EU lab confirms bird flu found in Sweden was H5N1 strain
TOMMY GRANDELL, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 03-15-2006 Dateline: STOCKHOLM, SwedenThe European Union's reference laboratory has confirmed Sweden's first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, Swedish authorities said Wednesday.Experts in neighboring Denmark feared the disease
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Scientists conduct tests to determine whether bird flu in Britain, Sweden, Cr...
JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 10-22-2005 Dateline: LONDONScientists were conducting tests Saturday to determine whether bird flu cases discovered in Britain, Sweden and Croatia were the lethal strain that has killed more than 60 people, as countries around the world scrambled
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Bird Flu Hits Sweden; Afghans Suspect It
The Associated Press AP Online 03-15-2006 A Myanmar worker carries out chickens in a bamboo cage from the wholesale poultry market on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar Monday, March. 13, 2006. The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been detected for the first time in Myanmar, veterinary officials in
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Bird flu detected in Sweden, type unknown
AP Worldstream 10-22-2005 Dateline: STOCKHOLM, SwedenThe Swedish National Veterinary Institute confirmed late Saturday that tests found bird flu in Sweden, but said it was not yet known if it was the deadly H5N1 strain that has swept through Asia.The institute tested four ducks found dead Friday in
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Officials: EU lab confirms bird flu found in Sweden was H5N1 strain
TOMMY GRANDELL, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 03-15-2006 Dateline: STOCKHOLM, SwedenA European Union laboratory has confirmed that the bird flu virus found in dead birds in Sweden was of the deadly H5N1 strain, an official said Wednesday.Two National Board of Agriculture officials,
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Sweden says bird flu found in dead ducks was mild H5 strain
AP Worldstream 10-23-2005 Dateline: STOCKHOLM, SwedenThe Swedish National Veterinary Institute said Sunday that tests found bird flu in Sweden, but that it was of a mild H5 strain and not the deadly H5N1 that has swept through Asia and can infect humans. The institute tested four ducks found dead
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Authorities say aggressive bird flu virus found in Sweden is likely H5N1
MATTIAS KAREN, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 02-28-2006 Dateline: STOCKHOLM, SwedenSwedish authorities said Tuesday that an aggressive strain of bird flu had been found in two wild ducks in southern Sweden, and that further tests would likely confirm it was the deadly H5N1 strain.Experts
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Mink infected with bird flu in Sweden; H5N1 type suspected
AP Worldstream 03-27-2006 Dateline: STOCKHOLM, SwedenSwedish authorities said Monday they found a wild mink infected with bird flu, and it was suspected to be the deadly H5N1 strain.It was the first time in Sweden that a highly pathogenic version of the H5 virus had been confirmed in an animal
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Denmark testing 9 dead swans for bird flu; Sweden bans all outdoor poultry
JAN M. OLSEN, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 02-15-2006 Dateline: COPENHAGEN, DenmarkAt least nine dead swans have been found on Danish islands in the Baltic Sea near where Germany reported an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, authorities said.Tests were being conducted on the
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Myanmar culls 5,000 birds to halt spread of bird flu; Sweden confirms H5N1 in...
MATTHEW ROSENBERG, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 03-15-2006 Dateline: NEW DELHIMyanmar announced Wednesday it culled 5,000 poultry to prevent the spread of bird flu, as authorities in western India prepared to slaughter tens of thousands of chickens, and Sweden confirmed two wild birds
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