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- 'H5N1 bird flu should reach Sweden by spring: officials (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu will likely arrive in Sweden with migratory birds in a couple of months, the head of the National Board of Health and Welfare wrote in an opinion piece.
'First cases of bird flu in Austria (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus has been found in two dead swans in Austria, the first cases of bird flu in the central European state, health authorities told AFP.
'Russia, Ukraine to join forces against bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Russia and Ukraine will join forces in fighting bird flu outbreaks on their territories, President Viktor Yushchenko said as he met with the United Nations' top influenza official in Kiev.
'30th village in Romania hit by bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The H5 strain of bird flu was found in Vlahi in southeast Romania, the 30th village in the former communist country to be hit by the virus, authorities said.
'Spain readying for arrival of bird flu via Nigeria (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Spain's government said it regarded it as "probable" that migrating birds from Nigeria infected with bird flu would eventually arrive in Spain.
'Swans found with H5 bird flu in Iran (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A batch of 135 dead swans found in the northwestern Iranian province of Gilan have tested positive for the H5 strain of bird flu, veterinary officials announced.
'All-clear for Greek man as experts scramble to contain bird flu in Nigeria (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Europe was spared its first human infection of bird flu when a suspected case in Greece turned out negative, as experts were determining whether an outbreak of the potentially deadly disease in Nigeria had infected farm workers or spread to neighbouring states.
'Iran: 135 swans in Caspian Sea die of bird flu (USA Today)
The deadly strain of bird flu has killed 135 swans on the Iranian part of the Caspian Sea coast, the government said Tuesday. The official Islamic Republic News Agency said laboratory tests confirmed that the H5N1 strain of bird flu killed the swans at two locations in the Anzali marshlands.
'Iran Says Bird Flu Kills 135 Swans (AP via Yahoo! News)
The deadly strain of bird flu has killed 135 wild swans on the Iranian part of the Caspian Sea coast, the first such cases detected in the Islamic Republic, the government said Tuesday.
'Iran: First deadly bird flu cases (CNN.com)
TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) -- Iran's veterinary organization said on Tuesday the first cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu had been detected in wild swans in the Islamic Republic.
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