Nigeria bird flu is deadly H5N1 strain
Posted on: Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 06:24 CST
LONDON (Reuters) - An outbreak of bird flu among poultry in Nigeria is the H5N1 strain that can kill people, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said in a statement on Wednesday, the first time the virus has been found in Africa.
"The OIE/FAO reference laboratory for Avian Influenza in Padova (Italy) has characterized the isolate as a highly pathogenic H5N1," the OIE said in a statement.
Source: REUTERS
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