptoms of flu.?

Since the H5N1 virus resurfaced in Asia in 2003, it has killed 241 people in a dozen countries, according to the World Health Organisation.

Experts fear the constantly mutating virus could change into a form easily transmitted from person to person.

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Here what is think with bird flu, we will have a influenza pandemic someday because history has had several. We do not know how severe it will be or when it will be. The only thing we do know for certain is that it will happen again because as long as birds and humans exist the possibility of one will always be there. The threat never goes away.

[Giuseppe]

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Here what is think with bird flu, we will have a influenza pandemic someday because history has had several. We do not know how severe it will be or when it will be. The only thing we do know for certain is that it will happen again because as long as birds and humans exist the possibility of one will always be there. The threat never goes away.

Yes. History is the only certainty in all the chaotic recent story of bird flu panzootics. Since XVIII century pandemic of ''catarrhal fever'' were reported in Europe and elsewhere with a certain amount of details. Since 1889/90 a (ex-post) correlation was established between poultry mortality and subsequent morbidity in humans. The example of 1889/90 influenza pandemic with neurological sequelae in Italy (called ''Nona'') is perhaps a cornerstone.
At the present day, Hong Kong seems to be addressing the containment of bird flu in poultry very in deep, with prototypical solutions and commitment of public workers.
The fight against bf in HK will continue in the near future with success and disappointing results but It is important for public health perspective that this commitment will be maintained.

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time :2008-06-12

禽流感阴影笼罩香江疑源头涉及走私鸡/图

Hong Kong bird flu shadow of doubt the source involved in smuggling of chicken / map

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食环署人员穿保护服到街市围封活家禽零售点（图：中新社）

FEHD officers wearing protective suits to enclose the markets of live poultry retail outlets (Figure: ZXS)

【星岛网讯】禽流感攻陷港九新界街市后，港府随即将杀鸡行动升级，即时宰杀零售市场共3500只活鸡；政府重申，没有在批发市场和本地鸡场发现 病毒，不需全面杀鸡，而问题鸡的源头或涉及走私鸡。

[Sing Tao network - the avian flu throughout the territory fell to the markets, then the Government will upgrade slaughter of chickens, immediately killing a total of 3,500 retail market of live chickens; Government reiterated that no local chicken farms in the wholesale market and found the virus, To be a comprehensive slaughter of chickens, chicken and the source of the problem or involved in smuggling of chicken.

《星岛日报》消息，渔护署11日发现联和墟街市的鸡档?荣宗?、仁爱街市的?盛丰园鸡鸭?、鸭脷洲街市的? 雄利?和保安道街市的?贤记?，各有一个环境样本带有H5N1禽流感病毒，保安道街市至今共有四个鸡档的样 本对该病毒呈阳性反应。

"Sing Tao Daily" news, the AFCD on the 11th and Market found that the chicken stalls in markets, "Rongzong," Yan Oi Market "Shengfeng Park chickens and ducks", Ap Lei Chau Market "-Lee" and the security Road Market "Yin", each with an environmental samples of H5N1 avian flu virus, security Road Market So far, a total of four samples of chicken stalls positive for the virus.

政府11日出动400人宰杀全港零售市场3500只活家禽，它们来自64个街市的260个鸡档和209个新 鲜粮食店。

Government on the 11th out of 400 people killed in Hong Kong retail market 3,500 live poultry, they come from 64 markets and 260 chicken stalls in 209 fresh provision shop.

截至11晚21时，该署已屠宰及销毁1470只家禽。

As of 21:00 late November, the department has slaughtered and destroyed 1,470 poultry.

渔护署抽查长沙湾临时家禽批发市场共120个样本，未有发现H5N1禽流感病毒，并于本地50个鸡场抽取1 50个样本，初步对H5N1病毒呈阴性反应。

AFCD checks Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market for a total of 120, had not found the H5N1 avian flu virus, and 50 local chicken farms from 150 samples of the H5N1 virus initially were negative.

渔护署署长张少卿说，正与海关追查三个最新发现有H5N1禽流感病毒的街市的鸡只来源，不排除 是走私鸡。

Miss Cheung said the Director of AFCD, is working with the Customs and Excise Department to trace the three newly found the H5N1 bird flu virus in chickens in the market sources did not rule out the smuggling of chicken.

