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Biotech / Medical : Avian ("Bird") Flu Stocks

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From: manny t	10/31/2005 1:00:53 PM
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H5 found in wild birds in Canada Testing needed to see if is Asian H5N1 Canadian Press October 31, 2005 ADVERTISEMENT OTTAWA -- A senior government source says several wild birds in Quebec and Ontario have turned up carrying H5 flu viruses. The source says officials don't know yet if the birds have the dangerous H5N1 subtype of the avian flu, and even if they do, whether it's the exact strain responsible for lingering poultry outbreaks in southeast Asia. The birds are among thousands that have been sampled in Canada. Health officials won't know til mid-week whether they have H5N1. H5 avian viruses have been found before in North America. Parts of Mexico have suffered through an outbreak of H5N2 avian flu in poultry operations for more than a decade. There are nine known neuraminidases - the N in a flu virus's name. So scientists will need to type these viruses to better determine what they are. Even if the Canadian birds have the H5N1 virus, it does not mean they are necessarily closely related to the viruses behind the Asian outbreaks. The World Health Organization says those outbreaks have infected 121 people and caused 62 deaths in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia.

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