Is there a vaccine to protect humans from H5N1 virus?
Avian Flu Frequently Asked QuestionsThere currently is no commercially available vaccine to protect humans against the H5N1 virus that is being seen in Asia and Europe. However, vaccine development efforts are taking place. Research studies to test a vaccine to protect humans against H5N1 virus began in April 2005, and a series of clinical trials is underway. For more information about the H5N1 vaccine development process, visit the National Institutes of Health website.
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EISS - FAQ VaccinationNo. Currently available vaccines will not protect against disease caused by the A(H5N1) strain in humans. The WHO and many other organisations worldwide are working towards producing a vaccine against avian A(H5N1) influenza. Candidate vaccines have been produced, which are being evaluated in humans. However mass production of a vaccine will probably not take place unless there is evidence of efficient spread between humans.
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Bird Flu Plans - Thailand ForumNo. Currently available vaccines will not protect against disease caused by the H5N1 strain in humans. WHO is urgently working together with laboratories in the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network to develop a prototype H5N1 virus for use by leading vaccine manufacturers. available vaccine prototype virus, developed using the 2003 strain of H5N1 (which caused the two human cases in Hong Kong), cannot be used to expedite vaccine development.
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Avian influenza : Frequently Asked QuestionsThere is no vaccine for humans against avian flu. The vaccine against human influenza virus does not protect against avian flu.
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Bird Flu / Avian Influenza - Ankara, TurkeyThere currently is no vaccine to protect humans against the H5N1 virus that is being seen in Asia. However, vaccine development efforts are under way. Research studies to test a vaccine to protect humans against H5N1 virus began in April 2005. (Researchers are also working on a vaccine against H9N2, another bird flu virus subtype.) For more information about the H5N1 vaccine development process, visit the National Institutes of Health website.
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What is the risk to humans from the H5N1 virus in Asia and Europe?
Avian Flu Frequently Asked QuestionsThe H5N1 virus does not usually infect humans. In 1997. However, the first case of spread from a bird to a human was seen during an outbreak of bird flu in poultry in Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region. The virus caused severe respiratory illness in 18 people, 6 of whom died. Since that time, there have been other cases of H5N1 infection among humans.
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Avian Flu Frequently Asked QuestionsThe H5N1 virus currently infecting birds in Asia that has caused human illness and death is resistant to amantadine and rimantadine, two antiviral medications commonly used for influenza. Two other antiviral medications, oseltamavir and zanamavir, would probably work to treat flu caused by the H5N1 virus, but additional studies still need to be done to prove their effectiveness.
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Potomac Institute - Bird Fluof July 2005, there is no vaccine for the H5N1 virus. However, scientists are working to develop one.
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FAQ | Avian Flu | Ducks Unlimited CanadaTo date, the high pathogenic H5N1 strain of the avian flu virus has resulted in the deaths of millions of domestic birds. Despite the millions of people who have had close contact with domestic fowl during the past 10 years in Asia, just over 325 people have been infected worldwide. This is an extremely low rate of infection. However, human health officials are concerned with the greater than 50 percent mortality rate of people that have been infected.
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Bird Flu: Frequently Asked QuestionsTo date, the high pathogenic Asian H5N1 strain of the avian flu virus has resulted in the deaths of millions of domestic birds. Despite the millions of people who have had close contact with domestic fowl during the past nine years in Asia, more than 320 people have been infected worldwide. This is an extremely low rate of infection. However, human health officials are concerned with the 61 percent mortality rate of people that have been infected.
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Winnebago County Health Department - FAQ'sThe H5N1 virus does not usually infect humans. In 1997, however, the first case of spread from a bird to a human was seen during an outbreak of bird flu in poultry in Hong Kong. The virus caused severe respiratory illness in 18 people, 6 of whom died. Since that time, there have been other cases of H5N1 infection among humans. Most recently, human cases of H5N1 infection have occurred in Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia during large H5N1 outbreaks in poultry.
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Is the annual flu vaccine effective against the H5N1 virus?
City of Shaker Heights - HealthNo. The annual flu vaccine only works against seasonal flu strains. Although a vaccine against the H5N1 virus is under development in several countries, any mutant flu virus could cause a pandemic. The vaccine needs to closely match the pandemic virus in order to work, so large-scale commercial production will not start until the new virus has emerged and a pandemic has been declared.
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Potomac Institute - Bird FluThe exact time to develop a vaccine for the H5N1virus is unknown, but it estimated that it will take four to six months.
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BirdFlu.am - Get the facts - Stay healthyThere currently is no commercially available vaccine to protect humans against the HPAI virus that is being detected in Asia and Europe. However, vaccine development efforts are taking place. Research studies to test a vaccine that will protect humans began in April 2005, and a series of clinical trials is now underway.
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Frequently asked questions about Avian Influenza or Bird fluAnswer: Not yet. It is possible that a vaccine using the H5N1 strain of influenza may give partial protection if that strain changes and spreads more easily among humans. Prototypes of an H5N1 vaccine are being developed by several manufacturers around the world, including Australia’s domestic manufacturer, CSL Limited. The government is committed to buying a substantial amount of H5N1 vaccine as soon as it is proven safe and effective (see Section 3.
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FAQs about Bird Flu | MAF Biosecurity New ZealandHumans have caught H5N1 mainly through very close and prolonged contact with poultry in places such as markets and poultry farms, where there is a high density of different species of bird mixing, and where they are exposed to both live and dead birds and their droppings. There is little risk of people in New Zealand being infected through normal contact with birds. New Zealand does not have live bird markets and our commercial poultry industry operates under strict biosecurity measures.
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BirdFlu123.com - Protective Bird Flu Masks, Gloves, Suits an...There is no evidence to date that cats can spread H5N1 to humans. No cases of avian influenza in humans have been linked to exposure to sick cats, and no outbreaks among populations of cats have been reported. All of the influenza A (H5N1) infections in cats reported to date appear to have been associated with outbreaks in domestic or wild birds and acquired through ingestion of raw infected meat.
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Welcome to the Flu in Maine Website - Avian InfluenzaNo, there isn’t a vaccine yet available for this specific type of flu, though work is going on to develop one. There are medicines called antiviral drugs available that may help limit symptoms and reduce the chance that the disease will spread. There have been reports that the flu in some human patients has developed a resistance to some of these antivirals, however. Remember that the H5N1 virus has never yet been detected anywhere in North America.
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West Nile Virus FAQsNo. There is no vaccine available for humans but two companies are currently developing a WNV vaccine.
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Utah Division of Wildlife ResourcesAnswer: No, there is currently no vaccine approved for use in humans. The best method of protection is to avoid contact with infected mosquitoes.
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Southern Nevada Health District - West Nile Virus Frequently...No. Currently there is no West Nile virus vaccine available for humans. Many scientists are working on this issue, and there is hope that a vaccine will become available in the next few years.
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Bird Flu / Avian Influenza - Ankara, TurkeyThe H5N1 virus does not usually infect humans. In 1997, however, the first case of infection from a bird to a human was identified during an outbreak of bird flu in poultry in Hong Kong. The virus caused severe respiratory illness in 18 people, 6 of whom died. Since that time, there have been other cases of H5N1 infection among humans. Most recently, human cases of H5N1 infection have occurred in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonesia.
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