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H5 Reaches France, Suspected of Being H5N1

The BBC is reporting that a duck found dead in France has tested positive for H5 and is likely to be H5N1, the current major avian flu virus spreading through wild and domestic birds.

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The Musings of Chris Samuel » Blog Archive » France Confirms H5N1 in Wild Duck, India and Iran Also Find First Cases says:

February 19, 2006 at 9:04 am

[...] So the earlier report of a suspected case of H5N1 in France has now been confirmed, according to the BBC, and they also say that tests are ongoing on two other dead ducks found, this time around the Somme. [...]

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