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WHO Regional Committee for Europe: fifty-eighth session
Intl. Symposium on Emerging Zoonoses
Place : Atlanta
Organization : WHO is listed as a sponsor
http://www.isezconference.org/home.htm
Agenda : -
Participation : CDC and OIE
Focus : = Avian Flu, Avian Flu in Human, and Pandemic
Coverage : -
Outbreak information
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ABC; 5 Jan 2009 - Bird flu has again emerged as a threat in Asia, after China reported a death from the disease and Vietnam registered a new human infection.
LAT; 4 Jan 2009 - Just when you thought you could scratch bird flu off your list of things to worry about in 2009, the deadly H5N1 virus has resurfaced in poultry in Hong Kong for the first time in six years, reinforcing warnings that the threat of a human pandemic isn't over.
UPI; 4 Jan 2009 - Two years after a big decline in the number of confirmed human deaths from H5N1 bird flu, cases are still turning up in poultry, U.N. health officials say.
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