Those affected either had direct contact with the affected poultry or with farm workers, said Chris Lines, a spokesman for the agency. The H7 subtype of bird flu is believed to be less virulent than H5, but it has in the past caused human cases, and was responsible for a large outbreak which led to one death in the Netherlands in 2003. The cases come a day after four people tested positive for the H7N2 type virus_ a far milder form of the illness than the deadly H591. The illnesses were...

Market hit by avian flu poultry ban. Fabian Eagle, who runs the Swaffham market, said the decision was reasonable, but insisted it was unfair for people to be able to sell poultry in their backyard, but be banned from attending bird markets. There are at least 100 vendors, whom we call backyard poultry keepers, who normally attend the market every week. We are expecting several people to turn up, but on the whole we have to live with the state of facts. The restriction only covers chickens...

The whole area had been disinfected and villagers had been advised to follow advice from doctors on the matter, he added. The virus was confirmed through tests on affected birds in Namaturu village and more than 200 birds had been culled to curtail the spread of the disease, said Aminu Abdulrazak from the state health ministry. Bird flu was first detected in Nigeria on a farm in Jaji town outside the northern city of Kano in February last year from where it spread to other parts of the country.

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Jakarta- A 26-year-old woman has died of bird flu in Indonesia, bringing the country's world-leading death toll from the H5N1 avian influenza virus to 76, a health official confirmed Monday. He said local health officials quoted the victim's husband as saying that several days before she became ill, several of their backyard chickens were founded dead. Alarmed by a sudden spike in bird flu deaths in January after several weeks without one, the Indonesian government declared a ban on...

When the Egyptian government outlawed raising poultry on roofs and balconies in February of last year to curb bird flu, the Cairo teacher whisked his brood straight into his bedroom. Egypt, where domestic arrangements like Abdel Azim's are the norm, has emerged as one of two countries hardest-hit by bird flu, along with Indonesia. What complicates matters is the general reluctance among Egyptians to believe government warnings on the dangers of bird flu and sharing living space with...