'Hungary import link' to bird flu
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The bird flu outbreak at a farm in Suffolk may be linked to imports from the firm's plant in Hungary, the government has said.
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China ordered strengthened poultry disinfection measures yesterday under a bird flu alert during the wildfowl migration season and as Thailand announced its first probable case of human-to-human transmission.
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The H5N1 strain of bird flu swept through 10 Asian countries early this year, resulting in the death or slaughter of over 100 million chickens and the deaths of more than 20 people.
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The strains of H5N1 bird flu viruses found in Britain and Hungary are "essentially identical", scientists say.
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The British poultry company hit by a bird flu outbreak denied on Friday it had broken rules by importing meat from parts of Hungary that were off limits because of an outbreak there.
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The eight individuals in Pakistan who are suspected to have bird flu probably have a combination of infections from poultry and limited person-to-person transmission from close contact, a top World Health Organization expert said on Tuesday. Keiji Fukuda, coordinator of WHO's global influenza program, said while unconfirmed, any human-to-human spread seemed similar to previous outbreaks in Thailand and Indonesia -- affecting close family members caring for sick loved ones.
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The World Health Organization is warning countries experiencing outbreaks of bird flu (H5N1) in poultry to be aware that domestic ducks may be infecting humans, as well as other poultry with the bird flu virus.
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Recent studies have shown that waterfowl are a crucial link in the spread of East Asia's avian influenza epidemic.
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JAKARTA : Indonesia has banned imports of chicken from Malaysia after the neighbouring country announced an outbreak of deadly bird flu, a report said Saturday.
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Bird flu virus may become endemic in parts of Europe, with ducks and geese more of a vector for spreading it than previously thought, the U.N. said on Thursday.
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The European Commission has confirmed that the bird flu virus detected at a turkey farm in eastern England was the virulent H5N1 strain.
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Asian nations have vowed to work together to combat bird flu after warnings it could lead to a human influenza pandemic that could kill millions and make nearly a third of the world ill.
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Britain's food safety watchdog is investigating if meat infected with the avian flu virus entered the food chain following an outbreak of the disease on a farm run by Europe's largest poultry producer.
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A WHO official noted that widespread, traditional Asian farming methods resulted in close contact between humans and animals, which meant a bird flu virus contagious among people was more likely to come from someone who caught avian influenza directly
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Cooked turkey products were exported from a factory on a Suffolk farm after bird flu was discovered.
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Tests on H5N1 bird flu viruses found in Britain and Hungary showed they were genetically almost identical and the most likely transmission route was from poultry to poultry, Britain said on Tuesday.
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Scientists say they&#039;ve found surprising evidence from Nigeria, the first African nation to report a dangerous form of bird flu, that the virus entered the country at least three times.