Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Cats infected with bird flu in Iraq
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1 of more than 20 new frog speciesPosted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Alfie
(Maggie Fox - IOL) from United States of America.
Washington - Cats that died during an outbreak of bird flu in Iraq last February were infected with the H5N1 virus, US naval medical researchers reported.
Any cat that becomes ill or dies when suspected bird flu is circulating should be tested for the virus, the Navy team reported in the August issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.
The team at the Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 or NAMRU-3, based in Cairo, have been studying bird flu viruses taken from animals and people in the region.
The animals had flu virus throughout their bodies
The H5N1 avian influenza virus spread out of eastern Asia and into Europe and the Middle East late in 2005. It has been found in 48 countries since it re-emerged in 2003, mostly in...
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1 of more than 20 new frog speciesPosted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Alfie
(Maggie Fox - IOL) from United States of America.
Washington - Cats that died during an outbreak of bird flu in Iraq last February were infected with the H5N1 virus, US naval medical researchers reported.
Any cat that becomes ill or dies when suspected bird flu is circulating should be tested for the virus, the Navy team reported in the August issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.
The team at the Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 or NAMRU-3, based in Cairo, have been studying bird flu viruses taken from animals and people in the region.
The animals had flu virus throughout their bodies
The H5N1 avian influenza virus spread out of eastern Asia and into Europe and the Middle East late in 2005. It has been found in 48 countries since it re-emerged in 2003, mostly in...
Read More...
