Tuesday, February 26, 2008

H5N1 infections reported in China, Vietnam, Egypt
CIDRAP News

Feb 26, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Deaths from H5N1 avian influenza were reported today in two women, one from southern China and the other from Vietnam, as officials in Egypt announced that a 4-year-old girl has been hospitalized with an H5N1 infection.

South China province on high alert after confirmed human bird flu case
Xinhua Via Birdflu Breaking News

GUANGZHOU, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Guangdong has tightened surveillance on poultry and migrant birds after a confirmed human bird flu death case in a county of the south China province.

Pakistan finds new bird flu outbreak near southern city of Karachi
( THE EARTH TIMES )

Islamabad - Pakistani health officials on Sunday confirmed a new outbreak of bird flu at a farm outside the southern city of Karachi. It was the third outbreak of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in the Karachi area this month, but limited only to fowl that tested positive at one farm, and no humans were infected.

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