Sri Lanka&#39;s mystery illness identified as Influenza B
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The mystery illness in the southern parts of Sri Lanka which has killed eight people was a type of influenza and had no links with bird flu or SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), the official Daily News said Tuesday.
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Officials are concerned about the possible spread of serious ailments such as cholera, typhoid and malaria and also issued warnings about the bird flu virus.
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Indonesia is investigating a possible   cluster of bird flu cases after a man died and his brother and   sister were hospitalized, one of them testing positive for bird   flu, a doctor said on Tuesday.
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Questions must be raised as to why it has taken such a long time to determine that former employees at a poultry farm in Kyoto Prefecture struck early this year by a massive outbreak of bird flu were infected with the virus during the incident.
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The influenza B type disease which was spreading in the Southern part of the country is now under control, the Health authorities claimed yesterday.
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A case of bird flu in Thailand sparks fears of human to human transmission.
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Indonesia has found traces of H5N1 bird flu in apparently healthy-looking poultry, making it tougher to detect the disease in the country hardest hit by the virus, officials said on Monday.
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The strain of bird flu which killed 2,600 turkeys on a UK farm is identified as the H5N1 virus.
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Experts confirm the H5N1 bird flu virus outbreak at a Suffolk turkey farm is the Asian strain.
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The strain of bird flu which killed 2,600 turkeys in Suffolk has been identified as the H5N1 virus.
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An outbreak of avian influenza in a family in Thailand has raised fears that the virus might have been transferred directly between humans.
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Asia faces an outbreak of  unprecedented proportions as it grapples with avian influenza,  which the World Health Organization warns could develop into a  pandemic unless detection and prevention methods are improved.
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Health experts have identified a mystery illness that has infected 34 children in a Hong Kong hospital as a common respiratory virus.
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KUALA LUMPUR (dpa) - Malaysia announced Tuesday that it has detected three new outbreaks of the deadly avian influenza, one of which is outside the quarantine zone of the first area hit by the virus.
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Health authorities in Sri Lanka have revealed that eight people recently died from a virus which showed symptoms similar to bird flu.
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HONG KONG: Health authorities in Hong Kong are investigating the outbreak of a mysterious respiratory illness in a hospital that has infected 28 children.
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¡¡ GENEVA, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- The World Health Organization (WHO)said Wednesday that two of the three fatal human cases of bird fluin Vietnam were identified as caused by strain of the H5N1 virus.