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Avian Influenza
Experts mull stopping Asian bird flu
March 22nd, 2004
Stopping the bird flu epidemic that has killed 22 people and devastated the poultry industry across much of Asia will probably take at least a year, animal health experts say. Speaking on the sidelines of a regional conference on the disease, the experts stressed that the epidemic is not yet under control. While the number of infected countries did not increase in February, "The virus is still circulating in the already-infected countries," said Bernard Vallat, director general of the World Organization for Animal Health, better known by its French acronym OIE. He said the conference heard from experts who warned that it took...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2004-03-22)
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