Lab tests show H5N1 in dead Slovenia swan
February 16, 2006
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – A dead swan found in Slovenia this
month had died of the lethal H5N1 avian flu virus strain,
according to laboratory tests performed in Italy, a government
spokesman told Reuters on Thursday.
This is the first confirmed case of bird flu in Slovenia, a
tiny former Yugoslav republic that joined the European Union in
2004.
“The lab tests from Italy confirmed the H5N1,” spokesman
Branko Vidrih said. Slovenia sent samples of H5 virus from a
swan found dead in an area near the city of Maribor less than
10 km (6 miles) from the Austrian border last week.
Source: reuters