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Close to Turkey - sounds like BF even if it doesn't get admitted.
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we're getting close folks
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http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/03/a32dc644-
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Everybody is afraid to admit that BF is mutating and they keep on telling the same story pneumonia we know that it is the cause of BF infection. We will see more and more cases like this Remember we need to go to work just like nothing happed we need to make The Man happy
Just remember that you can’t keep this under raps for long the truth will come up
And it will be too late for many of us
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Very disturbing.

 

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I didnt hear anything about actual tests done to dismiss the cases. Is this one more denial based upon medical conjecture.

If they had done tests fo h5n1 would they not just come out and say that. Ya no somthing like Lab results confirm two girls did not have H5N1 virus.

Instead we get (Ruled out)     HOW?????

Tragic Coincident        &n bsp; Really!!!

Died of Pneumonia       Yep thats what most H5N1 victims Die From

 

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Exactly.

There was no reporting that they even tested for H5N1. Instead, just a vague and casual dismissal.

That is so disingenuous. All they've managed to do is stoke suspicion.
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Bird flu outbreak confirmed in Russia

( area is located just east of where 2 grils died in Tibilisi)

Mar 10, 2006, 21:23

A bird flu outbreak has been confirmed at a bird product processing plant
in southern Russia, Itar-Tass news agency reported.

Laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of the highly pathogenic
H5N1 strain of avian influenza virus in dead birds, the agency said
Thursday.

More than 70,000 chickens have been culled since the beginning of
March, when fowl began to die en masse at the processing plant in the
southern region of Stavropol.

The infection and rapid spread of the deadly virus among the domestic
birds were due to the plant's neglect of relevant regulations with regard
to disease prevention, according to Russia's veterinary experts.

Stavropol region first reported the epidemic in late February when the
virus was only spreading among birds on poultry farms.

But now more than 2,500 domestic birds have died of the disease in the
region.

Since bird flu was firstly recorded in Siberia last July, the disease has been
detected in other parts of Russia. The Caspian Sea province of Dagestan
and the southwestern region of Krasnodar are the worst affected, where
900,000 and 700,000 domestic birds have been killed respectively as a
result of the disease.


http://www.rxpgnews.com/world/epidemics/avianinfluenza/
printer_3635.shtml

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The Ukraine is just West-North_West from Georgia. (Across the Black Sea from Turkey.  The Ukraine has had well over a thousand "pneumonia" deaths this winter.  Just to the west of the Ukraine is Moldavia and they have had close to a thousand deaths from "Pneumonia".  The coverup continues.

We don't know how many of the pneumonia deaths could be directly traced back to Sichuan Sheet, but I expect that most of them are.

Those girls and hundreds more like them are dead because of the coverup.
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Well how many pneuomonia deaths do they normally have? If you think all those pneuomonia deaths, or most of them, are bird-flu, then what happened to all the other causes of pneuomonia this year?

For sure a thousand sounds like alot, but its not. At this time of year more than 10,000 people are dying in the UK every week (of all causes). Im sure we end up with more than 1000 respiratory-related deaths over the course of winter each year.

Whats missing fom those numbers is the location, If those 1000 pneuomonia deaths are spread out all over the country, it may be totally normal. If they were all in a certain regin, or there were housands of EXCESSIVE deaths, above the normal rate, then it would merit further investigation.

Also the weather in that part of the world has been very severe, that had the insanely cold snap in winter, which was exascurbated by the crisis over gas-supply from Russia.


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Moving away from Georgia etc, and returning to Azerbaijan, here is the latest news from the WHO about the outbreak. Im sure you wont be surprised to see that they seem to be doing the usual thing if disgarding mild cases, and that diagnostic testing is a problem again. I still remain openminded, whilst it does seem negligent to discard such cases, I can see why initial high numbers may reduce completely legitimately as well. Going door-to-door after someones got real ill, and hospitalising potential cases, is bound to result in some people who only have normal flu being picked up. We cant solve this by shouting conspiracy at the WHO, we need better, faster testing. WHO can eliminate uncertain/mild cases because its hard to get a positive result, if we could do testing easier & more accurately, then it would be possible to actually look at the possible 'mild ird flu' in humans phenomenon and see how often its actually the case.

