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Change: flu ?Avian influenza, also called bird flu, is a type of flu virus for the birds. It occurs naturally among wild birds that carry the   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1466)

Change: a cuteacute or nasal flu. Since 1997, the H5N1 strain has detected several Southeast Asian countries. Recently, bird flu has been identified in Turkey and Niger, indicating virus ability to spread to new regions of the world. Until 1999, it was widely assumed   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1462)

Change: ass-umedassumed that people could not contract the H5N1 strain of avian influenzas. That changed when a child in Hong Kong died from the viruses. The most recent outbreak of bird flu to effect humans was first identified in January 2004. Since then, the World Health Organization (WHO) says   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1463)

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Change: Februarymid-March 2006, 9297 people have died after contracting H5N1 avian influenza. What is a virus?To explain bird flu, first you must understand influenza and how it works. Influenza is caused by   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1459)