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Avian Influenza Disease Emergency: issue No. 41 (04/08/2006)

Avian Influenza Disease Emergency

Year of publication 2006

Pages 15

Author PhilIp Harris;Animal Production and Health Division

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) FAO and OIE to share bird flu virus data with world’s scientists. Avian flu experts of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and counterparts from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) are to share information on avian flu virus sequences and make this available to the entire scientific community. The move is part of both organizations’ efforts to speed up work on surveillance and control of the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus in birds, and could help in the preparation of human vacc ines that would be needed in the event of a human pandemic.In a statement 1 August announcing that the data exchange will take place through their joint network on avian influenza (OFFLU), FAO and OIE also called on the world’s scientists, international organisations and countries to follow suit and engage in global sharing of virus strains and sequences.

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