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Asia responds to avian influenza.(News)
All accumulated evidence suggests that infections in humans have resulted from close contact with diseased birds; there is no evidence to suggest changes in the transmission pattern of the H5N1 virus, Dr. Guenael Rodier, WHO Special Adviser on Communicable Diseases, said in a teleconference from Ankara, Turkey, at press time.
According to WHO, because most confirmed cases of avian influenza are in children, the Turkish government has launched an intensive awareness campaign to reduce this group's risk of transmission. "Primarily, we feel the behavior of young children with birds is the cause," Dr. Rodier said.
About 100,000 treatment courses of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) have arrived in Turkey and are being used to treat patients and as prophylaxis among those at high risk for transmission. Roche, which ...
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