Published Date: 1998-01-08 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Influenza H5N1, avian - China
Archive Number: 19980108.0055

INFLUENZA H5N1, AVIAN - CHINA
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Influenza, bird-to-human - China (Hong Kong) (31) 980101214603
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Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 10:12:40 -0400
From: Dorothy Preslar <dpreslar@fas.org>
Source: Agence France Presse, 8 Jan 1998

Agence France Presse reported today that an agricultural official in
Guangdong province said that the 1.7 million chickens that died there
between Nov 1996 and Apr 1997 died "from bacteria and diarrhea" due to farm
mismanagement and inexperience, and their deaths "had nothing to do with
bird flu."
Hiroshi Kida, a WHO official in Taiwan had said last week that China had
covered up an outbreak of avian influenza. The Guangdong province is in
southern China, bordering the administrative region of Hong Kong.
--
Dorothy B. Preslar
ProMED/AHEAD Project Director
Federation of American Scientists
Voice: 202-675-1011
FAX: 675-1010
dpreslar@fas.org
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http://www.fas.org/ahead/
[It looks as if the Chinese may have learned quite a lot from Richard Nixon
when he used to visit. - Mod.MHJ
......................................mhj/es
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