Published Date: 2006-02-14 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza - worldwide (16): Austria, suspected
Archive Number: 20060214.0486

AVIAN INFLUENZA - WORLDWIDE (16): AUSTRIA, SUSPECTED
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Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006
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Tests indicate birds likely killed by H5N1 bird flu strain in Austria
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2 of 21 birds found dead in recent days in Austria appear to have
been killed by the H5N1 bird flu strain, a health official said
Tuesday [14 Feb 2006].
Hans Seitinger, a health official for Styria province, said there was
a 70 percent chance that the H5N1 virus had reached Austria,
according to the preliminary results of samples from the 21 birds
examined at a veterinary laboratory in the lower Austrian town of
Moedling. No previous cases of bird flu in fowl have been reported in Austria.
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[An infected swan was detected in Sloevnia, on the Austrian frontier,
on 12 Feb 2006. Final diagnosis of a sample sent to the international
reference laboratory in Weybridge, UK, is expected tomorrow (Wed, 15
Feb 2006); see [1] in posting 20060213.0478. - Mod.AS].

See Also

Avian influenza - worldwide (14): Europe, Africa 20060213.0478
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