Health News -Bird Flu

Nigeria : Bird Flu - FCTA Deploys Vet Doctors to Entry Points (AllAfrica.com) Abuja — Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Senator Adamu Aliero, has deployed trained veterinary doctors to man all entry points to the nation's capital, in a bid to forestall the outbreak of the deadly Avian influenzal flu, otherwise known as bird flu.

Zamboanga remains avian influenza-free (Sun Star) A VETERINARIAN announced that Zamboanga City remains to be free from avian influenza or bird flu strain based on results of the Avian Influenza Surveillance that was conducted by the Department of Agr read more

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Avian Flu Virus
The current Asian outbreak of avian flu, also known as bird flu, is associated with the influenza A strain H5N1 flu virus. Although not the same as the Spanish flu virus that claimed 20 million to 50 million lives worldwide in the 1918 outbreak, the current avian flu strain does share many characteristics with the 1918 strain.