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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9130

14 February 2006
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/avian flu
Presence of highly pathogenic virus is confirmed in wild birds in Greece, Italy and Bulgaria - analyses underway in Slovenia and Bulgaria

Brussels, 13/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - The presence of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) was confirmed on 11 and 12 February on wild swans found dead in Greece, Italy and Bulgaria. Analyses are underway at the Community reference laboratory in Weybridge, United Kingdom, to determine whether Slovenia is the third EU country to be affected by the H5N1 virus strain. Belgium is carrying out tests to determine whether a dead swan had died from bird flu. There have been 29 cases...

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