July '07 - France confirmed H5N1 bird flu virus in swans

[HenryN]

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Re: France confirmed H5N1 bird flu virus in swans

Immediate notification report​

Report reference: , Ref OIE: 5696, Report Date: 05/07/2007 , Country: France​

Report Summary​

Disease​

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza Animal type Terrestrial​

Causal Agent​

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Virus de l'influenza aviaire hautement pathog?ne Serotype(s) H5N1​

Clinical Signs​

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Yes Reason First occurrence of a listed disease​

Date of confirmation of Event​

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04/07/2007 Date of Start of Event 28/06/2007​

Date of report​

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05/07/2007 Diagnosis Laboratory (advanced)​

Number of reported outbreaks​

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Submitted= 1, Draft= 0 Name of Sender of the report Mrs Monique Eloit​

Address​

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251 rue de Vaugirard PARIS Cedex 15 75732 Position Directrice g?n?rale adjointe​

Telephone​

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+(33-1) 49 55 81 77 - 81 74 Fax (33-1) 49 55 55 91​

Email​

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monique.eloit@agriculture.gouv.fr Entered by Mrs Monique Eloit​

Outbreak (this report - submitted)​

D?partement Commune Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End​

MOSELLE Assenoncourt Not applicable Assenoncourt 48,766105 6,797863 28/06/2007​

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Wild species Animals ... 3 3 0 0​

Affected Population​

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3 cygnes trouv?s morts​

Outbreak summary: Total outbreaks = 1 (Submitted)​

Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered​

Wild species 3 3 0 0​

Epidemiology​

Epidemiological comments Source of Infection​

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? Unknown or inconclusive​

Control Measures​

Applied​

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? Control of wildlife reservoirs
? Zoning​

To be applied​

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? No Planned Control Measures​

Animals treated​

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No​

Vaccination Prohibited​

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No
Printed on: Thu Jul 5 17:36:44 Paris, Madrid (heure d'?t?) 2007 Page 1/3​

Country / Zone​

Country or zone​

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a zone or compartment​

Diagnostic test results​

Laboratory Type Name of Laboratory Species Test Type Date Results Provided Result​

National laboratory Laboratoire national de r?f?rence, AFSSA (Agence fran?aise de s?curit? sanitaire des aliments) - Ploufragan Wild species RT-PCR (amplification g?nomique en cha?ne avec polym?rase - transcriptase inverse) 04/07/2007 Positive​

Future Reporting​

What further reports will be submitted in relation to this event?​

There are 1outbreaks that are still recorded as unresolved. It is not possible to declare this event resolved until these individual outbreaks are resolved.

http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/reports/en_imm_0000005696_20070705_173643.pdf

 

[HenryN]

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Re: France confirmed H5N1 bird flu virus in swans

Virus H5N1 confirmed in the east of France the aviary gripe reappears in Western Europe.
The presence of virus H5N1, potentially dangerous for the man, was confirmed Thursday on three swans found died in the east of France. New pathogenic cases were also detected in Germany. The French ministry of agriculture indicated in an official statement that measurements of prevention of the disease were carried at the "high" level. These measurements, intended for the holders of poultries and birds of approval, apply to the whole of the metropolitan territory. "the national laboratory of reference (...) confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic virus H5N1 on the three swans found died on a pond of the commune of Assenoncourt", in the Moselle in the east of France, specified the ministry. To prevent any direct contact The holders of poultries and birds of approval must be protected in order to prevent any direct or indirect contact with the birds living in a wild state or to be the subject of alternative measurements with a visit veterinary surgeon of evaluation. Moreover, the gatherings of poultries and birds and the competitions of pigeons are prohibited. In Germany, the presence of virus H5N1 was also confirmed Thursday in a fourth area of the country, on 38 wild birds found dead close to Sangerhausen, in the east. These new cases carry to more than 50 the number of wild birds carrying the found viruses died since last week. The other places touched by the disease are in the States de Thuringe, of Saxony and Bavaria. After the advertisement of the French medical authorities, Belgium indicated to reinforce the protection measures as from Friday. Among measurements of prevention appear the prohibition of the occasional poultry sale by the holders deprived on the public markets and the obligation for the tradesmen to sell on the public markets of the poultries whose source has been guaranteed, i.e. confined for ten days. No measurement in Switzerland The Netherlands also reacted. The Minister for agriculture Gerda Verburg announced that the poultries Dutchwomen were to be locked up as from Thursday 14 H, after the discovery of the aviary flu virus H5N1 "not far from the Netherlands". Che Hague had raised mid-April the preventive containment of the poultries in the commercial breedings. The Netherlanders are particularly vigilant bus in 2003, their country had been touched hard by an epizooty (H7N7) which had devastated the breedings. The medical services had carried out the demolition of more than 25 million poultries, that is to say a quarter of the avicolous population of the time. A veterinary surgeon had died. Swiss side, one follows the situation of near. No particular measure is envisaged at this stage, indicated to the ATS the federal veterinary Office. Source: SDA/ATS
http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/monde/story/13720025

