TOP STORY Bird flu scare in Hong Kong 05/01/2007 08:41 Hong Kong is on bird flu alert again after a wild bird found in a busy shopping area tested positive for the H5 strain of the avian flu virus. Egpyt: Bird flu death toll rise Bird flu spreads in Vietnam SK to slaughter 236 000 poultry World Thailand bird flu 'a threat' 09/08/2006 19:54 Thailand has declared bird flu a national threat and has vowed to tackle the deadly virus, which has claimed 16 lives since its first outbreak in 2004. Family blamed for bird flu death

NO ESCAPE: Chickens in a bamboo hen house wait to be caught and culled after an outbreak of bird flu in Thailand. (Apichart Weerawong, AP) A-Z of Bird Flu

Bird flu scare at Dutch zoo 13/08/2006 10:07 Two owls found dead at the Rotterdam zoo may have been infected with the H5N1 strain of bird flu virus, the Dutch agriculture ministry says. Cambodia confirms bird flu Thailand bird flu 'a threat' Bird flu vaccine 'effective' Cambodia confirms bird flu 12/08/2006 19:27 Cambodia has confirmed its second outbreak of bird flu this year, in the same province where the H5N1 virus is suspected to have killed a boy in April. Thailand bird flu 'a threat' Two more bird flu deaths China had bird flu in 2003 08/08/2006 08:35 China says its first confirmed human case of bird flu was in November 2003, two years earlier than previously reported. Bird flu hits Bali Bird flu vaccine 'effective' Bird flu and Sars Bird flu vaccine 'effective' 26/07/2006 14:24 Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline says it has developed a vaccine for humans effective against bird flu. Family blamed for bird flu death Under $300m spent on bird flu Bird flu jab disappoints Bird flu hits Bali 01/08/2006 10:59 Hundreds of dead chickens found on Indonesia's Bali island resort have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu. Bird flu is monkey business Bird flu vaccine 'effective' Bird flu is monkey business 29/07/2006 16:52 A team of Japanese reseachers plans to use monkeys to test the effectiveness of a vaccine against the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus. Bird flu vaccine 'effective' Family blamed for bird flu death Family blamed for bird flu death 26/07/2006 08:33 Thailand's prime minister has blamed a boy's family for his death from bird flu, saying they tried to hide an outbreak among their chickens. Indonesian dies of H5N1 strain Indonesian dies of H5N1 strain 16/07/2006 12:25 A 44-year-old Indonesian man has died of bird flu says the country's health ministry. Spain confirms first H5N1 case 3 bird-flu viruses hit Nigeria Indonesian boy dies of bird flu Indonesian boy dies of bird flu 04/07/2006 10:39 Indonesia has warned of more human bird flu deaths, after a five-year-old boy succumbed to the virus, raising the country's death toll to 41. Woman infects family with H5N1 Woman infects family with H5N1 23/06/2006 15:19 An Indonesian woman has transmitted bird flu to several members of her family, but the virus has not significantly mutated to pose a higher threat. Indonesia may cull more birds Indonesia: 35th bird flu death Malaysia 'free of bird flu' 22/06/2006 12:33 Malaysia has declared itself free of bird flu, saying there have been no outbreaks of the deadly disease for the past three months. New H5N1 case in Malaysia Bird flu spreading in Asia Indonesia may cull more birds 19/06/2006 12:48 Indonesia must cull more birds in areas where the deadly bird flu virus - which has killed at least 38 people - is found say experts. Indonesia: 35th bird flu death Bird flu may have hit family New bird flu outbreak in China 08/06/2006 12:17 A new outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus has been confirmed in poultry in western China, says the government. Chinese girl dies of bird flu China: Bird flu outbreak looms Under $300m spent on bird flu 04/06/2006 22:18 Just $286m has been spent to fight bird flu out of nearly $1.9bn pledged last January, says a World Bank report. '$1bn needed to fight H5N1' Human bird flu 'mutating' Flu a bigger threat than Aids? Indonesia: 35th bird flu death 28/05/2006 09:09 The World Health Organisation has confirmed the 35th bird flu fatality in Indonesia, a 29-year-old man who died 10 days ago. Bird flu may have hit family 1 000s quarantined in Bucharest H5N1 kills 2 more in Indonesia 1 000s quarantined in Bucharest 22/05/2006 22:54 About 13 000 people have been quarantined in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, as troops and police seal off streets in response to another outbreak of bird flu. H5N1 kills 2 more in Indonesia 22/05/2006 21:21 Tests have confirmed that two more people have died of bird flu in Indonesia. Bird flu: More people die Bird flu kills Indonesian man Two Iranians die of bird flu 22/05/2006 21:20 Tests on the bodies of two Iranian siblings show they had the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu, a medical official says. H5N1 kills 2 more in Indonesia Human bird-flu risk 'low'

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