EU disease agency warns of 'seasonal' bird flu
Reuters
July 7, 2006

Europeans should get used to a seasonal pattern of bird flu affecting poultry as the lethal H5N1 strain of the disease is highly likely to reappear in the near future, a senior EU health official said on Friday.


Although H5N1 bird flu remains primarily an animal virus and poorly adapted to humans, it poses enough of a threat to human health that the EU can not afford to let up its guard because more outbreaks in birds were almost guaranteed, she said.

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