H5N1 News: Deadly Strain of Bird Flu Virus Hits India, France
A Reuters newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:
India and France each announced their first cases of bird flu on Saturday as tests confirmed birds infected with the deadly H5N1 strain.
The French government on Saturday confirmed the country's first case of the lethal H5N1 bird flu virus, following tests on a wild duck found dead in a southeastern village. The duck was found Monday in a bird reserve some 20 miles northeast of Lyon, France's third-largest city, the Agriculture Ministry said.
In India, eight people were being checked for the disease after tests on poultry in a western state showed they were infected with the deadly H5N1 strain. About 50,000 birds have died in the area in the last few days and samples sent to a government laboratory confirmed bird flu in the western Maharashtra state, local animal husbandry minister Anees Ahmed told Reuters.
posted by Fergie @ 2/18/2006 05:20:00 PM
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