H5N1 Cases in Austria Up To 29

World | March 4, 2006, Saturday // 00:00

Six new cases of the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu were found in Austria, boosting their total number to 29 in the country. "H5N1 was detected in three ducks, a seagull and a grebe in the western province of Vorarlberg. It is still to be seen whether it is the deadly strain," the province's environment and agriculture representative, Erich Schwaerzler, announced. Samples have been sent to the EU reference laboratory in Weybridge, England for confirmation. The sixth case was detected in a wild duck near Graz in the southern province of Styria, an area where all of the confirmed H5N1 cases in Austria were found so far.

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