Article: 1st case of bird flu in Middle East found in Iraq

Article: First Bird Flu Death Confirmed in Iraq
AP Online;  January 30, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... that the first case of bird flu has appeared in Iraq," Iraqi Health Minister ... disease. The prospect of a bird flu outbreak in Iraq is alarming because the ... samples from northern Iraq are also being tested for bird flu. WHO is readying an ...

Article: Control of Bird Flu Difficult in Iraq
AP Online;  February 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... 2006 Dateline: BAGHDAD, Iraq Children suffering from bird flu-like symptoms are seen ... plaguing efforts to combat bird flu in Iraq. In Nigeria, meanwhile ... containing the spread of bird flu in Iraq may be beyond the capabilities ...

Article: WHO: Tamiflu being sent to Iraq following confirmed human ...
AP Worldstream;  February 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... flu drug is being sent to Iraq to help contain any outbreak of bird flu following the first confirmed ... bird outbreaks in northern Iraq and possibly elsewhere ... rumors" of other human bird flu cases in northern Iraq, "but those rumors were ...

Article: Iraq on Alert After First Bird-Flu Case
AP Online;  January 31, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... country. The prospect of a bird flu outbreak in Iraq is alarming because it is ... eating chickens. There is no bird flu in Iraq. Such news is false ... culling. "When I heard about bird flu being found in Iraq I hurried to the veterinarian ...

Article: U.S., U.N. officials arrive in Iraq to help battle ...
AP Worldstream;  February 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... experts arrived in Iraq to help this war ... fight a new battle _ bird flu _ and officials said ... the girl contracted bird flu and immediately implemented ... birds across northern Iraq's Kurdistan region ... looking for further bird flu cases. Health officials ... particularly ...

Article: Iraq Tries to Contain Bird Flu Outbreak
AP Online;  January 31, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Sulaimaniyah, northern Iraq. More than 500,000 ... two days across northern Iraq as this war-ravaged ... to control the deadly bird flu virus. The mass bird ... two days across northern Iraq as this war-ravaged ... battles to control a deadly bird flu outbreak. The bird slaughter ...

Article: WHO says two bird flu deaths in Iraq both ...
AP Worldstream;  February 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... investigate human cases of bird flu and assess the country ... surprising thing about Iraq was that bird flu was detected first among ... and tests are done in Iraq. Fourteen countries ... deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu since the beginning of ...