Bird flu virus takes new turn
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Thailand yesterday announced the first probable case of human-to-human bird flu transmission but insisted it had occurred in unique circumstances and there was no need for the public to panic.
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A rare case of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu being passed between humans is reported by Chinese officials.
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Two more Indonesians were confirmed to have bird flu on Tuesday and Pakistan reported its first case in a year after finding the deadly virus in a small flock of chickens near the capital Islamabad.
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Two more Indonesians were confirmed as suffering from bird flu on Tuesday and Pakistan reported its first case in a year after finding the deadly virus in a small flock of chickens near the capital Islamabad.
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Scientists in China say they have discovered the highly virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu in pigs.
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The discovery of a lethal strain of bird flu in Chinese pigs has taken the world closer to a human flu pandemic but there is no need to panic yet, the World Health Organisation said.
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Authorities in Thailand have confirmed the country&#39;s second known human case of bird flu since July. The woman, identified as Pranom, was found to have the H5N1 virus of avian influenza.
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The deadly H5N1 form of the bird flu virus is rapidly mutating and the world must be on guard even though the disease has yet to be transmitted between humans, experts told a meeting in Beijing, Chinese media said on Tuesday.
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The unexpected discovery of a deadly  bird flu strain in Malaysia after summer cases elsewhere in  Southeast Asia indicated a major winter outbreak was likely,  international health experts said on Friday.
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The H5N1 bird flu virus has re-appeared in a third Thai province, the country's third outbreak this year after a six-month lull, the Agriculture Ministry said on Friday.
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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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The avian influenza virus known as H5N1 has killed millions of poultry in east Asia. Now researchers fear it may be tougher and more dangerous to humans than previously suspected.
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KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia discovered new cases of bird flu on Sunday within a quarantine area in northern Malaysia where workers have struggled for a month to eradicate the virus.
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Scientists in China say they have discovered a highly virulent strain of bird flu virus in pigs. An official at the China National Avian Flu Reference Laboratory said the H5N1 virus strain had been found in pigs at several farms in the country.
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BANGKOK Thai authorities announced Friday that avian influenza had spread to poultry in four more provinces, as US researchers made progress in deciphering the genetic code of the virus that killed a woman in northwestern Thailand last week.
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HONG KONG, Nov. 29 -- The bird flu virus is far more lethal than the SARS virus that struck Asia last year and could unleash a pandemic that could kill as many as 50 million people, a World Health Organization official said Monday.
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The bird flu virus that can kill humans has the potential to be spread by cats, scientists have found.