 

[HenryN]

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Re: France confirmed H5N1 bird flu virus in swans

The Moselle installs a safety device NOUVELOBS.COM | 05.07.2007 | 18:36 5 reactions The prefecture of the Moselle wants to prohibit the transits in the zone where three swans were found killed by the virus. (AP) The prefecture of the Moselle installed a safety device to prohibit the transits in the zone where three swans were found killed by virus H5N1, Thursday July 5 the prefect of area Pierre-Rene Lemas indicated. The "zone of observation", which surrounds in a radius of 15 km the pond where the swans were discovered, to 5 km of the commune of Assenoncourt, is not the subject of a looping, but a dozen gendarmes are in charge of a "dynamic check" in order to prohibit the transit there and to disseminate information, it explained at the time of a press conference.
A dead found héron
Six agents of the National office of forests (ONF) were mobilized to seek other corpses of birds which could have been contaminated by the virus. A steering committee will meet regularly to give a progress report on the evolution of the situation. These measurements, which are the decree object, are applicable during 21 days as from the date of June 27, date from the taking away on the died swans, specified the prefect. Lastly, a taking away was carried out on a found héron died in 18 km in the North-East of the pond. The results are waited the next week.
http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actu...le_met_en_placeun_dispositif_de_securite.html

 

[HenryN]

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Re: France confirmed H5N1 bird flu virus in swans

Thursday 5 July 2007, updated at 20:01 Aviary influenza "a highly pathogenic virus... for the birds" remarks collected by Magalie Charnaillat Whereas virus H5N1 of the aviary influenza makes its return in France, Bernard Deceuninck, person in charge for the inventory and of the follow-up of the water birds within the League for the protection of birds (LPO), wants to be reassuring on the evolution of epizooty. To print the article To send by email To modify the text + of information Article Return of the aviary influenza in France Article a new case of aviary influenza touches Germany Site That to make with discovered dead birds? (pdf, ministry for Agriculture) Video the aviary influenza reappears in Germany Our files with Dossier Virus and epidemics the ministry for Agriculture confirmed, this Thursday, that the aviary flu virus H5N1 is at the origin of the death of three swans found in the Moselle. How do you react to this advertisement? It is a news to be taken with precaution. If it is necessary to worry, it is initially on the nature of the dead found birds: sedentary swans. Where and how these swans they were contaminated by the virus? Either it was transmitted to them by migratory birds, probably come from Northern Europe, or they were contaminated directly on the metropolitan territory, which implies an endemic presence of the aviary flu virus H5N1 in France. Apparently, in fact, it would rather be necessary to retain the second option. Was the virus transferred onto the French territory by migratory birds? The mode of transmission of the virus is not unilateral. It would be dishonest person to affirm that only the wild birds contaminate a local population of birds. Or to affirm that the virus prevails in an area, without external interference. Actually, the two phenomena merge. But the identification of the origin of the virus is made difficult by the character "incubatoire" of the H5N1. In other words, the virus develops in an endemic way, while undergoing genetic transformations. Birds probably already died of the aviary influenza in France in the previous years, without that presenting a danger to the man. Are the measurements of precaution installation by the ministry for Agriculture justified? Naturally, measurements of containment of the captive birds founded are necessary. The virus H5N1 particularly pathogenic for is anatid?s, to which the swans belong, but also the geese and the ducks. What is also valid for the birds of breeding, like gallinac?s: turkeys, chickens and guinea fowls. These two families of birds are most quickly reached by the virus, contrary to the sparrows, however more, which are touched. These measurements of precaution have the advantage of circumscribing and of preventing epizooty.

http://www.lexpress.fr/info/quotidien/actu.asp?id=12561

 

[HenryN]

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Re: France confirmed H5N1 bird flu virus in swans

French google news bird flu

http://news.google.fr/news?hl=fr&ned=fr&ie=UTF-8&scoring=n&q=grippe+aviaire

 

