RUSSIA - H5N1 kills poultry in Moscow area Feb 16 - 22

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H5N1 kills poultry in Moscow area-RIA
Reuters AlertNet - 16 Feb 2007 18:42:41 GMT
(Adds details, people suspected of having bird flu, background)

MOSCOW, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The H5N1 strain of bird flu has killed poultry in the Moscow region for the first time, Russia's chief sanitary expert and head of a consumer watchdog was quoted by RIA news agency as saying on Friday.

"The pathogenicity of this virus for people has not been confirmed. Vets have detected it, they confirm it is the H5N1 strain," Gennady Onishchenko said.

Last month Russia recorded its first cases this year of the H5N1 strain in dead domestic birds, detected in the southern Krasnodar region.

Russia recorded more than 90 cases of bird flu last year. Most were in southern regions, particularly the North Caucasus area that borders Georgia and Azerbaijan. Several cases were also found in the Siberian regions of Novosibirsk and Omsk.

The virus was detected in a house in the Pavlovsky settlement of the Domodedovo area near Moscow. The house was being disinfected, Onishchenko said.

Workers on two farms near Moscow have been taken to hospital suspected of having the bird flu, Interfax agency cited the acting governor of the Moscow region, Alexei Pantelyeyev, as saying. He added that a few dozen birds had been culled.

Health experts fear the H5N1 virus could mutate into a form that passes easily from human to human, sparking a pandemic that could kill millions. The virus has killed 167 people worldwide since 2003, mainly in Asia.

No human cases have been recorded in Russia. Five people have died from eight cases in neighbouring Azerbaijan.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L16826822.htm

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H5N1 caused poultry deaths near Moscow - chief epidemiologist
21:55 | 16/ 02/ 2007



MOSCOW, February 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's chief epidemiologist and the head of the government's food security watchdog confirmed Friday that the H5N1 strain of bird flu was the cause of poultry deaths in the south of the Moscow Region.

"The pathogenicity of this virus for humans has not been confirmed," Gennady Onishchenko said.

Bird flu cases have been detected in a private farmstead in the Domodedovo District's town of Pavlovsky, where households have a total of about 700 birds, he said.

Onishchenko said it was highly unlikely that the virus will spread to commercial poultry producers.

"Poultry farms in the Domodedovo District are modern and self-contained operations," he said.

Acting Governor Alexei Panteleyev said bird flu cases have also been detected in the Odintsovo district, west of Moscow.

"The [sick] birds - fewer than a hundred in all - have been culled," he said.

He said that people who may have been in contact with the dead birds are now in hospital, undergoing medical tests.

Russia's most recent bird flu outbreak occurred in mid-January, in the southern region of Krasnodar, but it was contained by February.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070216/60871292.html

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babelfished from Russian:

"Bird influenza" in the Moscow area: two people are hospitalized with the suspicion to the virus, in birds it has already been confirmed
Feb 16, 2007

The colleagues of two farmer economies in the environments of Moscow Domodedovo and Zvenigorod are hospitalized with the suspicion to the "bird influenza". On this, as reports "Interfaks", Aleksey Pantelei stated acting of the governor of Moscow region. According to Panteleyeva, sick they delivered into the provincial hospitals Domodedovo and Zvenigorod. It is known that they contacted with the bird, but about the fact that they infected themselves precisely by "bird influenza", by one hundred percent cannot be said, stated i.o. of governor.

The strict quarantine is introduced at all poultry processing facilities of the Moscow area

Entire bird - and this several ten heads, find in the suspicious economies, it is destroyed. The specialists of provincial Ministry of Pub. Health and department of Rospotrebnadzora in Moscow region perform entire necessary work. Aleksey Pantelei also added that the specialists of the provincial Ministry of Agriculture and foodstuffs work on the spot. "In the given farmer economies is introduced quarantine", emphasized acting of governor, after adding, that entire situation find on its personal control.

Between those earlier entered the communications, that on particular Podvor'yakh of Moscow region, namely in the Domodedovo and Odintsovskeye region among the birds occurred the case. Chapter Gennadi Onishchenko's Rospotrebnadzora it confirmed that the precisely bird influenza became the reason for this, reports RIA of "news". "The pathogenicity of this virus for the people is not confirmed. It is isolated by veterinary surgeons, they confirm that this is strain H5N1", said Onishchenko on Friday. Specifically, strain H5N1 is most dangerous for the man.

Onishchenko it reported that the cases of the case of poultry were fixed in the settlement Pavlovsky the Domodedovo region of the Moscow area. "Now is conducted the disinfection of this house with the aid of the disinfection brigades", noted Onishchenko.

