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[My So Called Life] Birdflu through Eggs: Possible: Eggs Shop at Bayan Lepas. Maybe this might be a little extreme, then again, there is no definitive of not getting the flu through eggs and better be safe than sorry.

[Tahilla.typepad.com] Bird Flu Watch: The shred-to-pieces lungs of a six-year-old child in Thailand are evidence of how nasty this virus is. Additionally, the virus which has not yet mutated could of course be the worst natural disaster that would affect us for many years to come, something we can’t do much about at this stage.

[Kolkatabirds.com] Birds of Kolkata: Avian Influenza or Bird Flu and India: . Until recently, HPAI viruses had been isolated rarely from wild birds. Epidemiological studies suggest that, in some cases, wild birds are likely to have played a role in the transmission of H5N1 viruses to domestic poultry. Samples collected from clinically normal birds in the wild have not yet yielded any H5N1viruses. Infection with H5N1 HPAI does not necessarily cause clinical disease. Science and Nature journals report that the H5N1 viral strain is now being transmitted between migratory wild birds makes avian flu even more of a global threat than before.

 [Guardian.co.uk] Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Q&A: Bird flu: Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, is a contagious viral disease in animals, caused by a virus loosely related to human influenza.While all bird species and - less commonly - pigs are thought to be susceptible, domestic poultry flocks are especially vulnerable to infection, which can rapidly result in epidemics among their populations.Since bird flu was first recognised, in Italy, a century ago, there have been more than a dozen strains of virus. Some are almost harmless, while others result in death within hours.

 [News.yahoo.com] Drugs no answer to bird flu: experts - Yahoo! News: A study published last week showed that the H1N1 virus thatcaused the 1918 flu pandemic, which killed at least 40 millionpeople globally and may have killed more, depending onestimates, was a purely avian virus that acquired a fewmutations that gave it the ability to infect people easily,spread among them and cause highly fatal disease.

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