[HenryN]

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Re: France confirmed H5N1 bird flu virus in swans

Like France, Germany is touched by the H5N1. A 4e area was touched, in the east of the country 05.07.2007 21:46 As in France, the presence of the H5N1 was also confirmed in a 4e area of Germany. Thirty-eight birds died close to Sangerhausen, in the east. These new cases carry to more than 50 the number of wild birds carrying the found viruses died since last week. The other touched places are in the States de Thuringe, of Saxony and Bavaria. After the advertisement of the French medical authorities, Belgium indicated to reinforce the protection measures as from Friday. The Netherlands also reacted. The poultries have been confined there for this Thursday. (SWISS TXT)
http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?siteSect=200002&sid=7996606&cKey=1183664766000

 

[HenryN]

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Re: France confirmed H5N1 bird flu virus in swans

Three cases of aviary influenza proven in France After the Czech Republic and Germany, France confirmed Thursday the presence of the H5N1 on three swans found died in the Moselle, in the east of the country. No case was still detected in Switzerland, but Bern follows the situation of near. In the Hexagon, measurements of prevention of the disease were carried at the "high" level. The ministry for precise Agriculture in an official statement that these measurements, intended for the holders of poultries and birds of approval, apply to the whole of the metropolitan territory. To avoid the contacts "the national laboratory of reference confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic virus H5N1 on the three swans found died on a pond of the commune of Assenoncourt (the Moselle)", specifies it. The holders of poultries and birds of approval must be protected in order to prevent any direct or indirect contact with the birds living in a wild state or to be the subject of alternative measurements with a visit veterinary surgeon of evaluation. 98 zones at the risk This visit must be renewed at a monthly frequency in the 98 wetlands at the risk determined by the National office of hunting and wild fauna. Moreover, the gatherings of poultries and birds and the competitions of pigeons are prohibited. The last cases proven of aviary influenza H5N1 on wild birds in the country go up in spring 2006. Only one breeding had been contaminated, in February 2006, obliging the veterinary services to kill several hundreds of turkeys with Versailleux (Ain). Also in Germany In Germany, the presence of virus H5N1 was also confirmed Thursday in a fourth area of the country, on 38 wild birds found dead close to Sangerhausen, in the east. These new cases carry to more than 50 the number of wild birds carrying the found viruses died since last week. The other places touched by the disease are in the States de Thuringe, of Saxony and Bavaria. ats/boi
http://info.rsr.ch/fr/rsr.html?siteSect=2010&sid=7995606&cKey=1183663150000

 

[hawkeye]

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Re: France confirmed H5N1 bird flu virus in swans

July 6, 2007
Farms sealed off after bird flu virus kills French swans

Several farms were sealed off in eastern France and tighter rules were applied to poultry breeders yesterday after three dead swans tested positive for the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu.

The first instance of bird flu in France since early 2006 followed the discovery of a case in eastern Germany on Tuesday. Wild birds in Bavaria and Saxony also died from the disease last month. Within the European Union bird flu has also been found this year in Hungary, Britain and the Czech Republic.

Police sealed off farms close to the village of Assenoncourt in the Moselle region, where the young swans were found by a pond a week ago. The Government raised its alert level to high. This means that birds and poultry in mainland France, Europe?s biggest poultry producer, must be locked up or protected by nets to avoid contact with wild birds.

An eight-mile observation zone was set up around Assenoncourt but a spokesman for the local council said that no other dead birds had been found since the swans. This was a reassuring sign, he said.

Pigeon races and other events where birds are gathered will be forbidden.

Bird flu, which is believed to spread along migration routes, can be fatal to human beings who have been in direct contact with infected animals. France had already stepped up precautions after the recent discovery of infected birds in other European countries.

Roselyne Bachelot, the Health Minister, said that France was not threatened by a flu pandemic but that the Government was on alert.

?We have to be extremely vigilant because the large flu epidemic that appeared after World War I, also known as Spanish flu, was of avian origin.?

Last year 13 EU states confirmed bird flu cases � Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, Greece, Britain, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, France and Hungary.

In France the virus was found in February last year in more than 60 wild birds and at a farm with 11,000 turkeys. More than 30 countries have reported outbreaks in the past year, in most cases involving wild birds.

The H5N1 virus has killed more than 190 people worldwide, according to the World Health Organisation. None of the victims were from Europe. The countries that have experienced the most serious outbreaks of bird flu are Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand.

