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December 22, 2004
Man in Japan infected with avian influenza; 4 others likely infected
Topics: International NewsNote: There is a Jan 10, 2005 update to the potential avian influenza pandemic.
As I predicted some time ago (my final comment in this article) when I said that you would be hearing more about avian influenza, you are now hearing it.
Japan Today reports that a former chicken farm employee has been found infected
with the bird flu virus after an outbreak of flu among poultry in
February in Kyoto Prefecture, in the first case of human infection from
avian influenza in Japan, the health ministry said Wednesday.
Four of the five were employees at a poultry farm near Kyoto which took
few precautions dealing with an outbreak in February, the ministry
said. The other person was a city official who helped disinfect the
farm. Continue reading Japan Today....
Background information and more on avian influenza.....
Posted by Hyscience at December 22, 2004 8:01 PM
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