Anyway heres the WHO report:

Avian influenza – situation in Azerbaijan

10 March 2006

Since the beginning of March, the Ministry of Health in Azerbaijian has been investigating a cluster of 10 persons placed under observation for possible infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. All of these persons are from the Daikyand settlement in Salyan Rayon in the eastern part of the country.

The Salyan Rayon is located near wetlands frequented by migratory birds. Recent deaths of poultry have been reported in the Daikyand settlement, but the cause of these deaths has not yet been determined. The investigation was launched when two young women, who were neighbours, died within a week of each other. The first patient, a 17-year-old girl, died on 23 February. She was reported to have suffered for more than a year from respiratory symptoms associated with a neoplastic condition. Her death is now thought to have been caused by this pre-existing disease. As a precaution, samples have been taken and will be sent for H5N1 testing at a WHO collaborating laboratory in the United Kingdom.

The second death occurred on 3 March in a 20-year-old woman who died following rapidly progressive acute pneumonia, which is a characteristic feature in many cases of H5N1 infection.

Immediately following the second death, the Ministry of Health initiated daily house-to-house investigations, conducted by four teams of hospital staff, looking for persons in the settlement having respiratory symptoms or fever. As a result, an additional 8 persons were hospitalized for observation. Of these, six showed only mild symptoms. They have fully recovered and have now been discharged from hospital.

Of the remaining two patients, one, a 17-year-old girl, died on 8 March. A 16-year-old boy remains hospitalized in isolation. His condition is critical.

The response of the Ministry of Health has been prompt and efficient, but hampered by the lack of some essential equipment and supplies and inadequate diagnostic capacity. Prior to the event, staff from the Ministry of Health had visited offices of sanitary hygiene and epidemiology in each rayon within the country, creating a high level of awareness of the disease and a correspondingly high level of alert for possible cases of unusual respiratory disease. The house-to-house surveillance for cases is continuing.

A WHO team is presently in Azerbaijan to assess needs and provide technical support to health officials. The team will be augmented on Monday with additional expertise and supplies, including laboratory equipment and diagnostic reagents. Samples have been collected by local officials and shipment to the WHO-affiliated laboratory is expected to take place early next week. Supplies of the antiviral drug oseltamivir are available in Azerbaijan, but the quantity is limited. To date, all patients under investigation have received treatment with this drug.

Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza was initially confirmed in Azerbaijan on 9 February in wild birds found in the coastal area near the capital city of Baku. On 24 February, the country announced detection of infection in poultry at farms in Khyzy (in the north-eastern part of the country) and Bilasuvar (near Salyan). Some 300,000 birds were culled as a result.


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More bird-flu suffers hospitalized
Cianjur, W Java (ANTARA News) - A 32-year-old woman, Iin Suryani, a recident of Cinajur town, on Feiday was admitted to Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung for suspected birdflu.

Earlier, a 15-year old junior high school student from Cipanas, Riandanil, was taken to the Sulianto Saroso hospital in Jakarta for the same reason.

Iis Suryani, a sponsor of migrant workers, was taken to the Hasan Sadikin hospital which is a reference hospital for birdflu patients in West Java, after a doctor at the Cianjur General Hospital declared she was suffering from suspected birdflu.

Her daughter, Sri Damayanti, said her mother`s condition worsened two days ago. Dr Wawan Gunawan from the Cinajur General Hospital said her condition was critical with temperatures of as high 38 centigrades.

He said she also had difficulty breathing and her luekocyte cells had also dropped. Based on the symptoms she was referred to the Hasan Sadikin hospital.(*)
 
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"Recombinomics Asks WHO to Release Bird Flu Sequences
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and your post

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Originally posted by JoeNeubarth JoeNeubarth wrote:

The Ukraine is just West-North_West from
Georgia. (Across the Black Seafrom Turkey.  The Ukraine has had well
over a thousand "pneumonia"deaths this winter.  Just to the west of the
Ukraine is Moldaviaand they have had close to a thousand deaths from
"Pneumonia". The coverup continues.

