Objective
Avian Influenza (AI) or "Bird Flu" is a highly contagious viral infection which can affect all species of birds and can manifest itself in different ways depending mainly on the pathogenicity of the virus involved and on the species affected.
The highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) causes serious disease with high mortality (up to 100%) noticeable to the OIE. More interesting HPAI is shown to infect and cause death in humans. A total of 103 deaths have been recorded by the WHO due HPAI H5N1 infection in a number of countries like Vietnam, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Iraq. Besides the fact that a number of countries were surprised by the outbreaks of HPAI, a greater number of developing countries are missing the adequate tools to detect and differentiate t he HPAI and are lacking experience to manage the outbreak of the disease. Thus there is an urgent need for technology transfer and training.
To fill these gaps, the partners of this consortium will:
i) organize technical workshops to facilitate the technology transfer particularly in the field of molecular diagnostic tools for pathogen detection and differentiation, to reinforce epidemiological analysis for monitoring and modelling of Avian inlfuenza especially and to respond to outbreaks with infectious dis eases of livestock in general.
ii) provide training through organization of seminars and short term courses in well qualified laboratories of a number of members states of European Union.
iii) organize technical workshops, courses and training in the INCO target countries to improve the technical experimental level of the staff and laboratories in charge of livestock infectious diseases
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- social sciences sociology demography mortality
- natural sciences biological sciences microbiology virology
- medical and health sciences health sciences infectious diseases RNA viruses influenza
- agricultural sciences animal and dairy science domestic animals animal husbandry
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FP6-2005-SSP-5-B-INFLUENZA
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Coordinator
BORSTEL
Germany
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