Quebec birds found with flu virus
Last updated Oct 31 2005 02:03 PM EST
Several wild birds in Quebec have been discovered to be carrying unidentified H5 flu viruses, but early indications suggest it is not the dangerous subtype of the avian flu, officials said.
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The infected birds were discovered in 28 samples from Quebec and five from Manitoba and were among thousands sampled in Canada.
"These findings do not indicate that we are dealing with a virus strain capable of causing significant illness," said Dr. Jim Clark, of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
Clark said the evidence "strongly indicates" that the birds were not infected with the same virus currently present in Asia.
The World Health Organization says outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 virus have infected 121 people and caused 62 deaths in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia.
All the birds tested in Quebec and Manitoba were healthy, Clark said.
He added that it is normal to discover the H5 virus in the bird population. Officials will not be able to confirm for about a week whether the birds carry the dangerous H5N1 subtype of the avian flu.
But I know what to do. We simply buy this place and move in with people who we know are not infected. Maybe in three or four hundred years we can come back topside:
For sale: Britain’s underground city
WELCOME to Cold War City (population: 4). It covers 240 acres and has 60 miles of roads and its own railway station. It even includes a pub called the Rose and Crown.
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