We don't know how many of the pneumonia deaths could be directly
tracedback to Sichuan Sheet, but I expect that most of them are.

Those girls and hundreds more like them are dead because of the
coverup.



I have a friend who will be there in 2-weeks if they allow
him in. I've asked him to contact me when he is there. He is also
attending I hope, ( an international vacccine confernce in Ottawa this
week) He has a few children, so he has a strong interest.


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[http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/
2006/03/21fe390c-7385-4fde-8462-0106cf1e7a9c.html


* This area is south of Dagestan, where all the birds are dying.

* Baku, part of Azerbijan, (man & bird in shovel) is just south of Dagestan.
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http://www.recombinomics.com/News/03100601/
H5N1_Azerbaijan_Clusters_4.html
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get ready this is human clusters,prep
ignorance.
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WOW Rick nice coverage of an area (Hot Spot)

Map gives better perspective to how closely linked all of these reports are.

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PITTSBURGH, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Recombinomics
fully supports the appeal by Dr. Llaria Capua of the OIE/FAO Reference
Laboratory for AvianInfluenza at the Istituto Zooprofilattica Sperimentale
delle Venezie inPadova, Italy to allow influenza researchers worldwide
open access to H5N1sequences collected by the WHO.

Currently, most of the recently collected H5N1 gene sequences are
sequestered in a private, WHO controlled database, which can only be
accessed by 15 laboratories. These sequences should be made available
immediately to the general scientific community. The sequences are
essential in pandemic vaccine development and should be accessible to
all.

    This week the United States government announced a new pandemic
vaccinetarget, the H5N1 sequence from a patient in Indonesia. Although
available sequences indicate several pandemic vaccine targets would be
desirable, theutility of the chosen sequence cannot be independently
evaluated because noneof the H5N1 sequences from human patients in
Indonesia are publicly available.

Similarly, no sequences from confirmed H5N1 positive human patients in
Turkey,Iraq, and China are available outside of the private WHO database.
Considering the hundreds of millions that will likely be spent in
manufacturing a "new" vaccine against H5N1, additional research and
analysisby the scientific community would be both warranted and
potentiallybeneficial.

    On February 28, 2006, researchers at the Beijing Genomics Institute
released H5N1 sequences under the submission title "A cohort of AIV
H5N1subtypes isolated from wild aquatic birds and domestic poultry
revealed rapid transmission, frequent reassortment, and identifiable
recombination."

Recombinomics has released a series of commentaries detailing the
examples ofrecombination in these newly released sequences, including
single nucleotidepolymorphisms.

    These newly released public sequences provide compelling evidence of
recombination in the H5N1 virus's evolution. "Release of recent H5N1
sequences is essential," said Recombinomics President, Henry L. Niman,
Ph.D.

"These sequences provide a roadmap of where H5N1 has been and where
it isgoing. They also can be used to predict new sequences of new strains
of H5N1before they emerge. These data are critical for effective vaccine
development."

    Recombinomics has used the available public sequences to predict the
acquisition of HA S227N in the Middle East in the fall of 2005. The
prediction was verified in sequences from the index case in Turkey.
Similarly, Recombinomics has predicted the acquisition of G228S form
H1N1 inswine in Europe this spring. Both of these genetic changes
increase theaffinity of influenza for human receptors and increase the
efficiency of H5N1transmission to humans. These predications are
dependent upon a full andcurrent sequence database. Through this
patent pending approach,

Recombinomics identifies novel gene targets for new vaccines, which in
turn allows manufacturers to develop vaccines in advance of the
emergence of new genetically altered, and potentially pandemic viral
strains.