According to him, in the settlement live 1700 people. In all in the houses it is contained only more than 700 head of poultry. "According to the data of veterinary surgeons, bird was inculcated. We carry out now the circuits per farm, morbidity among the people ORVI by influenza is located on the doepidemicheskom [epidemic?] level", said Onishchenko. It also reported that occurs checking the bird market, on which owner and acquired the subsequently killed bird.

Special conference regarding the appearance of a "bird influenza" to the Moscow area on Saturday in the morning will take place in Rossel'khoznadzore, the press-secretary of this department reported. They there noted that the "case of birds insignificant, a total of several heads". Representative Rossel'khoznadzora did not name the reason for the loss of birds, after refusing to comment on the possibility of bird influenza.

The last time the cases of the appearance of bird influenza were fixed in the middle of January in a number of the populated areas seaside-Axtarskogo of the region of Krasnodar edge. Thus far the cases of the disease of birds by this virus were not observed from August of past year.

The strict quarantine is introduced at all poultry processing facilities of the Moscow area

At all poultry processing facilities of the Moscow area is introduced a strict quarantine in connection with the detection in two farmer economies of the region of the virus of bird influenza. On this, as transfers ITAR- TASS, reported acting of the governor of Moscow region Aleksey Pantelei.

According to him, quarantine measures at the poultry processing facilities imply the possibility of passage into the accomodation with the bird to the strictly limited number of people, after health of which is conducted a constant control. Furthermore, specialists deal with the shooting of all wild birds, that can prove to be in the zone of poultry processing facilities. "Also veterinary surgeons conduct a constant monitoring of the health of entire bird, which is contained at the factories", it said the Panteleis. It reminded one that similar quarantine measures earlier were conducted at the Moscow poultry processing facilities; however, in connection with the prevailing situation they are sharply intensified.

http://www.newsru.com/russia/16feb2007/h5n1.html

[Theresa42]

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Map.

And, yes, that is a major, international airport in Domodedovo -- "At present (2006), Domodedovo is the main airport of Russia, surpassing Sheremetyevo in terms of international and domestic passenger traffic. It recorded 15.3 million passengers in 2006."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domodedovo_International_Airport

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babelfished from Russian:

The outbreak of bird influenza is fixed in the Moscow area
Feb 16, 2007

The main sanitary doctor of the country, Gennadi Onishchenko confirmed that the reason for the case of poultry in the Domodedovo region of Moscow region is the virus of the bird influenza H5N1. According to the data of veterinary surgeons, entire bird was previously inculcated from the bird influenza. Meanwhile became known about the hospitalization of workers two farmer the economy of the Moscow area. How many men they fell ill and than - thus far it does not communicate. It is known only that the symptoms resemble precisely bird influenza.

The outbreak of "bird influenza" in a number of the farmer economies of Moscow region cannot in the next months be extended to the poultry processing facilities this opinion in ether of the radio station of "Echo of Moscow" it expressed deputy Mosobldumy, the chairman of the "state farm of the name of Lenin" Pavel grudinin. It explained, that the migration of bird yet did not begin, furthermore, at the factories bird is completely isolated on external peace. As far as the possibility of the delivery of the infected production for the market is concerned, this also, according to him, it is highly improbable. "Hardly someone in the territory of region holds bird as meat species. Particular owners do not maintain competition from the side of broilers from the poultry processing facilities or legs of Bush", explained P.Grudinin. Chapter Rospotrebnadzora G. Onishchenko it today confirmed that the reason for the case of bird on particular Podvor'yakh in Moscow region became the "bird influenza". As it communicated earlier, the case of bird was fixed in the Domodedovo and Odintsovskeye regions of the Moscow area.

Is now a strict quarantine introduced at all poultry processing facilities of the Moscow area. Furthermore, specialists deal with the shooting of all wild birds, that occur in the zone of poultry processing facilities. On this OF ITAR- TASS Aleksey Pantelei reported acting of the governor of Moscow region. According to him, similar quarantine measures earlier were conducted at the Moscow factories; however, in connection with the prevailing situation they are sharply intensified.

http://echo.msk.ru/news/360236.html

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babelfished from Spanish (si, Espa?ol!):

They confirm bud of bird influenza and hospitalization of employees of farms
Feb 16, 2007

The Russian sanitary authorities today confirmed the detection of a bud of bird influenza in the region of Moscow and the hospitalization of several employees of bird-raising farms with symptoms of pneumon?a.

"The veterinarians have confirmed who the virus detected in the region of Moscow is stock H5N1', the only mortal them human beings, assured Guennadi On?schenko, head of the Control service Fitosanitario and Veterinario of Russia.