 

[HenryN]

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Re: France confirmed H5N1 bird flu virus in swans

Leetzebuerg Bird flu with swans in France confirms Strengthened watchfulness in Luxembourg Last actualization: 06-07-2007 07:32 How the of Luxembourg Ministry for agriculture, viticulture and development of the rural area communicated yesterday in a Kommuniqu?, the French authorities confirmed yesterday that the three swans, which were found in a pond of the municipality Assenoncourt (D?partement Moselle) dead, were actually with the bird flu virus H5N1 infected. Swans to the Mosel are particularly supervised. Photo: Marc Wilwert The authorities arranged protection and monitoring zones in a periphery of 15 kilometers as precaution measure around the discovery site. Although there are no large humid areas with important colonies of wild water birds in Luxembourg and with birds was to be observed no increase of the number of deaths rate, the of Luxembourg authorities took this bird flu stove in the French D?partement Moselle to the knowledge. A strengthened watchfulness particularly applies opposite the wild water birds, which at of Luxembourg largest border river, which nisten Mosel. Emergency call center 112 inform the authorities remind to the fact that finding a dead bird of the emergency call center 112 must be announced in the following cases: - concerns if it with the wild water bird a swan or a duck. - if the number of dead birds, which were found within a Umkreises by 500 meters, is significant, i.e. four or more ended birds were found. - if the cause of death to be obviously determined does not know. Birds, with which a suspicion insists on bird flu, are passed on for investigation to the "Laboratoire national de m?decine v?t?rinaire". The authorities recommend to avoid caution for the sake of any contact with dead or living wild water birds as well as their excrement. It is reminded of the fact that the elementary hygiene and precautionary measures apply further. Additional information is available at the "administration services of the v?t?rinaires" under the telephone numbers 478-2539 and 478-3533.
http://www.grippeaviaire.public.lu


http://www.wort.lu/articles/5956524.html

 

[HenryN]

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Re: France confirmed H5N1 bird flu virus in swans

Aviary influenza: vigilance is of setting in Switzerland, but containment is not on the agenda 06.07.2007 10:21 The programme of monitoring of virus H5N1 functions well in Switzerland, assure to Friday the cantonal veterinary surgeons. After the detection of the virus in France and Germany, they took stock with the federal veterinary Office. Vigilance is increased, but containment is not on the agenda, declared the spokesman of the OVF Cathy Maret. But the situation can change from one day to another, it specified. Very few suspect dead birds were found: a score since March. The research project carried out with Germany and Austria around the lake of Constancy proved reliable. (SWISS TXT)
http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?siteSect=200002&sid=7997911&cKey=1183710065000

 

[canagica]

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Re: France confirmed H5N1 bird flu virus in swans

Has anyone seen a report that tells us the species of the swans? The OIE report just says 3 swans found dead...I may have missed it in all of the machine-translated pieces above--sorry if that's the case.

 

[HenryN]

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Re: France confirmed H5N1 bird flu virus in swans

Has anyone seen a report that tells us the species of the swans? The OIE report just says 3 swans found dead...I may have missed it in all of the machine-translated pieces above--sorry if that's the case.

I am virtually certain they are mute swans (should be in the FLI report).

 

[Anne]

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Re: France confirmed H5N1 bird flu virus in swans

yes : mute swan .. cygne tubercul?.

http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/anseriformes/cygne.tubercule.html

 

[canagica]

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Re: France confirmed H5N1 bird flu virus in swans

yes : mute swan .. cygne tubercul?.

http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/anseriformes/cygne.tubercule.html

Any chance you have a link for the Mute Swan confirmation?

 

[Anne]

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Re: France confirmed H5N1 bird flu virus in swans

no link , while the forum influenza have troubles ...So, I can not acces to article, in which it s related that it was mute cygne.
It was a french article.

 

[Anne]

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Re: France confirmed H5N1 bird flu virus in swans

no link , while the forum influenza have troubles ...So, I can not acces to the article, in which it s related that it was mute cygne.
It was a french article.

but I have made research to translate " cygne tubercul?"

 

[HenryN]

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Re: France confirmed H5N1 bird flu virus in swans

Any chance you have a link for the Mute Swan confirmation?

Mute swans ahve been mentioned for Germany and the Czech republic (and historically, mute swans represent the most H5N1 sequences from Europe, but a quick check did not have a confirmation - not even in OIE or FLI).

 

[HenryN]

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Re: France suspects H5N1 bird flu virus in swans

Below is today's Promed report on last summer's outbreak (with incorrect dates added by promed commentators who are calendar challenged).

