U.S. tests Montana ducks for avian influenza strain
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Federal laboratories will do more   tests to determine the avian influenza strain found in some   wild ducks in Montana but it does not appear to be the   contagious strain feared worldwide, U.S. officials said on   Thursday.
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A final round of tests on mallard   ducks in Maryland confirmed the birds have a low-pathogenic   strain of the H5N1 virus, the departments of Agriculture and   the Interior said on Tuesday.
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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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UK scientists have developed two tests for avian flu to safeguard against an outbreak.
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A fourth swan at a Dorset swannery tests positive for the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu.
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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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HONG KONG  - Domesticated ducks may be the main transmitters of the H5N1 bird flu virus that killed 32 people in two major outbreaks in Asia earlier this year, a senior World Health Organisation official said Monday.
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Researchers have developed a new test that can detect bird flu in humans within hours, compared to up to a week or more for older tests.
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In an effort to combat a possible pandemic of Asian bird flu, researchers have developed a new test that can detect the virus in humans within hours.
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A Thai man who tried to smuggle into Belgium two crested hawk eagles infected with the deadly bird flu virus was undergoing tests yesterday but appeared to be in good health, officials said.
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The H5 strain of the bird flu virus has been found in turkeys at a poultry farm in eastern England, the environment ministry said.
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China has detected an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry in Tibet, a government Web site said on Tuesday.
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The strain of bird flu which killed 2,600 turkeys on a UK farm is identified as the H5N1 virus.
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An updated diagnostic test can   simultaneously detect whether someone is suffering from an H5   strain of bird flu or seasonal influenza, its developer said on   Tuesday.
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Four people have tested positive for a mild strain of bird flu, British authorities said Friday
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Turkeys at a farm in Virginia had antibodies to a low-risk strain of bird flu but direct evidence of infection has not been found, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday.
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Hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, biologists working in the frosty marshes of Alaska's North Slope are keeping a lookout for migratory birds that might bring a deadly avian flu strain to the United States.