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- 'Bird flu can infect people via upper airway: expert (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Leading scientists in Hong Kong have found that the H5N1 bird flu virus can infect cells in the upper airway of humans and need not penetrate deep in the lungs to cause infection.
'Nigeria tests another 11 human samples for bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Health officials in Nigeria, which this week announced its first human death from bird flu, have said they were testing 11 fresh human samples gathered from the nation's economic capital Lagos.
'Bird flu death alarms some Nigerians, others shrug (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters By Tume Ahemba LAGOS, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Nigeria's first human death from bird flu has jolted some people into taking chicken off the menu, but live poultry markets are still busy with ...
'Mayor of Jakarta claims bird flu victory (AP via Yahoo! News)
Indonesia claimed a major victory in the fight against bird flu Thursday, saying the heart of the capital had been cleared of backyard fowl and that residents elsewhere were handing in chickens for slaughter.
'WHO awaiting test results on suspected Nigeria bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The World Health Organisation has said that it hoped to have results within days from tests on samples from a 22 year-old Nigerian woman who is believed to have died from bird flu last month.
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