当局正与鸡贩商讨赔偿问题，根据法例每只鸡可赔偿三十元

Administration is working with the chicken traders to discuss the issue of compensation, under the law of compensation can be 30 yuan Mei Zhiji

食物及卫生局局长周一岳表示，会与业界商讨提升零售市场的防疫管理，若未能落实改善措施，不排除延长禁售鸡 只21天的期限。

The Secretary for Health and Food York Chow said that it will discuss with the industry enhance the immunization management of the retail market, if the failure to implement improvement measures, did not rule out extending the ban chickens in the 21 days period.

他又说，在涉及鸡只的不同层面之中，零售市场有最大漏洞，甚少鸡贩上报有病死鸡，期望业界遵守发牌条件，诚 实报告消息。

He added that in the different aspects involved chickens, the biggest loophole in the retail market, the sick little chicken traders reported dead chickens, expect the industry to comply with the licensing conditions, honest news report.

市民在过去数天可能买了问题活鸡，食物环境卫生署副署长刘焱说，保安道街市鸡档证实带有H5N1禽流感病毒 当天，全港零售市场共有10万只活鸡，至10日晚只卖剩3500只，于11日的宰杀行动开始前，部分可能已 被出售。

People in the past few days may have bought the issue of live chickens, Deputy Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said Liu Yan, security Road Market poultry stalls with a confirmed H5N1 avian influenza virus the same day, the retail market in Hong Kong a total of 100,000 live chickens, to 10 Late only sell surplus 3500, 11, killed in action before the start, some might have been sold.

她承认，该署过去的监察行动并无所获，但联和墟、仁爱和鸭脷洲街市三个鸡档均没有发现死鸡。

She acknowledged that the monitoring operations in the past and Wu Suohuo, but together and fair, caring and Ap Lei Chau Market three chicken stalls are not dead chickens were found.

渔护署助理署长薛汉宗补充，感染病毒的鸡只没有死亡，是因为病毒的数量不足以令鸡只死亡，又或它们本身有抗 体。

AFCD Assistant Director of Xue Han added that no infected chickens died because the virus is not sufficient for the number of dead chickens, or their own antibodies.

署方已把7日于保安道街市找到的H5N1禽流感病毒样本送往香港大学进行基因排序，证实与亚洲其他地区的野 鸟禽流感病毒基因排序相似，没有变种。

The Department has been on the 7th in the security market, found the H5N1 bird flu virus samples to the University of Hong Kong carried out genetic sequencing, and other parts of Asia confirmed that the avian bird flu virus gene similar sort, no mutation.

另据悉，目前香港未有发现人类感染禽流感的个案，卫生署与医院管理局已加强人类禽流感的检测工作，特别留意 受影响街市家禽从业员的健康状况。

Meanwhile, in Hong Kong were no human infection of bird flu cases, the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority has stepped up bird flu testing work, pay special attention to the markets affected the health of poultry workers. http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?hl...12_794026.html

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Hong Kong emergency slaughter of live chickens to prevent bird flu spread
Excerpt:
Professor of Microbiology at the University of Hong Kong Zheng Bo Jian said that the market is in the chicken faeces detected the avian influenza virus, but the market among the dead chickens found no virus, therefore we can not rule out another possibility.

Zheng Bo Jian said: "The arrival of the chicken all play vaccines, local chicken farms in Hong Kong also play all vaccines, in general, once the chickens infected with avian flu, 23 days will be dead. But this did not find dead chickens Therefore, there is also the possibility that a vaccine can only play the part of the protection of the role, that is not the vaccine can only protect the incidence of chicken, but can not guarantee that the virus in chickens will not reproduce in the body. "

Some Hong Kong media quoted infectious disease experts said that the government hands too slow, may have as many as 100,000 high-risk diseased chickens into the market, eating into the consumer population, have a fear that the Hong Kong housewives.

However, the Head of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Hong Kong Yuen Kwok-yung stressed that even if the chicken is infected, the virus in high temperature of 100 degrees in the cooking process also have died.

Professor Yuan Guoyong, said: "If the handling and cooking chicken properly, the risk is very small, the spread of avian flu via the most important people in or have direct contact with diseased chickens and after, did not touch on the hand wash clean their own eyes , The nose and mouth. Once infected with the avian flu virus, the initial symptoms similar to flu, a cough, fever, body muscle pain, but a few days after the symptoms will increase rapidly, accompanied by high fever, shortness of breath and liver and kidney failure. "

Professor Yuan said that so far of human infection of bird flu data show that the mortality rate is 50-80 percent, and the resistance of the virus seems to be unrelated to physical and age, the key is once symptoms must immediately seek medical treatment and timely use of antibiotics .
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6/12/2008 9:20:33 PM

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Dr Chow: up to 4,000 bird chicken

June 13, 2008
[Ming Pao - the Government to clarify, and four Infected with the markets concerned and suspected that the bird flu virus up to only 4,000 chickens. The department is currently checking Infected poultry stalls documentation, tracking of chicken farms and wholesale sources, to know whether involved in smuggling of chicken.

