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March 12, 2006
BBC.co.uk

Cameroon records first bird flu

The lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu has been detected in Cameroon, making it the fourth African country to be hit by the virus. A government statement said it had been found in a duck on a farm near the northern town of Maroua, on the border with Nigeria. H5NI had previously been detected in poultry in Nigeria itself, Niger and also in Egypt.


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