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Avian Influenza - Bird Flu
Medical News Today - ... certain places in neighboring Shenzhen, a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, following the death there of a man confirmed as having the deadly form of bird flu known as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239801.php CNN.com - The Hong Kong government said Wednesday that more than 17,000 chickens were being culled at a poultry market after a chicken carcass tested positive for avian flu. http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/21/world/asia/hong-kong-bird-flu/index.html Scientist - The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity is investigating a research group that succeeded in making the avian influenza (H5N1) highly contagious in the lab, according to a post on NPR's health blog. ... http://the-scientist.com/2011/11/21/engineering-a-deadly-flu/ JAVMAnews - A "major resurgence" of highly pathogenic avian influenza could occur, and an emerging viral strain currently infecting birds is less vulnerable to existing vaccines, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/oct11/111015m.asp SunHerald.com - Ever since the first case of Avian Influenza (AI) commonly known as bird flu was detected in poultry in Hong Kong in 1996... http://www.sunherald.com/2011/10/04/3481339/research-and-markets-avian-influenza.html Johns Hopkins News-Letter - H1N1 contains genetic elements of swine, avian and human influenza. http://www.jhunewsletter.com/op-ed/human-h1n1-virus-found-in-african-livestock-1.2635247#.To7l_l2BWuI