Birds test positive for H5N1 virus in Hong Kong

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Bird tested for flu virus in Hong Kong

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HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong health officials were Wednesday testing a starling found dead with suspected bird flu.



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Authorities said preliminary tests indicated the bird, found in the densely populated Mong Kok district, was infected with H5 flu, but they could not yet say whether it was the killer H5N1 strain. Further tests are being conducted.


More than a dozen wild birds have been found dead in Hong Kong with the H5N1 virus, which has killed almost 200 people and ravaged poultry flocks worldwide since 2003.


Migratory birds have been blamed for the global spread of the disease.


Biologists believe local species of wild birds found dead with the virus could have picked it up from contact with infected flocks in mainland China, where it is believed the strain first mutated into a form deadly to humans.


Hong Kong was the scene of the world's first reported major bird flu outbreak among humans in 1997, when six people died.


World Health Organisation experts say a pandemic of the virus among humans would kill millions worldwide.



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He added that further confirmatory tests were being conducted.
The carcass of the starling, believed to be a Red-billed Starling, was collected by department staff on May 26 at Mong Kok in Kowloon, following a public referral.
A department spokesman reminded the public to observe good personal hygiene.
"They should avoid personal contact with wild birds and live poultry and wash their hands thoroughly after coming into contact with them," he said.
(Xinhua News Agency May 30, 2007):tiphat: http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/212369.htm

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Fujian (clade 2.3) H5N1 almost a sure thing.

 

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Fujian (clade 2.3) H5N1 almost a sure thing.

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The Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said Friday the starling found dead earlier in Mong Kok was confirmed to be H5N1 positive.
The starling was collected at 101-109 Boundary Street at Mong Kok on May 26 by the department staff following a public referral. After a series of laboratory tests, the dead bird was found positive for H5N1 avian flu virus.
"They should avoid personal contact with wild birds and live poultry and clean their hands thoroughly after coming into contact with them," said a department spokesman, reminding the public to observe good personal hygiene.
Source: Xinhua

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Bird carcass suspected avian flu in Hong Kong

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A magpie carcass indicated a suspected H5 avian flu case, said the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department of Hong Kong on Tuesday.

The bird was found dead outside 13 Jat Min Chuen Street, Sha Tin, on May 31 and further test will be soon conducted, according to the Department.



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Magpie found dead in Hong Kong infected with H5N1

08 Jun 2007 08:47:45 GMT


HONG KONG, June 8 (Reuters) - A magpie found dead in a densely populated residential district of Hong Kong has tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, the government said on Friday.

It was the 17th bird to have been found with the virus this year, a phenomenon blamed on the wild bird trade and which a growing number of experts say must stop.

The bird was found dead in Sha Tin in the New Territories, home to one of Hong Kong's two racecourses, on May 31.

The confirmation comes as Malaysian authorities monitor five people with flu-like symptoms in hospital. The five had been living near the site of a bird flu outbreak.

The virus has killed 188 people since late 2003 but experts fear it could start a pandemic and kill millions once it gains the ability to transmit efficiently from person to person.

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