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Epidemiology

Bird flu threat for the eastern province of China

Bird flu threat has been alarmed in the country of China. The eastern province of the country has suffered the most effect.
After the outbreak of the virus more than 370 000 chickens have been culled in the eastern province of china.
The virus was reported to be H5N1 strain in the bird flu.

A man has been reported to have contracted the virus in the city of Cambodia. Taiwan is still investigating the spread of virus in the birds.
A girl of fourteen has been reported dead with the H5N1 virus outbreak.

Since the bird flu outbreak in April 2003 more than 200 people from various countries have been reportedly dead due to this virus.
Scientists fear that this H5N1 might develop into a dangerous virus which might later cause infection from human to human as well

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