H5N1 bird flu strain confirmed in Moscow
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Tests have confirmed the presence of the H5N1 bird flu strain in poultry found dead in two suburban Moscow districts, an agriculture official said Saturday, in the first such outbreak to be recorded so close to the Russian capital.
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Japanese authorities on Saturday confirmed the country's fourth outbreak of the virulent H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus at a poultry farm in the country's south.
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BERLIN -- Tests have found that birds at a poultry farm in southern Germany died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, and some 160,000 birds were being slaughtered as a precaution, authorities said.
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The European Commission on Saturday confirmed that an outbreak of bird flu on a farm in eastern England was the H5N1 strain.
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Government experts confirm the H5N1 bird flu virus outbreak at a Suffolk turkey farm is the Asian strain.
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BEIJING/KUALA LUMPUR  - The discovery of a deadly bird flu strain in Malaysia after cases elsewhere in Southeast Asia signaled a major winter outbreak was likely, international health experts said on Friday.
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BEIJING/KUALA LUMPUR  - The discovery of a deadly  bird flu strain in Malaysia after cases elsewhere in Southeast  Asia signaled a major winter outbreak was likely, international  health experts said on Friday.
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China has confirmed reports that the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found in its pig population. Agriculture ministry officials said two infected pigs had been discovered, one in 2002 and one in 2003.
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Experts in Turkey are checking whether a bird flu outbreak in the south east of the country is the H5N1 virus strain.
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A sixth swan has tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu at a nature reserve in south-west England, Britain's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said Saturday.
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LONDON, Feb. 3 -- The deadly H5N1 Asian strain of bird flu, which has killed 165  people since 2003, has been confirmed on a commercial turkey farm in eastern England, health authorities said Saturday.
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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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Two cases of bird flu in Russia have  been confirmed as being the deadly H5N1 strain, Russia's animal  and plant health watchdog said on Saturday.
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A 15-year-old girl from Laos has become the country's first confirmed human case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the communist government and World Health Organisation said on Tuesday.
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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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The discovery of a deadly bird flu strain in Malaysia after cases elsewhere in Southeast Asia signaled a major winter outbreak was likely, international health experts said on Friday.
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The EU confirms a new outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Hungary.