Hong Kong bird infected by Chinese H5N1

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   Bird Flu Strain Found In Hong Kong Same As In 

China Outbreak

Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 31, 2006

The bird flu strain found recently in a dead bird in Hong Kong was the 

same as that menacing poultry in China, a media report said Tuesday, 

suggesting a possible source for the infection.

Researchers in the southern Chinese territory found the genetic makeup 

of the H5N1 virus in the dead magpie robin matched that of a strain that 

has killed mainland chickens.

"The H5N1 genotype (in the Hong Kong bird) has been found before, not 

in Hong Kong but in poultry in other regions of China," University of Hong 

Kong microbiologist Guan Yi was quoted as telling the South China 

Morning Post English-language daily.

The report said researchers believed the robin had picked up the disease 

after mingling with mainland poultry flocks -- a theory on a means of 

virus transmission that is finding increasing support among experts.

Guan told the paper the strain was not the dominant one that has been 

found in mainland China, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea.

The World Health Organisation has warned that a bird flu pandemic could 

kill millions of people worldwide.

Hong Kong has been at the forefront of research into the disease since 

the first reports of the virus mutating into a form lethal to humans in 

1997, when it killed six people in the former British colony.

Source: Agence France

 http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Bird_Flu_Strain_Found_In_H ong_Kong_Same_As_In_China_Outbreak.html 

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	Bird Flu Strain Found In Hong Kong Same As In China Outbreak Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 31, 2006 The bird flu strain found recently in a dead bird in Hong Kong was the same as that menacing poultry in China, a media report said Tuesday, suggesting a possible source for the infection. Researchers in the southern Chinese territory found the genetic makeup of the H5N1 virus in the dead magpie robin matched that of a strain that has killed mainland chickens. "The H5N1 genotype (in the Hong Kong bird) has been found before, not in Hong Kong but in poultry in other regions of China," University of Hong Kong microbiologist Guan Yi was quoted as telling the South China Morning Post English-language daily. The report said researchers believed the robin had picked up the disease after mingling with mainland poultry flocks -- a theory on a means of virus transmission that is finding increasing support among experts. Guan told the paper the strain was not the dominant one that has been found in mainland China, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea. The World Health Organisation has warned that a bird flu pandemic could kill millions of people worldwide. Hong Kong has been at the forefront of research into the disease since the first reports of the virus mutating into a form lethal to humans in 1997, when it killed six people in the former British colony. Source: Agence France http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Bird_Flu_Strain_Found_In_H ong_Kong_Same_As_In_China_Outbreak.html

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	Feb 02- HONG KONG - The three Hong Kong residents who were suspected of having bird flu have tested negative for the same, according to the government officials there. The three people were isolated after being hospitalized yesterday. It has emerged that they had come in close contact with a chicken infected with H5N1 bird-flu virus.

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	"Meanwhile, officials from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) inspected 26 villages including Yuen Tuen Shan and persuaded villagers to give in their poultry. But they got only 10 chickens from a few villagers. Department senior veterinary official Ho Chin-ho admitted that it was difficult to persuade villagers to give up the chickens as the law requires only those who keep 20 birds or more to obtain a licence. "Some of the villagers refused to give us the poultry," Ho said. "I hoped the villagers would be more co-operative." http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/03/content_ 516913.htm