    About Recombinomics, Inc. -- The Company was founded by Dr. Henry
Niman, a former Scripps Institute Assistant Member, based on his
pioneering work in the area of viral evolution.   Dr. Niman's research
identified recombination as the underlying mechanism driving rapid
genetic change, allowing him to file a series of patents based on a deep
understanding of this paradigm shifting process. Recombinomics is in the
process of commercializing its patent-pending approach to significantly
improve the standard vaccine development process.

Recombinomics, through its analysis and commentary section of its
website(http://www.recombinomics.com ), has been consistently ahead of
both the scientific community and government agencies in anticipating
the genetic evolution and geographic expansion of H5N1.

    Contact Information:
    Dr. Henry Niman
    President
    Recombinomics, Inc.
    648 Field Club Road,
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15238
    Tel. 866.973.2662
    henry_niman@recombinomics.com
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http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/ news/
mar1006human.html
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W.H.O. Pandemic Guide for Journalists


What will be the first signs of a pandemic?

"In one possible scenario, we will see clusters of respiratory illness from
one region.

Clusters of illness could indicate transmission between people, including
casual contacts and health-care workers. Once cases begin to be
identified as a new influenza strain, the disease may spread very rapidly,
beyond family members and health care personnel, into the general
population. This will be the start of a pandemic. Next, we will likely see
dozens of cases being reported in a single day, followed by hundreds.

Once the pandemic starts, it will be nearly impossible for any surveillance
system to miss it."


http://www.who.int/csr/don/Handbook_influenza_pandemic_dec05 .pdf
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I am finding it hard to find out information that is current on the BF, Luckily I found this site today.  Thanks for all the info.  I am a nurse and every time I mention the BF to my fellow workers (including doctors) , they just seem to think it is just a joke that will never happen here and are not prepared  for when it does explode into a pandemic that spreads rapidly.  This is scary because I work for a Major Hospital in a large city.  Nobody seems to care or have any concerns.  What is one to do?
trying to stay informed.....
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That seems a common complaint here in the UK as well. Welcome Barley.
have good look round and you will see lots of ideas
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"Nobody seems to care or have any concerns. What is one to do?"

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Rick,

Thank you so much for the news articles and maps!  It makes it so much easier to see the big picture. 

I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.  

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Azerbaijan investigating possible family cluster
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Canadian Press

Saturday, March 11, 2006

GENEVA (CP) - Health authorities in Azerbaijan are investigating a
worrisome cluster of possible human cases of H5N1 avian influenza, the
World Health Organization said Thursday.

A total of 11 suspected cases, including eight members of the same
family, are being assessed, WHO spokeswoman Maria Cheng said.

Of the 11 suspect cases, three people have died and one is listed in
serious condition in hospital.

"Currently there are signs that suggest this could be a human H5N1
cluster," Cheng said. "But we don't know that right now. We still need to
do more thorough epidemiological investigation and wait for the lab
results."

"It certainly looks a bit suspicious, but we don't have enough information
to draw conclusions."

Though all human cases of avian flu are potentially dangerous, WHO pays
particular attention to clusters of cases. While clusters may be the result
of several people from the same family or village each having exposure to
infected birds, they could also signal that the virus has passed from one
person to another.

It is believed there have been a number of cases of limited human-to-
human transmission of the H5N1 virus. But any sign of continued spread
could mean the virus had mutated in ways that would allow it to more
easily jump to and between people.

The possible cases in Azerbaijan have been reported in two villages,
Sarvan and Daikend, in the eastern part of the country. They are near
Baku, where that country's first reported H5N1 outbreaks in birds
occurred.

Reports received by the WHO suggest some of the possible cases may
have recovered and left hospital.

Cheng said specimens from the suspected cases, including the people
who have died, will be sent to Britain's National Institute of Medical
Research for testing. The North London lab is part of the WHO
collaborating laboratory network.

Cheng said it wasn't yet clear if the samples could be sent Thursday.
"We're waiting, I think, to see if they need more containers to ship the
samples."

