bird flu virus

FAO reminded consumers that avian influenza is not a food-borne disease and that the bird flu virus is killed by the heat of normal cooking.

Of the South-East Asian countries hit by outbreaks of the H5N1 bird flu virus, Vietnam has perhaps had the hardest time of it.

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The scientists say that basic research is urgently needed to understand the risk posed by the H5N1 bird flu virus and how it spreads.

A bird flu virus has been found in a pair of wild swans in the state of Michigan.

Earlier, Israel's Agriculture Ministry said the bird flu virus found in poultry in southern Israel is the lethal H5N1 strain.

Scientists continue to look for ways to deal with the deadly form of bird flu virus.

"After tests for the virus and an epidemiological investigation, no trace of the bird flu virus was found in these three areas, " it said.

"The bird flu virus is threatening to become endemic in several parts of the country, " Domenech said.

The United Nations has warned of a possible resurgence of a deadly bird flu virus, H5N1, and the spread in Asia of a new mutant strain.

This time, scientists were ready and waiting, conditioned by a nervous five-year watch over the lethal H5N1 bird-flu virus.

Researchers have discovered a detail of the H5N1 bird flu virus's structure that could be exploited to make new, targeted influenza drugs.

If the two deaths are confirmed to be caused by the bird flu virus, they will bring Indonesia's human toll from the disease to eleven.

Japanese officials have confirmed an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus at a poultry farm in southwestern Japan.

Cambodia, China and Indonesia respond to outbreaks of the H5N1 bird flu virus by vaccinating poultry to protect them from infection.

Unconfirmed report that seasonal flu vaccine in Ukraine is contaminated with life bird flu virus.

A Hungarian government spokesman says the deadly strain of bird flu virus has been found in southern Hungary.

Lessons were learnt from dealing with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the H5N1 bird flu virus, argues the editorial.

Latest World Health Organization figures put the known number of humans infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus at 217, with 123 deaths.

Since then, the bird flu virus has spread to birds in countries in Asia, Africa and Europe.

The call comes after news that the bird flu virus H5N1 has spread from South-East Asia to Kazakhstan and Russia.

The bulk of the chickens had to be killed because of the bird flu virus.

Their letter says the man's tissue tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus.

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As of Tuesday, the World Health Organization had counted 329 cases of the bird flu virus since 2003. Sixty percent of the patients died.

Projections of deaths and economic losses (as much as $3 trillion) based on the lethal bird-flu virus will look like gross exaggerations.

Indonesia's Ministry of Health has confirmed another human fatality from the bird flu virus H5N1, according to a December 6 WHO update.

The threat is real that the bird flu virus will creat a human epidemic that could kill millions of people.

A Chinese scientist claims that he has developed a plant extract that can effectively treat poultry infected with the bird flu virus, H5N1.

The fatal H5N1strain of the bird flu virus that can spread to humans has been found among poultry in northern Nigeria.

The bird flu virus has shown signs of mutation.

This year has seen the H5N1 bird flu virus spread further and faster than ever before.

Experts are worried about seasonal flu, because it could get mixed up with a deadly novel strain, such as the H5N1 bird flu virus.

A total of 1. 2 million poultry will be slaughtered to prevent the further spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus.

Officials in Japan have confirmed that the bird flu virus found at a poultry farm is the deadly H5N1 strain of the disease.

Authorities in Hong Kong say tests have confirmed that a deadly strain of bird flu virus killed chickens at a local poultry farm.

But analysts hold that it is very difficult to completely eradicate the bird flu virus in Hong Kong.

Oxford is referring to the H5N1 bird flu virus that first killed a person in 1997 in Hong Kong, resurfacing in Asia in 2003.

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