H5N1 News: Britain confirms deadly bird flu strain
An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:
Britain confirmed its first case of bird flu since 1992, saying the virus that killed a parrot in quarantine is the same deadly strain that has plagued Asia and recently spread to Europe.
Scientists determined the parrot, imported from South America, died of the H5N1 strain that has devastated poultry stocks and killed 61 people in Asia over the past two years, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said on Sunday.
posted by Fergie @ 10/24/2005 07:31:00 AM
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