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Bird Flu Epidemiology
Studies from National University of Singapore have provided new data on bird flu epidemiology
March 25th, 2008
New investigation results, 'Development of an antigen-capture ELISA for detection of H7 subtype avian influenza from experimentally infected chickens,' are detailed in a study published in Journal of Virological Methods. "Emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza H7N1 was due to mutation of low pathogenic avian influenza H7N1 strain, which caused outbreaks in Italy between 1999 and 2000, and resulted in complete mortality of infected poultry. This outbreak places increased importance on the early detection of H7N1 AIV," researchers in Singapore, Singapore report. "Here we describe the development of a detection method for H7N1 virus from infected chickens...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-03-25)
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