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From: tejek5/14/2006 8:29:39 PM
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Bird flu threat abates

15may06

THE region where the deadly bird flu first erupted in 2003 has reported no new human cases this year, leading health officials to speculate the virus may not be with us indefinitely.


The New York Times reports that the virus H5N1 hasn't been reported in any part of South-East Asia among humans during the past 12 months, nor in poultry for the past six months.
That is the region where its first avian and human casualties were recorded.

The newspaper quotes Dr David Nabarro, the UN's chief pandemic flu co-ordinator, as saying: "In Thailand and Vietnam we've had the most fabulous success stories."

Dr Nabarro stopped short of saying the virus was dying out, adding that he was "cautious in interpreting these shifts in patterns" because too little was known about how the disease spread.

The report also stated that birds migrating from Africa to Europe during the northern spring had not so far carried the H5N1 virus into Europe.

Since bird flu appeared in 2003, more than 100 people have died worldwide, and health analysts say that all of them died after coming into contact with birds.

This has led to the belief that the virus has not yet mutated to cause human-to-human infection.

heraldsun.news.com.au
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