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Importance of rapid testing to combat the global threat of bird flu.
Meijer, A. Importance of rapid testing to combat the global threat of bird flu. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics: 2006, 6(1), 1-4
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One of the important outcomes of the recently held meeting of the World Heatlh Organization (EHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the World Organization of Animal Heath (OIE) and the World Bank in Genevan November 7- 9, 2005, on the threat of avian inluenza A(H5N1), was that there is still a window of opporntunity ot minimize teh threat to both the animal and human populations at the source (the birds) through rapied reduction of the viraal burgen of A(H5N1) influenca . Thorouth the application of advanced biotecnology diagnostic tools for early detection, it is hoped that mass culling of poultry an human losses can be minmize, It was stressed that surveillance by veteranary and human health services should be strengthend to allow early detection, timely notification and rapid medhanisms for an effective response.
One of the important outcomes of the recently held meeting of the World Heatlh Organization (EHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the World Organization of Animal Heath (OIE) and the World Bank in Genevan November 7- 9, 2005, on the threat of avian inluenza A(H5N1), was that there is still a window of opporntunity ot minimize teh threat to both the animal and human populations at the source (the birds) through rapied reduction of the viraal burgen of A(H5N1) influenca . Thorouth the application of advanced biotecnology diagnostic tools for early detection, it is hoped that mass culling of poultry an human losses can be minmize, It was stressed that surveillance by veteranary and human health services should be strengthend to allow early detection, timely notification and rapid medhanisms for an effective response.