Friday, July 07, 2006
Three different bird flu strains found
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(Sapa/AP) from Nigeria.
Lagos - Scientists claim to have found surprising evidence from Nigeria - the first African nation to report a dangerous form of bird flu - that the virus had entered the country at least three times.
One expert said this suggested that the H5N1 virus spread more efficiently than researchers had thought.
The new findings in a paper in this week's Nature journal did not reveal whether the virus had been carried to Nigeria by migratory birds or by imported or smuggled birds.
"We think the most likely explanation is that it came from migratory birds, but we can't exclude other possibilities," said paper author Albert Osterhaus, of the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam.
Migratory birds The paper said that Nigeria had many bird...
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Water Wall 2Posted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Alfie
(Sapa/AP) from Nigeria.
Lagos - Scientists claim to have found surprising evidence from Nigeria - the first African nation to report a dangerous form of bird flu - that the virus had entered the country at least three times.
One expert said this suggested that the H5N1 virus spread more efficiently than researchers had thought.
The new findings in a paper in this week's Nature journal did not reveal whether the virus had been carried to Nigeria by migratory birds or by imported or smuggled birds.
"We think the most likely explanation is that it came from migratory birds, but we can't exclude other possibilities," said paper author Albert Osterhaus, of the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam.
Migratory birds The paper said that Nigeria had many bird...
Read More...
