Article: First case of deadly H5N1 bird flu strain confirmed in Albania

Article: H5N1 bird flu strain of bird ...
AP Worldstream;  February 24, 2006 ;     285 words ... ... Dateline: BERLIN The deadly H5N1 bird flu strain has been found in wild birds in ... Pomerania that was suspected of having bird flu, however, tested negative for ... believed to counter the symptoms of bird flu in humans. Officials meeting in ...

Article: EU readies for possible outbreak of bird flu in ...
AP Worldstream;  October 13, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Dateline: BRUSSELS, Belgium The bird flu virus found in Turkish poultry was ... in Romania came back positive for bird flu, and scientists have narrowed the ... farmed poultry kept indoors. The H5N1 bird flu strain does not easily infect humans, but ...

Article: Deadly bird flu strain reported in Cameroon
AP Worldstream;  March 12, 2006 ;     229 words ... ... country to be struck by the deadly bird flu virus, the government announced Sunday. The H5N1 bird flu strain was detected in a duck on a farm ... Experts have expressed concern that bird flu was likely spreading undetected in ...

Article: Israel to cull hundreds of thousands of fowl suspected of having ...
AP Worldstream;  March 18, 2006 ;     654 words ... ... thousands of turkeys suspected of having the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, trying to prevent the disease from spreading throughout the ... them to believe it was almost certainly the deadly strain of bird flu. The communities were isolated and the culling began early ...

Article: FLU STRAIN APPEARS UNAFFECTED BY VACCINE SCIENTISTS ...
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  October 31, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... variant has become the primary version of the bird flu in several provinces of China and has spread ... Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. New bird flu strain THE VIRUS: A new strain of bird flu appears to sidestep vaccines and has infected ...

Article: Deadly bird flu strain confirmed in Kazakh ...
Xinhua News Agency;  August 23, 2005 ;     469 words ...Deadly bird flu strain confirmed in Kazakh villages AL MATAR, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- A bird flu outbreak in seven northern Kazakh villages ... quarantines and other measures against bird flu in place until the end of October as ...

Article: 1st LD Writethru: Deadly bird flu strain ...
Xinhua News Agency;  March 22, 2006 ;     416 words ...1st LD Writethru: Deadly bird flu strain reported in Gaza GAZA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was reported in the Gaza Strip ... that the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has spread to Gaza. Palestinian ...