The Russian sanitary head added that now "the agricultural operation is becoming disinfected where detected I appeared and denied that exists the possibility of propagation from the virus to the numerous existing bird-raising factories in the region of Moscow.

In reference to the hospitalized workers, the civil employee assured that "the pathogenic character of the virus for the people is not confirmad?."

On the other hand, the temporary governor of the region of Moscow, Alex?i Panteleev, assured that "it is not possible to be said to the 100 percent that the employees have contracted influenza aviar."

"The specialists of the ministry of Health and the service of epidemiolog?a lead the examinations m?dicos," said.

The local authorities have started up an emergency device - group of forty and sacrifice of birds to avoid the propagation of the epidemic to other zones of the region.

The last bud of epizootia in Russian territory was detected in the middle of January in the southern region of Krasnodar, near the Black Sea.

The first case of bird influenza in Russia was detected in July of 2005 in Siberia and the epidemic later propagated to the European part three months, in concrete to the Buddhist republic of Kalmikia, bathed by the Caspian Sea.

Later, in the Russian norcauc?sica republic of Daguest?n were birds died by the virus in their version H5N1, stock that can be lethal for the humans.

According to the sanitary authorities, the bird influenza arrived at Russian territory through originating Kazajist?n of the northwest of China.

http://actualidad.terra.es/sociedad/articulo/confirman_brote_gripe_aviar_hospitalizacion_1399572.htm

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Bird flu discovered in Moscow region
Feb 16, 2007

MOSCOW (AFP) - Dozens of poultry have died in an outbreak of bird flu in the Moscow region and several farmers have been hospitalized with symptoms of the disease, officials said.

There were conflicting reports about whether the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus was responsible, with the state veterinary authority promising confirmation early Saturday.

"Dead poultry were discovered in the Odintsovo and Domodedovo areas close to Moscow. They died of avian influenza," a spokesman for Russian veterinary service Rosselkhoznadzor, Alexei Alexeyenko, told AFP.

The dead birds included "hens, turkeys [!] and guinea fowl raised on two private farms," he said.

"We are holding tests to check if the H5N1 virus was responsible. The results of the tests should be announced tomorrow morning (Saturday)," he said.

However, the country's top epidemiologist, Gennady Onischenko, citing "veterinarian services," told the Interfax news agency that the H5N1 strain was responsible.

Farmers working in the area "were hospitalised" with symptoms of the avian influenza, acting governor of the Moscow region Alexei Panteleyev told Interfax, adding that the diagnosis was yet to be confirmed.

The governor did not say how many people had been hospitalized.

In all "a few dozen birds" died on two farms and all poultry plants in the area have been quarantined, he said.

If tests confirm the H5N1 virus was responsible, it will be the first case so close to the Russian capital.

H5N1 was registered in late January in poultry plants in the Krasnodar region, just over 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) south of the capital.

The strain first emerged in Asia. Some 270 cases of humans being infected by the bird flu virus have been reported worldwide since 2003 with 164 deaths as of last month.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070216/hl_afp/russiahealthflu_070216202149

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Commentary at

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/02160703/H5N1_Moscow.html

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Bird flu detected near Moscow, strain yet unknown

16.02.2007, 22.23


</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR class=news><TD></TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">MOSCOW, February 16 (Itar-Tass) -- All poultry farms in the Moscow region are under strict quarantine, as bird flu virus has been detected at two farmsteads, acting Moscow regional governor Alexei Panteleyev told Itar-Tass.
He said the access to poultry farms will be limited, and local personnel will be under permanent medical surveillance.
All wild birds that may appear within the poultry farms? range will be shot down, eh said.
The poultry farms near Moscow have had similar quarantines before, but precautious are tighter this time.
Bird flu has been detected in the Moscow region, but the strain is yet unknown, Federal Veterinarian and Phytosanitary Control Service spokesman Alexei Alexeyenko told Itar-Tass.
He said the service is testing blood samples of the birds that died at two farmsteads in the Domodedovo and Odintsovo districts.
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11260638&PageNum=0

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Commentary

H5N1 Confirmed Near Moscow
Recombinomics Commentary
February 16, 2007

The H5N1 strain of bird flu has killed poultry in the Moscow region for the first time, Russia's chief sanitary expert and head of a consumer watchdog was quoted by RIA news agency as saying on Friday.

"The pathogenicity of this virus for people has not been confirmed. Vets have detected it, they confirm it is the H5N1 strain," Gennady Onishchenko said.

