Avian Influenza H5N1 -- United Arab Emirates
The Abu Dhabi emergency and crisis management team announced on [Tue 4 Oct 2016] it detected a number of bird flu-infected quays [quail], reported the United Arab Emirates (UAE) state news agency WAM.
Bird flu, also known as avian influenza or H5N1, is a highly pathogenic virus, and caused substantial outbreaks in domestic poultry in the Middle East and parts of Asia. The 1st human infection was reported in Hong Kong in 1997.
The cases were found in an area in the "Al-Gharbia" western
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