Where is… Bethel and 2007 bird flu

There may be a closer case of HPAI H5N1 in birds, but this is confirmed.

2007-02-04
My apologies to those who listen to webpages rather than see images– the distance between Bethel and the nearest HPAI H5N1 is 3,553 miles (see map below). In the comments you will note the distance to the HPAI H5N1 in England is 4,632 miles (7454 km). On the US newsmedia cognitive maps, the UK is closer.

Bird flu detected in southern Japan identified as virulent H5N1 strain
Updated 1/16/2007
TOKYO (AP) — Tests have confirmed that bird flu detected in chickens in southern Japan was the virulent H5N1 strain that has caused more than 160 human deaths worldwide, the Japanese Agriculture Ministry said Tuesday.

The virus, identified Tuesday by the National Institute of Animal Health, killed about 4,000 chickens last week at a farm in Kiyotake town in Miyazaki prefecture (state).

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-01-16-bird-flu_x.htm

Japan says bird flu outbreak is from deadly H5N1
16 Jan 2007 Source: Reuters
By Miho Yoshikawa

TOKYO, Jan 16 (Reuters) - An outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm in southwestern Japan was due to the lethal H5N1 strain of the virus, a farm ministry official said on Tuesday, confirming the first such case to hit Japan in three years.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T261412.htm

http://www.wpro.who.int/sites/csr/data/data_Maps.htm

2007 map from WHO
2007 WHO map

Cumulative map from WHO
cumulative WHO map

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1 mpb 2007 January 21 at 11:09 pm

Military ‘concerned’ by bird flu cases

By Vince Little, Stars and Stripes, Pacific edition, Tuesday, January 23, 2007

The U.S. military medical community is “quite concerned” about Japan’s latest case of bird flu, Col. Mark Presson said Friday… “They rounded up those birds and destroyed the ones that were affected.

“But I think we all see the potential. We haven’t had a major pandemic for some time. … It can be devastating across all ages. Regardless of where you go, this issue is talked about.”

Presson said the lethal H5N1 strain of the virus doesn’t move easily from person to person. But viruses mutate constantly, and that’s driving concerns.

“It makes managing a viral pandemic very difficult,” he said. “Today’s issue may not be tomorrow’s. That’s the challenge of flu management and prevention.”

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=42979
2 Pam 2007 February 3 at 10:32 pm

“Distance between Bethel, Alaska, United States and Greenwich Obs, England, United Kingdom, as the crow [or turkey] flies:

4632 miles (7454 km) (4025 nautical miles)”

Bethel, Alaska, US
Area: Bethel Census Area
Location: 60:46:06N 161:46:20W
Population (1990): 4674

Greenwich Obs, England, United Kingdom
Location: 51:28:00N 0:00:00E

http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist?place1=bethel%2C+ak&place2=Greenwich+UK
3 Pam 2007 April 25 at 3:14 pm

http://www.indo.com/

Distance between Bethel, Alaska, United States and Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, as the crow flies:
2640 miles (4249 km) (2294 nautical miles)

and Chicago, Illinois, United States, as the crow flies:
3257 miles (5242 km) (2830 nautical miles)

and Beijing, China, as the crow flies:
3615 miles (5818 km) (3142 nautical miles)

and Washington, District of Columbia, United States, as the pork flies:
3765 miles (6059 km) (3272 nautical miles)

and Baghdad, Iraq, as the crow flies:
5790 miles (9318 km) (5031 nautical miles)

and Kuwait City, Kuwait, as the crow flies:
6020 miles (9688 km) (5231 nautical miles)

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