AVIAN INFLUENZA (57): FRANCE, SWAN
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A ProMED-mail post
<http://www.promedmail.org>
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
<http://www.isid.org>

Date: Sun 6 Apr 2008
Source: BBC News [edited]
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6272574.stm>


Three swans found dead in eastern France were victims of the H5N1 bird flu
virus that can be fatal to humans, tests have confirmed.

French officials raised the bird flu threat to high from moderate after the
tests near the German border. This is only the 2nd outbreak of H5N1 in
France; early last year [2007], 62 wild birds died of the virus in the
centre of the country [Sic: an HPAI H5N1 outbreak in a turkey farm in
southeastern France was officially reported in February 2006; see posting
20060227.0640. - Mod.AS].

Authorities in France had been carrying out tests on wild birds over the
past week in several locations in the east. The 3 swans that tested
positive for H5N1 were found dead in a pond near the town of Assenoncourt
[see map at the above BBC URL].

With the elevation of the bird flu threat, domestic birds nationwide will
be protected from contact with wild birds.

Last month [March 2008], the virus was found on 2 poultry farms in the
Czech Republic. Outbreaks were reported last year [2007] in 13 European
Union countries, although none has yet resulted in human deaths [nor in
recorded human infections - Mod.AS]. The virus is highly contagious to birds.

--
communicated by:
Susan Baekeland
La Meute du Ruisseau
Le Ruisseau
50240 CARNET
Lower Normandy
France
<Grolleyog@tele2.fr>

[Swans have been found H5N1-infected in many European countries during the
ongoing epizootic, among them Romania, Croatia, Slovenia, Ukraine
(Crimean), Russia, Hungary, UK, France, Switzerland, Germany, and others.
It has been asked whether swans are indeed specifically vulnerable to the
virus and/or play a significant role in its spread or are rather readily
detected by the existing surveillance systems due to their size and colour.

According to EU's ADNS data, 11 swans have been reportedly found infected
during the 1st 11 weeks of 2008, all of them in the UK (see
<http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/diseases/adns/adns_wildbirds2008.pdf>).

No birds of the other 4 surveyed groups (grebes, ducks, geese, others) have
so far been reportedly found infected in 2008.

H5N1 infection in EU wild birds was the highest in 2006, involving 14
member states led by Germany, Austria, France, Poland, and Denmark. The
infection faded out towards the end of May 2006. Out of the total of 748
wild birds found infected, 469 (63 per cent) were swans; the others were
121 ducks (16 per cent), 33 geese (4 per cent), 29 birds of prey (4 per
cent) and 96 others (13 per cent). For the complete list of the affected
countries, the numbers for each week, and other details, refer to
<http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/diseases/adns/adns_wildbirds2006.pdf>. -
Mod.AS]

[see also:
Avian influenza (26): Pakistan (Sindh), UK (England), swan 20080202.0420
Avian influenza (16): Ukraine (Crimea), UK (England), swan 20080118.0230
Avian influenza (13): UK (England), swan, Bangladesh (Barisal) 20080116.0204
Avian influenza (12): UK (England), swan, OIE 20080116.0196
Avian influenza (10): UK (England), swan, Iran, susp., Viet Nam 20080113.0160
Avian influenza (09): UK (England), swan 20080110.0137
2007
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Avian influenza (187): Europe, Middle East, Asia 20071213.4010
Avian influenza (141): France, wild birds, Viet Nam 20070815.2673
Avian influenza, poultry vs migratory birds (29): France, swans 20070731.2469
Avian influenza (123): Review, Germany, France, wild birds 20070706.2155
Avian influenza (122): Germany (Thuringia), France, Austria, wild birds
20070705.2135
Avian influenza (120): France, wild birds, Viet Nam 20070704.2119
Avian influenza (119): Germany, France, wild birds, susp. 20070703.2116
Avian influenza (153): Russia (Krasnodar), swan 20070911.3009
2006
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Avian influenza - worldwide (41): Africa, Europe 20060304.0696
Avian influenza - worldwide (17): Hungary 20060215.0495
Avian influenza - worldwide (36): France, OIE 20060227.0640
Avian influenza - worldwide (14): Europe, Africa 20060213.0478
2005
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Avian influenza - Eurasia (47): swan, Croatia, susp 20051102.3196
Avian influenza - Eurasia (23): Croatia, H5N1, swan 20051021.3076
Avian influenza - Eurasia (12): Romania, H5N1 20051016.3016]

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