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 [Guardian.co.uk] Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Parrot that died in UK ...: The virus is not too far away in migrating wild birds or the pet bird population. Pet birds must go through quarantine to make sure there is no illegal trade." He added that the presence of birds from Taiwan in the same unit as those from South America would suggest that authorities should work on the basis that the bird flu was a form of the H5N1 virus.

 [Sciencenewsblog.com] Science News Blog -- Bird Flu / Avian Flu: Mao Qunan said: "The Ministry of Health and the WHO have confirmed that none of the experts whom WHO commissioned to investigate avian influenza in Hunan was a Japanese virus expert. The report that says that this expert has claimed that hundreds of Chinese have died because of avian influenza infection is untrue." The Japanese scientist Masato Tashiro told New Scientist that he thought China's officially reported death toll of 3 was just the tip of the iceberg.

 [Nature.com] news @ nature.com - -: As officials in Washington discuss how to tackle outbreaks of bird flu more effectively (see From rhetoric to reality ), an outbreak in humans continues in Asia. Declan Butler assesses the situation in Indonesia, and finds out how likely it is that the virus might evolve into a pandemic strain.

[Breakingnewsblog.com] Bird Flu News Blog: Beyond Tamiflu, the Infectious Diseases Society of America recommends stockpiling another antiviral, Relenza, says Andrew Pavia, a member of the group’s task force on pandemic flu. Unlike Tamiflu, which is in pill form, Relenza is given through an inhaler and is harder to administer, especially to patients who are unconscious.

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