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 [Zap*Germs] Avian Flu May Spread Worldwide via Migratory Birds: The VOA (and many other news sources), referring to articles in Nature and Science, reports today that scientists believe Asian bird flu might spread around the world. This would occur, despite the slaughtering of millions of infected poultry birds throughout Asia, through wild geese, gulls and other migratory birds.

[This is a Blog Test] 007 Spy Software: the UK, the British Trust for Ornithology reports. Avianflu found in wild geese An avianflu outbreak in Chinese wild geese raises fears the disease could soon spread beyond Asia.

[Biopeer.com] Biopeer: Avian Flu (H5N1): The disease needs to be snuffed out at the source by rushing antiviral drugs to Southeast Asia where a flu outbreak in humans is likely to happen. As the threat grows, rich countries are stockpiling Tamiflu, the only known antiviral drug that can block the replication of the virus, but there is little available in the impoverished backwaters of Southeast Asia where the pandemic is likely to emerge.

[Crofsblogs.typepad.com] H5N1: To prevent potential outbreaks, Vietnam's Veterinary Department will focus on 3 measures, namely banning poultry raising in inner areas of cities and towns, building concentrated fowl slaughterhouses and distribution networks and vaccinating poultry against bird flu viruses, the report quoted the departmenthead Bui Quang Anh as saying.

 [Msnbc.msn.com] Avian flu far deadlier than previously thought - Bird Flu - MSNBC.com: The government’s early reluctance to release information about the outbreak fueled concern about a possible cover-up and rumors on Web sites that as many as 120 people had died of the flu. Chinese authorities deny that any people have been infected.

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