A three-member team from the WHO has been in Azerbaijan assisting
local authorities with avian flu risk assessment and helping with the
investigation. The team is made up of an epidemiologist, an infection
control expert and a laboratory specialist.

Early indications suggest that at least some of the possible cases had a
history of contact with poultry. And Cheng said it was known that there
have been poultry outbreaks in this region.

"We know in that area there were sick and dying poultry and in
neighbouring districts they had confirmed H5N1."

At present there has been no discussion of sending a larger WHO team to
Azerbaijan, and authorities there have not asked the WHO for additional
help.

"It hasn't been raised yet. Certainly we'd be prepared to do that if the
country made that request," Cheng said.


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from who article in above post a few up

W.H.O. Pandemic Guide for Journalists

What will be the first signs of a pandemic?

"In one possible scenario, we will see clusters of respiratory illness from one region. Clusters of illness could indicate transmission between people, including casual contacts and health-care workers. Once cases begin to be identified as a new influenza strain, the disease may spread very rapidly,
beyond family members and health care personnel, into the general
population. This will be the start of a pandemic. Next, we will likely see dozens of cases being reported in a single day, followed by hundreds.

Once the pandemic starts, it will be nearly impossible for any surveillance system to miss it."

looks like we are already getting the dozen of reports stage.

if you count just part of the pnumonia, mysteriuos fever, etc. reports we're   getting close to the hundred report stage

hell what we don't know....'

we're probably at the hundred mark already,

next week will tell it all. If it's gonna blow to where they can't hide it. Next week or so will tell.

We're either fearmongering zealots or we're dead right on the money.

I'd say if you compiled all the articles we could get last week their were close to a hundred suspected cases.

My how the pace has changed from the weekly death report 3 months ago. we're getting 2-3 a day now.

3 months ago it was asias baby. now we pretty much lack 1/3 of the world left to  report. which all the experts agree will be doing so in about no later than 6 months.

For not ever being in a pandemic before or knowing what the start of one feels like. The last 3 months sure have been freaky.

Next week will tell. everybody dig as deep as we can into the news,, web, searches etc. we might hit one hundred suspected cases in one day if we put 2 + 2 together.  If we can do that it's pretty much a sure thing. it's coming.

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Hey Corn-I noticed the same thing about the reporter's guide rightaway.-The phrase"once cases begin to be intentified as the new infuenza strain......"
 does not make any sense to me. Whether they are identified as such or not, has nothing to do with it's spread- right now there are not indentified, or amonth later. What good does that do?? silly folks:-( I think we 're in for some trouble. If they are having trouble at the beginning of the pandemic, how are they going to handle the rest of it. ?
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I think we have a ways to go yet.  I do think it's h2h but not that easily spread yet,  seems to stick to family units, I think we will begin to see towns,maybe in another month. JMO

Though what ever happen to the quarantined town in India, that must be over now?

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Colleen

yes, who knows? I have 4-6 days left on my earlier call of h2h jumping out of the box prediction.

unless a big suprise awaits all we get is this dribble of cases, 

the current trickle of cases though, is a significant amount compared to the dribble we got  3 months ago.

we get used to the news.  3 months ago one or two deaths or cases a bi weekly and we were concerned. now we gt 10-20 suspected and 5-7 deaths a week and we still say "we'll not to bad don't see drastic spread.".

so in another 3 months from the current trend in the news reports. (not based on exponentals) 3 months from now we'll get  25-30 deaths a week and 200 suspected cases? and say "oh what a slow week."

All I really  want to know is "about when" so that I can aviod exposure early. We're all looking for just the right time so at the last minute we can bug out. Don't care for all the bad news but have to keep abreast to monitor the "reported" spread..

I say we're getting about 20% of the news. another 20% we dig for. another 20% is being purposely held back and 40% of whats really happening in remote areas etc not even the WHO can't keep up with. cases go misdiagnosed and unreported.  the reported cases are just  the tip of and iceburg. so if they say 5 you can andd another 20 and make it 25.  It's the 40% I'm concerned about.

somethings going on. not enough information. wish we got all the news............

