avian influenza: see influenza influenza or flu, acute, highly contagious disease caused by a virus; formerly known as the grippe. There are three types of the virus, designated A, B, and C, but only types A and B cause more serious contagious infections.
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bird flu

or avian influenza

viral respiratory disease, mainly of birds including poultry and waterbirds but also transmissible to humans. Symptoms in humans include fever, sore throat, cough, headache, and muscle aches. Severe infections can result in life-threatening complications such as pneumonia and acute respiratory illness. The first known human cases occurred in Hong Kong in 1997, resulting in six deaths. Deadly outbreaks among poultry in several countries in eastern and central Asia between 2003 and mid-2005 were accompanied by more than 100 human cases, about half of them fatal. The causative agents are virus subtypes related to the human influenza type A viruses, the most virulent and contagious being the H5N1 subtype. A specific protective vaccine for this virus remains to be developed. Studies suggest that some antiviral drugs that work against human influenza may be effective in treating bird flu in humans.

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uk CAPTION(S): Dead Turkeys are loaded onto a JCB at Redgrave Park Farm, in Redgrave, Suffolk following an outbreak of Birdflu at the turkey farm Picture: CHRIS RADBURN

Wales: Bird flu places showin doubt; Outbreak could wreck Royal Welsh ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

Environment Secretary David Miliband announced last night that the slaughterhouse in Holton - at the centre of the birdflu outbreak - has been relicensed after it was disinfected.

Fowl trade by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)

Birdflu victim A BOY, five, became Thailand's second bird flu death victim in two months, while Vietnam announced two new outbreaks and China its fifth human case amid concern infection rates could soar this winter.

House price slowdown by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)

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