Workers on two farms near Moscow have been taken to hospital suspected of having the bird flu, Interfax agency cited the acting governor of the Moscow region, Alexei Pantelyeyev, as saying. He added that a few dozen birds had been culled.

The above comments describe confirmed H5N1 in a region just south of Moscow. H5N1 in this region has not been described previously. The confirmation provides additional evidence for widespread infections of Qinghai H5N1 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, although most of the countries neighboring the confirmed regions have failed to report H5N1 this season.

Last year most countries in these regions did not report H5N1 until February or March, although H5N1 migrated into the region in the fall. Recently, H5N1 has been reported in Krasnodar, Hungary, England, Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Nigeria, and the Ivory Coast. Thus far only Egypt and Nigeria have reported confirmed human cases this season, although there have been suspect cases in Azerbaijan, Turkey, England, and Iraq.

More information on the sequences of the new isolates would be useful. The new isolates in two regions in southeast Hungary are said to be 99.4% identical to Qinghai isolates from 2006 in Europe, and 99.96% identical to the isolates from the Turkey farm in Suffolk, UK. Only Egypt has released sequences for the current season.


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Domodedovo International Airport Announces Operating Results for First Month of 2007

According to the results of Domodedovo International Airport activities in January 2007, Domodedovo is maintaining its leading position among Moscow area airports in terms of passenger traffic.

Overall passenger throughput at Domodedovo in January 2007 reached 1,128,000 passengers, a 19.8% increase over the same period of 2006.

The highest growth was recorded to destinations such as Ekaterinburg, Hurghada, Bangkok, London, Tashkent, Utapao, Istanbul, Zurich, St Petersburg, Baku. Domodedovo handled over 252.5 thousand passengers on these routes, a 50% growth over January 2006.

Additional information:

Passenger throughput on international routes in January 2007 reached 679,000 passengers, a 25.4% increase over the same period of 2006.

Passenger traffic on domestic routes for the first month of 2007 reached 449,000, a 12.3% rise against the results for the comparable period of 2006.

http://www.domodedovo.ru/en/main/news/press_rel/?ID=1731

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Suspect H5N1 Cases Hospitalized Near Moscow
Recombinomics Commentary
February 16, 2007

Meanwhile became known about the hospitalization of workers two farmer the economy of the Moscow area. How many men they fell ill and than - thus far it does not communicate. It is known only that the symptoms resemble precisely bird influenza.

The above translation describes farm workers at two locations that have bird flu symptoms. English language media reports indicate H5N1 has been confirmed in the poultry and the workers have pneumonia. If there are several workers and/or workers at multiple locations with pneumonia and other bird flu symptoms, there is cause for concern.

The H5N1 is almost certainly the Qinghai strain, which has spread throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa this season and last season. Although the Qinghai isolates have regional markers, the number of countries with confirmed H5N1 is significant. Confirmed cases were first identified in Turkey at the beginning of 2006. These cases were quickly followed by cases in Iraq, Egypt, Djibouti, and Azerbaijan. This season there have been confirmed cases in Egypt and Nigeria. Although the H5N1 from the human cases have changes in the receptor binding domain (S227N in Turkey and Egypt, V223I in Egypt, M230I in Egypt, N186K in Azerbaijan, N186S and Q196R in Iraq.

However, not all human isolates have these changes, and the human cases involve a number of regional changes. Therefore, human cases near Moscow would not be a surprise.

More information on the number of hospitalized patients as well as sequence information would be useful.


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Article downplays infected farmers

H5N1 caused poultry deaths near Moscow: chief epidemiologist

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070216/60871292.html

Russia's chief epidemiologist and the head of the government's food security watchdog confirmed on Friday that the H5N1 strain of bird flu was the cause of poultry deaths in the south of the Moscow Region.

"The pathogenicity of this virus for humans has not been confirmed," Gennady Onishchenko was quoted by the RIA Novosti news agency as saying.

Bird flu cases have been detected in a private farmstead in the Domodedovo District's town of Pavlovsky, where households have a total of about 700 birds, he said.

Onishchenko said it was highly unlikely that the virus would spread to commercial poultry producers.

"Poultry farms in the Domodedovo District are modern and self- contained operations," he said.

Acting Governor Alexei Panteleyev said bird flu cases had also been detected in the Odintsovo district, west of Moscow.

"The (sick) birds -- fewer than a hundred in all -- have been culled," he said.

He said that people who may have been in contact with the dead birds are now in hospital, undergoing medical tests.

Russia's most recent bird flu outbreak occurred in mid-January, in the southern region of Krasnodar, but it was contained by February.

Source: Xinhua

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Could you put the link to the article please unpathedhaunt ?
Thank.