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Follow the news of avian flu outbreaks around the world, and attempts by scientists, public health experts, policy makers, and governments to control its spread.

Migratory Birds

Bird flu: On border patrol

The United States has embarked on a huge effort to try to track the H5N1 avian flu virus in birds migrating into the country. But is surveillance more urgently needed elsewhere? Erika Check reports.

Nature
Published:
26 July 2006
Keywords:
Ducks
Epidemiology
Geese
H5n1 Virus
Migratory Birds

Doubts hang over source of bird flu spread

How did H5N1 spread to Africa and the European Union?

Nature
Published:
15 February 2006
Keywords:
Africa
Chickens
Disease Transmission
Epidemiology
H5n1 Virus
Migratory Birds

Migration threatens to send flu south

Researchers fear that the bird flu virus's next stop will be Africa, where dependence on poultry means that the consequences could be even worse than in southeast Asia. Tom Simonite reports.

Nature
Published:
26 October 2005
Keywords:
Africa
H5n1 Virus
Migratory Birds

Bird flu: crossing borders

Despite recent reports from governments that bird flu is under control, it continues to spread through Asia's poultry and claim lives — there are even signs of human-to-human transmission. Declan Butler tracks the disease's inexorable spread.

Nature
Published:
20 July 2005
Keywords:
Avian Flu
China
Epidemiology
Geese
H5n1 Virus
Migratory Birds
Poultry

Flu in wild birds sparks fears of mutating virus

Experts pressure China for samples that can be analysed.

Nature
Published:
01 June 2005
Keywords:
China
H5n1 Virus
Migratory Birds

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