Home>News Center>China
       
 

China open on bird flu - US agency
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-12-21 07:09

China and the United States are cooperating on efforts to understand deadly bird flu, U.S. National Institutes of Health director Elias Zerhouni said on Tuesday.

"There is a definite willingness to be completely cooperative, be completely transparent and to exchange samples with the WHO and with other partners so we can track the genetic changes," he told a news conference in Beijing.

"I think it is remarkable as compared to the situation before SARS, where transparency and cooperation was less than optimal," he said.

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that China had agreed to share virus isolates from human bird flu cases, which the U.N. agency has been seeking to help it track the deadly H5N1 virus.

The director of the Chinese Centers for Disease Control presented Shigeru Omi, WHO's regional director for the Western Pacific, with a draft agreement in Beijing on Tuesday, said WHO spokeswoman Maria Cheng.

"They agreed they would share the isolates with WHO's network of collaborating centers," said Geneva-based Cheng, adding details on logistics would be finalized very shortly.

Sharing virus isolates taken from human bird flu patients will help experts track the virus to see how it changes and allow them to compare any genetic changes with cases in countries such as Indonesia and Vietnam.

This year, China has had more than 30 outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu that scientists fear could mutate from a disease which largely affects birds to one that can pass easily between people, leading to a human pandemic.

There have been 139 confirmed human cases of H5N1, all of them in Asia, including six in China. Two people have died from bird flu in China, out of 71 known fatalities in Asia.

The U.S. and Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Agriculture Ministries were collaborating to build the ability to detect and diagnose the virus and train experts, Zerhouni said.

Tracking changes in samples from human cases was key to developing a vaccine and the National Institutes of Health was working on a vaccine as well as testing antiviral medicines that could provide an alternative to Tamiflu, he said.



Taiwan pilot's maiden flight with mainland airline
Expressway accident kills 17
Hostage crisis in Kunming
  Today's Top News     Top China News
 

China increases size of economy, no policy change

 

   
 

Transport strike brings New York to a halt

 

   
 

Foreign journalists promised greater help

 

   
 

Dam under construction to minimize pollution

 

   
 

China, WHO sign virus co-op deal

 

   
 

Former bank official gets death for graft

 

   
  FM: China's foreign policy seeks common interests
   
  Ambassador: substantive progress in 2005 Russia-China ties
   
  China increases size of economy, no policy change
   
  Safer water promised for rural people
   
  China open on bird flu - US agency
   
  China, WHO sign virus co-op deal
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  News Talk  
  It is time to prepare for Beijing - 2008  
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 日韩三级电影在线播放| 秋霞鲁丝片一区二区三区| 国产精品成熟老女人视频| youjizz欧美| 成年女人永久免费看片| 久久国产精品99精品国产| 国产jizz在线观看| 国产精品视频你懂的| av无码av天天av天天爽| 性xxxx18免费观看视频| 久久99国产精品久久99小说 | 国产精品不卡视频| 999久久久无码国产精品| 好吊妞视频在线| 二级毛片在线播放| 欧美换爱交换乱理伦片老| 又粗又大又爽又紧免费视频| 91啦视频在线| 扒开两腿中间缝流白浆在线看| 亚洲成人高清在线| 精品少妇ay一区二区三区| 国产乱来乱子视频| 高潮毛片无遮挡高清免费视频| 天天夜碰日日摸日日澡| 下面一进一出好爽视频| 无遮挡亲胸捏胸激吻视频| 久久亚洲精品国产亚洲老地址| 日韩精品中文字幕在线观看| 亚洲va在线∨a天堂va欧美va| 欧美成人午夜视频| 亚洲日本中文字幕天天更新| 污污在线免费观看| 亚洲精品午夜国产va久久成人| 特黄黄三级视频在线观看| 国产一有一级毛片视频| 非常h很黄的变身文| 国产精品欧美激情在线播放| 一级成人黄色片| 成人午夜精品无码区久久| 九九精品99久久久香蕉| 欧洲精品一卡2卡三卡4卡乱码|