Renewal of chicken farmers did not inform the dead chickens

Live chicken industry dissatisfaction with the accusation they have not reported to the chicken disease that the authorities shirk its responsibility. Food and Health Secretary York Chow (AP) yesterday responded once again stressed that both the farms, transport of live chickens, chicken stalls in the wholesale market and retail industry, found that chickens had abnormal have the responsibility to notify the Government as soon as possible, "Unfortunately, the past Paragraphs, we have received very few reports in this regard. "

Zhou explained: "Hong Kong daily has sold tens of thousands of chickens, for example, at least 40,000, the number of more Chinese New Year holidays, no sick chickens or may not completely dead chickens, which actually is the industry's concealment or they are unwilling to tell us, We have to understand this, we understand that they must have reason! "

Dr Chow clarified that so far released four bird flu virus of the markets, "suspected virus may be" the maximum of only 4,000 chickens, if only of caring markets, ducks  Chau Market, the fair market and three Infected chickens Stalls, and about 1,000 chickens.

FEHD officers yesterday Infected chickens have been added to the file search documents, tracking the chicken wholesale sources, but has yet to be announced yesterday related to the wholesale field, farms and other sources of information and the number of initial announcement of the security Road Infected Market poultry stalls in three chickens, three from eight local and mainland farms.

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Chickens vaccinated for fear of hidden difficult to detect infection
June 13, 2008

[Ming Pao - the four markets throughout the territory of 7 chicken stalls found the H5N1 avian influenza virus, but also advance the chicken stalls, "reported" no dead chickens or sick chickens,  conditions vary with the past, the authorities are now Through mutation of the virus, chickens and dead chickens is not immune to the direction of the three surveys, microbiologists have pointed out that after the vaccination of chickens to a certain degree of protection possible "hidden infection", that is not detoxification disease incidence, It is difficult to monitor category, increasing to-human crisis.

Food and Health Secretary York Chow said authorities are investigating three chicken manure on the avian flu virus but reported no dead chickens in question, First virus itself has not changed; Second, the immunity of chickens has changed, so that they bring No virus disease; three chickens with the virus are not aware that the industry has not reported.

Manure containing the virus reported no dead chickens on the direction of three investigations

Authorities are currently in the market to find the H5N1 avian influenza gene sequencing and found no mutation of the virus have any intelligence , also found that the chickens did not have immunity to change.

Zhongshan University professor in the Department of Microbiology, said Chen Jixiang, birds of avian influenza virus after infection without symptoms, and may be "hidden infection", this situation  on the most commonly appear in teals, after infection without symptoms, but the virus is in The propagation of their intestine, also from the feces of infectious virus, but fewer chickens there.

Chickens fight the bird flu vaccine after a certain antibody protection, the "hidden infection," the problem of chickens is not, but Chen said frankly that, if human exposure from "diseased chickens stealth" virus from the feces, will be the same in Strokes, but not with human intelligence  diseased or dead chickens on the alert, can only be learned through the dangerous virus testing. "This is also when scientists discuss whether vaccination of chickens should be the one worrying."

Yuen Kwok-yung: gene sequencing of variation

Hong Kong University professor of microbiology Yuen Kwok-yung said, Sham Shui Po On Road Market  found the H5N1 bird flu virus, the Asian region and the genetic sequencing of the bird flu virus found the same, it is the local retail chicken stalls in a chicken with H5N1, not the vaccine Failure, or else there should be a large-scale explosive epidemic.

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Re: _|Hong Kong PRC SAR: H5N1 IN CHICKEN|_

Correct. Asymptomatic infection is NOT due to faulty vaccines and it is NOT due to sudden mutation in H5N1.

KY Yuen, Henry Fok Professor in Infectious Diseases Chair and Head, Department of Microbiology at HKU is an absolutely crack microbiologist and, despite his age, is easily ranked in the top 1&#37; of his field.

Hong Kong public health authorities can chase their tails in hopes of understanding this apparent conundrum, or they can let their much-esteemed pundit provide the OBVIOUS answers.