Avian Influenza

March 12, 2009

EU's first 2009 bird flu case found in Germany

Reuters - Germany has informed the European Commission of an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu, the EU's first case of the lethal strain of the contagious disease in poultry this year. http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSL0640225._CH_.2400

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March 10, 2009

HK and US scientists develop new bird flu vaccine

AFP - Hong Kong and US scientists have developed a new vaccine against the H5N1 bird flu virus which could be cheaper and more effective than its predecessors. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/birdflu/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090302/hl_afp/healthfluhongkongus

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March 09, 2009

Wild birds likely caused HK H5N1 outbreak: official

Agence France Presse, HONG KONG - An outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus at a Hong Kong farm last year which led to the slaughter of 90,000 chickens was likely spread by wild birds. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ipeKzEHHL6dcuJOMQCtzQPH5-mQg

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