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[ArticleFree4All] The FAO have warned that bird flu is on the rise once more in parts of the world. A spokesperson at the FAO said that the new epidemic may see people catching the illness while on holiday and bringing it back home with them.
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[GantDaily.com] U.S. to help Bangladesh combat bird flu | GantDaily.com: United Nations agency FAO in August said the contagious avian flu remains firmly entrenched in Bangladesh because of unhygienic trade practices. The UN body warned of a possible major resurgence of bird flu as FAO observed a mutant strain of the H5N1 virus was spreading in Asia.
[Dialogues on Duty of Care] New bird flu strain and film Contagion serve as reminders for ...: The release of the film Contagion last week coupled with the recent FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations) notification of a troubling strain of bird flu (H5N1) has put pandemic planning back in the .
[Vietnam news] Bird flu mutation yet to increase risk to human health - Vietnam news: So far, H5N1 has killed or forced the culling of more than 400 million domestic poultry and caused an estimated US$20 billion of economic damage across the globe before it was eliminated from most of the 63 countries infected at its peak in 2006, according to the FAO.
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[BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News] New bird flu outbreak in India | BorneoPost Online | Borneo ...: NEW DELHI: Authorities in eastern India will start culling chickens and destroying eggs to contain a new outbreak of H5 bird flu, the government said in a statement today, as a mutant strain of the virus is spreading elsewhere in Asia, a Reuters report said.
[Natural Unseen Hazards Blog] BIRD FLU H5N1 Update - Natural Unseen Hazards Blog - WordPress: And, the FAO says, bird flu “is still firmly entrenched” in Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam. What worries the FAO is that after winding down over the past five years, the last year has seen a rising number of poultry outbreaks, including outbreaks in countries that previously eliminated the virus or were never before affected.
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[blog.indahnesia.com - Just a blog about Indonesia] blog.indahnesia.com - UN warns new strain of bird flu is spreading ...: Although the H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus was eliminated from most of the 63 countries infected at its peak in 2006, the virus was never completely contained and it remained endemic in six countries, mainly in domestic poultry and wild bird populations. The number of outbreaks shrank steadily from an annual peak of 4,000 to just 302 in mid-2008, but almost 800 cases have been recorded in 2010 and 2010.
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