China Found Bird Flu Virus in Pigs as Early as 2002, AFP Says
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China found a deadly strain of bird flu in pigs as early as 2002, before a regional outbreak in poultry that killed 27 people, Agence France-Presse reported.
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South Korea has confirmed its first bird flu outbreak in three years after a strain of the avian virus was found in tests on dead birds.
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Independent tests carried out in Italy have confirmed the presence for the first time of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry from the west African nation of Togo, officials said Wednesday.
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Tests confirmed the H5N1 type of the bird flu virus in poultry at two farms in the eastern Czech Republic, the State Veterinary Authority (SVS) said on Thursday.
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China has confirmed an outbreak of the  H5N1 bird flu virus among ducks in an outlying district of the  southern metropolis of Guangzhou in Guangdong province, the  Agriculture Ministry said.
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TOKYO, Dec. 22 -- Japan reported its first case of bird flu in a human on Wednesday -- a man who got the disease from birds.
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Scientists in Hong Kong say they&#39;ve developed a test that&#39;s able to detect bird flu in people within one or two hours instead of the week or more required to get results from previous kinds of tests.
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China has shared human bird flu samples for the first time in more than a year, giving a boost to international efforts to track the deadly H5N1 virus and develop vaccines, the World Health Organisation said on Friday.
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A grey heron found in Hong Kong earlier has been confirmed an H5 avian flu suspect, and further tests are underway for the nature of the virus, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said Saturday.
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BEIJING : UN health and agricultural officials urged China to provide more details after a top bird flu scientist revealed the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus had been found in the country&#39;s pigs.
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Experts confirm the H5N1 bird flu virus outbreak at a turkey farm in the UK is the Asian strain.
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The World Health Organization (WHO)  Friday called for measures to prevent a flu pandemic in humans  after China said a deadly strain of bird flu was found in pigs,  adding to signs that an outbreak among people was likely.
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Pakistan and South Korea reported new bird flu cases in poultry on Saturday, underlining findings by the United Nations that this season's wave of the virus came mostly from reared rather than migratory birds.
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Scientists in Hong Kong and China said Wednesday they have developed a test to detect bird flu infections in humans within hours, which could give health officials an important tool for controlling the killer virus.
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A deadly strain of bird flu blamed for 27 deaths in Asia this year has been found in two dead chickens in Malaysia, a government official said on Thursday.
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China says its pigs are clear of bird flu, following claims by a Chinese scientist to the contrary.
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FOUR employees of a bird-flu contaminated poultry farm and one person who helped disinfect the facility may have contracted the virus during an outbreak early this year in Japan, the Tokyo government said today.