East European health officials discuss bird flu plans at Greece meeting
DEREK GATOPOULOS, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 11-19-2005 Dateline: VOULIAGMENI, GreeceThe EU will help its east European neighbors refine national response plans to help prevent a human flu pandemic spawned by bird flu, a senior health official said Saturday.Health agencies around the
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IT FLU TO THE EU.. Now Greece has bird bug.(Features)
THE first case of bird flu inside the EU was confirmed yesterday after the H5 virus was found in a turkey on a farm in Greece. More tests are needed to see whether it is the deadly H5N1 strain, which scientists fear could mutate and trigger a human pandemic. Greek Agriculture Minister Evangelos
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First case of bird flu reported in Greece
First case of bird flu reported in Greece ATHENS, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) - Greek Minister of Agricultural Development and Foods Evangelos Basiakos announced Monday that a turkey on a small farm on the island of Oinousses in the eastern Aegean, was tested positive to the H5 virus.
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Official says no new positive samples of bird flu found in Greece
AP Worldstream 10-18-2005 Dateline: ATHENS, GreeceGreece's deputy agriculture minister said Tuesday that authorities have not detected any more cases of bird flu following the discovery of an infected turkey on a small Aegean island this week."We are examining samples from all over Greece," Alekos
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Bird Flu Detected in Greece, Italy and Bulgaria - New York Times
The lethal A(H5N1) bird flu virus has been detected in wild birds in Italy and Greece, European officials announced yesterday, the first time its presence has been detected in the European Union. It was also detected in Bulgaria. "The bird flu virus has arrived in Italy," said Francesco Storace,
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BIRD FLU'S IN GREECE; Alert as virus is found in farm poultry.(News)
Byline: By ROSA PRINCE, Political Correspondent THE first case of bird flu inside the EU was confirmed yesterday after the H5 virus was found in a turkey on a farm in Greece. More tests are needed to see whether it is the deadly H5N1 strain, which scientists fear could mutate and trigger a human
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Four new cases of bird flu discovered in Greece
Four new cases of bird flu discovered in Greece ATHENS, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) - Four new cases of the bird flu virus were discovered in migratory birds in Thrace on Tuesday, bringing the total of such cases in Greece to 20. The samples have been sent for further testing to the European Union Reference
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Update: First case of bird flu reported in Greece
Update: First case of bird flu reported in Greece ATHENS, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) - Greek Minister of Agricultural Development and Foods Evangelos Basiakos announced Monday that a turkey on a small farm on the island of Oinousses in the eastern Aegean, was tested positive to the H5 virus, adding Greece
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Worries grow as deadly bird flu reaches Greece
David Hogg EUROPEAN healthcare experts braced themselves as Greece yesterday confirmed its first case of deadly Asian bird flu. The disease has jumped from the far east to Turkey, Romania and now an Aegean island after Greek agriculture minister Evengelos Basiakos said the H5 virus had been
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First tests find bird flu in Greece
LONDON - Greece reported Monday that preliminary tests found bird flu in a turkey and had narrowed down the virus to the H5 type. However, further tests are needed to confirm the finding and determine whether the virus is the deadly H5N1 strain from Asia that experts are tracking. The strain was
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