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Yesterday's report of a poultry die off in Turkey was attributed to a bird flu virus, but the strain hadn't been determined. Today, we are getting news that H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed.
This from Channel NewsAsia.
Turkey bird flu virus is H5N1 strain
Posted: 22 January 2008 1840 hrs
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ANKARA : The bird flu virus found in a village in northern Turkey is of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain that is potentially deadly to humans, an agriculture ministry spokesman said Tuesday.
Asked by AFP whether the virus detected among poultry in the village of Saz in Zonguldak province on the southern coast of the Black Sea was H5N1, spokesman Tunc Tuncel said: "Yes, That is correct."
"But we believe that it has not spread to any humans," he said, adding that preventive measures were already in place. - AFP/ms
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