Mexico City, June 28, 2012.
\- Japan banned imports of poultry and other birds of Mexico, because it confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza, Kyodo News reported roasted it quoted Japanese Ministry of Agriculture.
After that, announced that it expects the impact of the ban is minimal, given that Mexico represents less than 0.1% of Japanese imports of chicken that is not thermally processed. Note that in 2011, Japan imported 377 tons of poultry meat from Mexico, according to the ministry.
Remember that on Tuesday, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Food, Rural Development and Fisheries (SAGARPA) confirmed the presence of avian influenza A subtype H7N3 in poultry farms and municipalities Tepatitlán Acatic, which were placed in quarantine.
Nevertheless, the agency said the disease does not affect humans but only the birds, according to the World Organization for Animal Health. http://elsemanario.com.mx/categorias/Mundo/nota/24/11697/pollos-mexicanos-no-entran-a-japon
U.S. researchers have linked a second strain of cholera to the
epidemic that decimated the Haitian population in 2010-11. Previous studies have
suggested that the epidemic was caused by bacteria inadvertently introduced by
Nepalese soldiers who came to assist in recovery from a massive earthquake.
The new strain appears to be local in origin, but its role in the epidemic is
not clear because this strain does not normally produce epidemics.
Haiti suffered a
devastating magnitude 7 earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010, followed by about 52
aftershocks with a magnitude of 4.5 or higher. Estimates indicate that more than
250,000 died immediately, about 300,000 were injured and 1 million were rendered
homeless. Cholera cases began to appear in October and the spread of the disease
was exacerbated by Hurricane Tomas, which skirted the island on Nov. 5 but
produced torrential rains and severe flooding. To date, cholera has killed an
estimated 7,500 Haitians and sickened half a million.
Early studies by.. http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-haiti-cholera-20120618,0,3371170.story