Wednesday, May 23, 2007

A Busy Week For Avian Influenza

There have been a flurry of bird flu reports!

In Central Java, a five year old girl has succumbed to the bird flu, bringing Indonesia's death toll to 77. In Vietnam, the WHO is investigating a possible human case of the bird flu. If this is avian influenza, it will be the first case since 2005. Pakistan has also experienced bird flu outbreaks in three poultry farms outside of Islamabad.

So are bird flu outbreaks cyclical or endemic? What's the difference?

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s1931441.htm

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