OIE released an analysis of the strain of H5N1 that caused the Ghana outbreak, which they say probably came from another West african country rather than a new introduction of a the virus from Asia.
"The analysis of the H5N1 avian influenza strain isolated from the outbreak occurring in Ghana clearly indicates that it is closely related to other isolates from Sub-Saharan African countries like Ivory Coast , Sudan, Burkina Faso and Nigeria and that it is less similar to the Asian strains currently isolated. "
http://www.oie.int/eng/press/en_070518.htm
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