British, Hungarian bird flu outbreaks linked (http://www.worldpoultry.net/ts_wo/worldpoultry.portal/enc/_nfpb/true/tswo_portlet_news_singleeditorschoice1_3_actionOve rride/___2Fportlets___2Fts___2Fge___2Fnews_singleeditors choice1___2Fcontent___2FshowDetailsList/_windowLabel/tswo_portlet_news_singleeditorschoice1_3/tswo_portlet_news_singleeditorschoice1_3id/13218/_desktopLabel/worldpoultry/_pageLabel/tswo_page_news_content/index.html)
// 20 Feb 2007
The UK and Hungary have been feuding over the source of the British contamination, which led to the destruction of 160,000 turkeys in Britain.
Tests on H5N1 bird flu viruses found in Britain and Hungary showed they were genetically almost identical and the most likely transmission route was from poultry to poultry. Hungarian officials dispute British statements saying they had found no evidence that poultry there could have transmitted the virus to Britain. DEFRA said the final results showed a very high similarity (99.96%) at the whole genome level.
EU-DIGEST: CNN: U.N. sees Europe-wide bird flu threat::
Feb 4, 2007 For the complete report from the CNN.com click on this link An outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus strain detected on a British virus found in Hungary last month, a British government agency said Saturday.
http://www.eu-digest.com/2007/02/cnn-un-sees-europe-wide-bird-flu-threat.htmlHOME |
Bird flu may be linked to meat from Hungary, says Government ::
Feb 9, 2007 Britain's first outbreak of bird flu may have been caused by vets now consider the Hungarian link to be a prime hypothesis for the outbreak. and the plant is next door the shed where the British birds fell ill.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/bird-flu-may-be-linked-to-meat-from-hungary-says-government-435658.htmlHOME |
"It seems very unlikely that a strain of infection in wild birds could have produced two viruses so closely related," said scientist John McCauley, of the virology division of the Medical Research Council.
Britain stressed that while the outbreaks were linked it had not found any evidence of illegal or unsafe movements of poultry products from Hungary to Britain and was still investigating all possible routes of transmission. The EU commission also said that while the tests showed the outbreaks were directly linked, that in itself did not explain how the strain came to Britain.
Hunting down the H5N1 virus -- Coombes 334 (7589): 342 -- BMJ::
Despite saturation coverage of the bird flu outbreak, there have been no signs of and government adviser said the wild bird link had always been unlikely. in Hungary but processed in the UK can legally be sold as British meat.
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/334/7589/342HOME |
ThePoultrySite Newsletter - 12th February 2007::
Feb 12, 2007 Global Poultry Industry News (link to all this weeks news) Global . Pakistan Pakistan Reports New Outbreaks Of Bird Flu Pakistan from the UK to Hungary after the British bird flu outbreak, according to reports.
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/newsletter/156/thepoultrysite-newsletter-12th-february-2007HOME |
"We are not going to speculate, nor should anybody, as to how it arrived as this is still part of an ongoing investigation. But we reiterate our view that the Hungarian authorities have acted properly and took the right measures," said Philip Tod, spokesman for EU Health Commission.
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