Pandemic Flu Information (PFI)

Pandemic Flu Plan

PLAN STRATÉGIQUE POUR LA  PRÉPARATION ET LA RIPOSTE À D’ÉVENTUELS CAS DE GRIPPE AVIAIRE AU BURKINA FASO EN 2005-2006

Official Information

Ministére de Santé

H1N1 Human Data

No human cases of H1N1 have been reported.

H5N1 Human Data

No human cases of H5N1 have been reported.

H5N1 Animal Data

March 2006; guineafowls; Kadiogo province
OIE

Map of animal outbreaks in Burkina Faso

Science

Ducatez et al. (2007) Genetic Characterization of HPAI (H5N1) Viruses from Poultry and Wild Vultures, Burkina Faso. Emerg. Infect. Dis. April.

Ducatez et al. (2007) Molecular and antigenic evolution and geographical spread of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in western Africa. J Gen Virol. 88:2297-306.

News

Burkina Faso gets deadly bird flu
BBC, April 4, 2006