Let us see what next week brings ....I have to be in Nashville wed-fri people=germs..I'm going to invent the "Body Condom."non-lubricated of course,

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Corn, for years I've kept a mental list of the 5 people I'd want to be stranded on a desert island with. For much of my adult life, it was 4 young movie starlets and Issac Asimov (for mental stimulation). 

Now that Issac is gone, I'm thinking I'd like to put you (at the bottom, of course) of my short list.  You seriously crack me up!

Keep up the good work.



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by Sergey Grinshpun, PhD
Center for Health-Related Aerosol Studies, University of Cincinnati

Workshop on Respiratory Protection for Airborne Infectious Agents
November 30 - December 1, 2004 Atlanta, GA

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/resources/pressrel/announceme nts/
113004wkshp/pdfs/Presentation%2009_Sergey%20Grinshpun.pdf

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/resources/pressrel/announceme nts/
113004wkshp/presentations.html


Department of Environmental Health, Center for Health-Related Aerosol
Studies, University of Cincinnati,
P.O. Box 670056, 3223 Eden Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0056, USA


by Sergey Grinshpun, PhD
Center for Health-Related Aerosol Studies, University of Cincinnati

Workshop on Respiratory Protection for Airborne Infectious Agents
November 30 - December 1, 2004 Atlanta, GA

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/resources/pressrel/announceme nts/
113004wkshp/pdfs/Presentation%2009_Sergey%20Grinshpun.pdf

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/resources/pressrel/announceme nts/
113004wkshp/presentations.html


Department of Environmental Health, Center for Health-Related Aerosol
Studies, University of Cincinnati,
P.O. Box 670056, 3223 Eden Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0056, USA


Abstract: We developed a novel concept that allows to considerably
improve the performance of conventionally used filtering-facepiece
respirators against ne and ultra finne aerosols including airborne viral
and bacterial agents.

The concept is based on the continuous emission of unipolar ions. The e
ect was evaluated through the real-time monitoring of the concentration
and size distribution of ne and ultra fine aerosol particles. The
measurements were conducted inside and outside of a respiratory mask
that was face sealed on a breathing manikin.

A commonly used Type N95 respirator and surgical mask were utilized
for the tests. The manikin was placed in a 24.3-m3 indoor test chamber
and exposed to polydisperse surrogate aerosols simulating viral
and bacterial particles with respect to the aerodynamic size. The particle
penetration through the mask was found to decrease by one-to-two
orders of magnitude as a result of continuous unipolar ion emission in
the chamber. The influx of air ions migrated to the breathing zone and
imparted electrical charges of the same polarity to the aerosol particles
and the respirator lter surface. This created an electrostatic shield along
the external surface of the filter, thus enhancing the protection
characteristics provided by the respirator.

The above performance enhancement e ect is crucial for minimizing the
infectious risk in the cases when the conventional ltering-facepiece
respirators are not able to provide an adequate protection against
airborne viruses and bacteria.




http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/resources/pressrel/announceme nts/
113004wkshp/pdfs/Presentation%2009_Sergey%20Grinshpun.pdf



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workshop, what can I say.
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nice art work. kids must of had fun with that project.

anyway, can we ionize our mask? and how?

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According to the diagram, and my understanding of ion activity, by adding ions to the air, they will attract to surface of the mask normally if you put them in the air with your ion generator. 

Negative ions are reputed to have some positive heallth effects.  Positive ions (as shown in this drawing) can have negative effects.  I am not certain it would matter to use negative ions instead of positive - negative may produce the same response involving the mask.  A negative ion generator does pull very small particles out of the air.  I will try to research this more (can't make the link work to see more info there)

Some health effects of ions:
http://mypage.direct.ca/g/gcramer/asthma.html

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Negative ion generators are cheap, $30 or $40 and up.  If they really improve the filtering efficiency of a mask by 10 to 100 times, they would be a MUST HAVE.
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